Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

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Status Year Region_ITL1 Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) AA 1065 990 19530 20060
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) AO 6935 6265 22450 21010
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) EO 6120 5650 27050 27570
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) G6 275 265 68790 64670
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) G7 1145 1085 54780 52580
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) HEO 3010 2855 32620 31870
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) SCS level 90 85 90340 83850
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) SEO 1740 1655 41460 39850
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Unknown 1000 915 29910 30210
In post 2021 East of England AA 1370 1270 19830 20060
In post 2021 East of England AO 6465 5915 24410 22150
In post 2021 East of England EO 7175 6600 28230 27570
In post 2021 East of England G6 290 280 69790 66560
In post 2021 East of England G7 1055 1005 56060 53830
In post 2021 East of England HEO 3225 3070 33580 33300
In post 2021 East of England SCS level 125 120 95730 94000
In post 2021 East of England SEO 1865 1780 42190 40580
In post 2021 East of England Unknown 1030 945 28690 28200
In post 2021 London AA 1770 1640 22200 22210
In post 2021 London AO 10935 10175 26090 25110
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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 2023-02-14, 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).
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
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).