Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Age Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Outside London 80 75 24630 23230
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO East of England Outside London 70 65 24340 23230
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO London London 70 65 25800 26400
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO North East (England) Outside London 60 60 23480 22520
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO North West (England) Outside London 115 110 23290 22520
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO Northern Ireland Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO Scotland Outside London 130 125 22610 22520
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO South East (England) Outside London 125 125 23710 22500
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO South West (England) Outside London 180 180 20920 19560
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO Wales Outside London 145 135 21280 22150
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO West Midlands (England) Outside London 70 70 23050 22500
In post 2023 16-19 AA/AO Yorkshire and The Humber Outside London 105 105 23620 22520
In post 2023 16-19 EO East Midlands (England) Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 16-19 EO East of England Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 16-19 EO London London 50 50 28820 29280
In post 2023 16-19 EO North East (England) Outside London 15 15 25670 24860
In post 2023 16-19 EO North West (England) Outside London 20 20 26650 26490
In post 2023 16-19 EO Northern Ireland Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 16-19 EO Scotland Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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 2023-07-26, with GIT d545f65.

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.
Four 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, 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_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.
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).