Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL2 / Region_london / Sex

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL2 Region_london Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Outside London Female 710 635 23310 22080
In post 2021 AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Outside London Male 555 540 25850 24670
In post 2021 AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Outside London Female 1625 1485 23520 21900
In post 2021 AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Outside London Male 1955 1930 27270 26580
In post 2021 AA/AO Cheshire Outside London Female 695 615 22380 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Cheshire Outside London Male 510 490 24210 22030
In post 2021 AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Outside London Female 405 340 20780 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Outside London Male 305 295 20970 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Cumbria Outside London Female 560 470 21310 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Cumbria Outside London Male 365 355 22920 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Outside London Female 2105 1830 21370 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Outside London Male 1685 1610 23010 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Devon Outside London Female 1635 1375 21320 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Devon Outside London Male 1460 1385 23500 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Dorset and Somerset Outside London Female 820 725 21540 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Dorset and Somerset Outside London Male 900 875 23240 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO East Anglia Outside London Female 2500 2190 21970 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO East Anglia Outside London Male 2455 2360 24790 22500
In post 2021 AA/AO East Wales Outside London Female 3210 2765 21110 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO East Wales Outside London Male 2520 2415 21820 21010
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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_ITL2 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 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).