Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex / Age / Region_ITL3

Status Year Parent_department Sex Age Region_ITL3 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Berkshire [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Birmingham 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Brighton and Hove [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Bristol, City of [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Cambridgeshire CC [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Devon CC [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 East Kent [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Heart of Essex [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Hertfordshire CC [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Leeds [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Liverpool [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Manchester [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Norwich and East Norfolk [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Nottingham [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Portsmouth [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Sheffield [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 South Hampshire [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 Wakefield [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_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).