Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL2 / Region_london

Status Year Parent_department Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL2 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Outside London 40 40 23990 24480
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Outside London 30 25 23880 24480
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Outside London 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Cumbria Outside London 10 5 22710 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Outside London 80 75 22360 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Devon Outside London 15 15 22370 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO East Anglia Outside London 40 35 22520 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO East Wales Outside London 70 65 23000 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Outside London 20 15 22850 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Essex Outside London 45 40 24030 24480
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area Outside London 45 45 22390 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Greater Manchester Outside London 80 75 22770 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Hampshire and Isle of Wight Outside London 70 65 23860 24480
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Inner London - East London 15 15 24100 25600
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Inner London - West London 370 350 24170 24480
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Kent Outside London 35 35 24140 24480
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Lancashire Outside London 40 35 22760 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Outside London 50 50 22110 22870
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Lincolnshire Outside London 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Merseyside Outside London 105 100 22560 22870
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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_ITL2 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 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).