Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA 245 230 20400 20560
In post 2021 AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO 1020 950 25390 24180
In post 2021 AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AA 610 580 20300 19560
In post 2021 AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AO 2970 2835 26650 24750
In post 2021 AA/AO Cheshire AA 155 140 20170 20600
In post 2021 AA/AO Cheshire AO 1055 965 23590 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AA 110 100 18970 19560
In post 2021 AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AO 600 535 21210 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Cumbria AA 90 80 19830 20060
In post 2021 AA/AO Cumbria AO 840 745 22170 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA 375 345 19760 20600
In post 2021 AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AO 3415 3095 22360 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Devon AA 540 500 19490 19560
In post 2021 AA/AO Devon AO 2550 2260 22950 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Dorset and Somerset AA 365 345 19550 19560
In post 2021 AA/AO Dorset and Somerset AO 1355 1260 23210 21300
In post 2021 AA/AO East Anglia AA 935 870 19790 20440
In post 2021 AA/AO East Anglia AO 4020 3675 24200 21580
In post 2021 AA/AO East Wales AA 445 415 19350 19560
In post 2021 AA/AO East Wales AO 5290 4770 21590 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 2023-02-14, 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_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.
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_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.
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).