Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Age / Region_ITL3 / Region_london

Status Year Parent_department Age Region_ITL3 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Birmingham Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Brighton and Hove Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Bristol, City of Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 East Kent Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Heart of Essex Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Hertfordshire CC Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Kingston upon Hull, City of Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Leeds Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Liverpool Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Manchester Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Norwich and East Norfolk Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Nottingham Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Portsmouth Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Sheffield Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Tyneside Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Westminster London 15 15 23530 23450
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 York Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Berkshire Outside London 20 20 29460 26970
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Bexley and Greenwich London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Birmingham Outside London 55 55 27160 25480
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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.
Organisation specific notes on status: In late June 2021 around 7,000 employees from Community Rehabilitation Companies were transferred in from the private sector to HM Prison and Probation Service, counting as entrants. HM Land Registry do not record where their departing employees transfer to and so are unable to identify those that transfer to another Civil Service department.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 30 September 2021, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government changed its name to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
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_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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).