Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Region_london

Status Year Parent_department Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Outside London 395 370 38290 31330
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight East of England Outside London 430 395 41490 35550
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight London London 3375 3205 49970 52020
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight North East (England) Outside London 285 265 39710 35000
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight North West (England) Outside London 830 785 39530 33810
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Overseas Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight South East (England) Outside London 580 550 42670 36780
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight South West (England) Outside London 315 295 42370 42490
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Wales Outside London 325 305 41040 38940
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight West Midlands (England) Outside London 470 445 40760 38760
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Yorkshire and The Humber Outside London 780 735 41940 38940
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO East Midlands (England) Outside London 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO East of England Outside London 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO London London 270 260 51530 52020
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO North East (England) Outside London 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO North West (England) Outside London 50 50 40290 35120
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Overseas Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO South East (England) Outside London 45 45 33040 28200
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO South West (England) Outside London 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Wales Outside London 10 10 [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 2023-07-26, 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.
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_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.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).