Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL3 / Region_ITL2 / Region_london

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL3 Region_ITL2 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire North Eastern Scotland Outside London 545 505 25300 22230
In post 2021 AA/AO Angus and Dundee City Eastern Scotland Outside London 1105 1015 21120 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland Outside London 150 150 20680 20310
In post 2021 AA/AO Ards and North Down Northern Ireland Outside London 170 165 21240 20310
In post 2021 AA/AO Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Northern Ireland Outside London 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Barking & Dagenham and Havering Outer London - East and North East London 110 100 23280 23210
In post 2021 AA/AO Barnet Outer London - West and North West London 270 240 23800 23530
In post 2021 AA/AO Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham South Yorkshire Outside London 1505 1340 23120 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area Outside London 760 700 23120 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Bedford Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Outside London 290 280 25890 25840
In post 2021 AA/AO Belfast Northern Ireland Outside London 1005 895 20660 20140
In post 2021 AA/AO Berkshire Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Outside London 1000 960 27560 25540
In post 2021 AA/AO Bexley and Greenwich Outer London - East and North East London 875 840 28470 28720
In post 2021 AA/AO Birmingham West Midlands Outside London 3570 3230 21010 20180
In post 2021 AA/AO Blackburn with Darwen Lancashire Outside London 155 130 21040 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Blackpool Lancashire Outside London 1755 1575 20840 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Bournemouth and Poole Dorset and Somerset Outside London 200 180 20310 20100
In post 2021 AA/AO Bradford West Yorkshire Outside London 1330 1120 20480 20140
In post 2021 AA/AO Breckland and South Norfolk East Anglia Outside London 300 285 24220 23420
In post 2021 AA/AO Brent Outer London - West and North West London 155 135 23490 23500
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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.
Region_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
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).