Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA 125 110 19710 19560
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO 590 530 24070 22980
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AA 280 255 20320 19580
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AO 1345 1230 24180 22500
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Cheshire AA 70 65 20070 20600
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Cheshire AO 625 555 22640 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AA 45 40 19040 19560
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AO 360 305 20980 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Cumbria AA 45 40 19620 20230
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Cumbria AO 515 430 21470 21050
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA 180 160 19560 20600
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AO 1925 1665 21540 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Devon AA 215 190 19490 19560
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Devon AO 1420 1185 21600 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Dorset and Somerset AA 125 110 19430 19560
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Dorset and Somerset AO 695 615 21910 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO East Anglia AA 450 415 19630 19560
In post 2021 Female AA/AO East Anglia AO 2050 1780 22480 21430
In post 2021 Female AA/AO East Wales AA 190 170 19410 20070
In post 2021 Female AA/AO East Wales AO 3020 2595 21220 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 2023-02-17, 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.
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).