Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Region_ITL1 Region_london Responsibility_level_ungrouped Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA Attorney General’s Departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA Department for Transport [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA Department for Work and Pensions 10 10 21250 21250
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA HM Land Registry 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA HM Revenue and Customs 15 10 22520 22520
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA Ministry of Defence 255 245 20610 19770
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AA Ministry of Justice 730 675 22400 23230
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Attorney General’s Departments 135 125 22330 22870
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 30 25 21380 20790
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 50 50 22110 22150
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Department for Transport 100 95 25290 24900
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Department for Work and Pensions 1385 1165 21680 21690
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Department of Health and Social Care 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO HM Land Registry 180 170 23390 23390
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO HM Revenue and Customs 1090 990 22620 22520
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Home Office 40 40 22500 22400
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Ministry of Defence 575 545 23640 22220
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO Ministry of Justice 3425 3150 26970 28880
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Outside London AO National Crime Agency 10 10 24360 22950
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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.
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_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.
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).