Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age

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Status Year Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 16-19 1445 1400 23300 22520
In post 2023 20-29 85135 83945 31270 28880
In post 2023 30-39 116330 111185 36880 33520
In post 2023 40-49 118380 111445 39010 34170
In post 2023 50-59 141600 133310 37230 32500
In post 2023 60-64 42990 35695 33700 28130
In post 2023 65+ 13865 10655 32390 28120
In post 2023 Unknown 35 30 38910 34390
Leaver CS 2023 16-19 180 [c] 21330 21780
Leaver CS 2023 20-29 11440 [c] 28630 26900
Leaver CS 2023 30-39 9195 [c] 36740 32520
Leaver CS 2023 40-49 6515 [c] 39640 32330
Leaver CS 2023 50-59 8160 [c] 37060 29290
Leaver CS 2023 60-64 5810 [c] 36340 29290
Leaver CS 2023 65+ 4625 [c] 31280 27460
Leaver CS 2023 Unknown 160 [c] [c] [c]
Leaver Dept. 2023 16-19 10 [c] [c] [c]
Leaver Dept. 2023 20-29 5180 [c] 32550 32000
Leaver Dept. 2023 30-39 4800 [c] 39290 35510
Leaver Dept. 2023 40-49 3055 [c] 41310 35350
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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).
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).