Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Age / Region_ITL1 / Profession_of_post

Status Year Parent_department Age Region_ITL1 Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 East Midlands (England) Operational Delivery [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 East of England Operational Delivery 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 London Digital, Data and Technology [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 London Finance [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 London Knowledge and Information Management [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 London Legal [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 London Operational Delivery 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 North West (England) Operational Delivery 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 South East (England) Operational Delivery 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 South West (England) Operational Delivery 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Wales Operational Delivery [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 West Midlands (England) Operational Delivery 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Yorkshire and The Humber Finance [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Yorkshire and The Humber Operational Delivery 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 East Midlands (England) Digital, Data and Technology [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 East Midlands (England) Finance 10 10 24410 24890
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 East Midlands (England) Human Resources [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 East Midlands (England) Legal 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 East Midlands (England) Operational Delivery 75 75 23890 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 East Midlands (England) Other [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 2023-07-28, 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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions information for their employees.
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).