Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_london / Region_ITL1 / Sex

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_london Region_ITL1 Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 AA/AO London London Female 6730 6025 25380 25110
In post 2022 AA/AO London London Male 5145 4980 26960 25330
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London East Midlands (England) Female 4490 3915 21880 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London East Midlands (England) Male 3475 3345 23510 21300
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London East of England Female 3925 3455 22880 21680
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London East of England Male 3495 3370 25250 23140
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London North East (England) Female 8105 6605 21690 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London North East (England) Male 5100 4780 22610 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London North West (England) Female 12435 10635 21570 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London North West (England) Male 8505 8110 22520 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London Northern Ireland Female 675 590 21530 21250
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London Northern Ireland Male 970 940 21150 21250
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London Scotland Female 9415 8205 22210 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London Scotland Male 7455 7165 23560 21640
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London South East (England) Female 6895 5995 23150 21680
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London South East (England) Male 6640 6300 25830 24250
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London South West (England) Female 4900 4275 21760 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London South West (England) Male 4330 4175 23430 21300
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London Wales Female 7685 6485 21430 21300
In post 2022 AA/AO Outside London Wales Male 4910 4685 22060 21380
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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 2023-02-15, 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).
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_ITL1 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 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).