Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department

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Status Year Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments 10730 10065 45750 49050
In post 2023 Cabinet Office 10220 10000 48600 41740
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments 425 410 60450 51510
In post 2023 Charity Commission 500 480 35830 30170
In post 2023 Competition and Markets Authority 910 880 62230 58050
In post 2023 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 14415 13830 43100 41060
In post 2023 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1940 1905 48980 52760
In post 2023 Department for Education 8485 8180 45480 41590
In post 2023 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 13070 12455 36760 33830
In post 2023 Department for International Trade 3535 3485 48520 43040
In post 2023 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 4180 4015 47670 46480
In post 2023 Department for Transport 16385 15255 34470 27520
In post 2023 Department for Work and Pensions 87770 78610 29910 28120
In post 2023 Department of Health and Social Care 10265 9820 47800 41950
In post 2023 Estyn 125 115 60010 78500
In post 2023 Food Standards Agency 1575 1530 38950 34810
In post 2023 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 8800 8620 49440 45740
In post 2023 HM Land Registry 6715 6095 32550 28080
In post 2023 HM Revenue and Customs 72380 67475 35330 32580
In post 2023 HM Treasury 2705 2630 48900 51350
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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.
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).