Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Age / Organisation / Parent_department

Status Year Profession_of_post Age Organisation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Commercial 16-19 Defence Equipment and Support Ministry of Defence [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 16-19 Home Office Home Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 16-19 Scottish Prison Service Scottish Government [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Animal and Plant Health Agency Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Cabinet Office 25 25 33630 33020
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Central Civil Service Fast Stream Cabinet Office 80 80 30370 30130
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Crown Commercial Service Cabinet Office 55 55 32760 32110
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Crown Prosecution Service Attorney General’s Departments 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Defence Electronics and Components Agency Ministry of Defence [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Defence Equipment and Support Ministry of Defence 175 175 30730 31920
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence 25 25 26930 24630
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (excl. agencies) Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department for Education (excl. agencies) Department for Education 40 40 32870 30330
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 15 15 33400 31100
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department for International Trade Department for International Trade 15 15 36630 35010
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department for Transport (excl. agencies) Department for Transport 50 50 40790 35760
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) Department for Work and Pensions 65 65 35030 34170
In post 2023 Commercial 20-29 Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) Department of Health and Social Care 10 10 38860 38120
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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.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions information for their employees.
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).