Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Parent_department / Region_london / Sex

Status Year Region_ITL1 Parent_department Region_london Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Attorney General’s Departments Outside London Female 300 270 37150 30130
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Attorney General’s Departments Outside London Male 140 140 40540 45140
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Cabinet Office Outside London Female 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Cabinet Office Outside London Male 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Outside London Female 120 110 30400 30950
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Outside London Male 95 90 34390 34390
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Education Outside London Female 175 160 40010 36980
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Education Outside London Male 115 115 44400 39450
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Outside London Female 145 135 33170 29290
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Outside London Male 90 90 32740 29690
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for International Trade Outside London Female [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for International Trade Outside London Male 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Transport Outside London Female 230 215 32910 30730
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Transport Outside London Male 415 405 34150 29080
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Work and Pensions Outside London Female 3175 2715 26620 27570
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department for Work and Pensions Outside London Male 1710 1620 28420 27570
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department of Health and Social Care Outside London Female 150 135 40960 36330
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Department of Health and Social Care Outside London Male 40 35 56680 47130
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Food Standards Agency Outside London Female [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Food Standards Agency Outside London Male 40 35 27080 26750
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2023-02-16, with GIT 71a76ea.

Data column Description
Status Employment status of the civil servants.
In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Five organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into “London”, “Outside London”: all UK regions excluding London, “Overseas”, and “Unknown”.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
Mean_salary Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
Median_salary Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).