Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex / Region_ITL2 / Region_ITL1

Status Year Parent_department Sex Region_ITL2 Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England 140 120 42130 32660
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) 100 90 40060 32660
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Cheshire North West (England) 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South West (England) 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Cumbria North West (England) 25 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire East Midlands (England) 210 195 38680 31180
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Devon South West (England) 60 55 39400 36970
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Dorset and Somerset South West (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female East Anglia East of England 105 90 34250 28850
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female East Wales Wales 225 205 38990 33810
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber 65 55 38700 28850
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Essex East of England 165 150 42260 38460
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area South West (England) 180 165 43800 49050
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Greater Manchester North West (England) 270 250 39490 32130
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Hampshire and Isle of Wight South East (England) 190 180 42930 36170
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire West Midlands (England) 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Inner London - East London 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Inner London - West London 3040 2810 50900 52790
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Kent South East (England) 85 80 38310 30560
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Lancashire North West (England) 130 120 39420 35000
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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 2023-07-27, 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.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).