Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL1

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Status Year Profession_of_post Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Commercial AA Scotland 15 15 23870 22920
In post 2023 Commercial AA Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial AA Wales 10 10 19000 19000
In post 2023 Commercial AO East Midlands (England) 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial AO East of England 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial AO London 50 50 25510 25200
In post 2023 Commercial AO North East (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial AO North West (England) 30 25 22180 21690
In post 2023 Commercial AO Scotland 40 40 26900 28490
In post 2023 Commercial AO South East (England) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial AO South West (England) 135 130 23540 22320
In post 2023 Commercial AO Wales 35 30 22590 22500
In post 2023 Commercial AO West Midlands (England) 25 25 22370 21780
In post 2023 Commercial AO Yorkshire and The Humber 40 35 21680 21690
In post 2023 Commercial EO East Midlands (England) 20 15 27920 28120
In post 2023 Commercial EO East of England 20 20 27300 27470
In post 2023 Commercial EO London 115 110 30780 30950
In post 2023 Commercial EO North East (England) 20 15 27360 26080
In post 2023 Commercial EO North West (England) 85 80 27500 27650
In post 2023 Commercial EO Northern Ireland 5 5 [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).
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
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.
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).