Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Sex / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_london

Status Year Region_ITL1 Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Female AA/AO Outside London 4550 3965 23360 22220
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Female EO Outside London 3460 3100 28050 28120
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Female G6/G7 Outside London 950 900 59140 57100
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Female SCS level Outside London 55 50 87660 81780
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Female SEO/HEO Outside London 3075 2895 37620 35000
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Female Unknown Outside London 1395 1280 29630 29050
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Male AA/AO Outside London 3520 3380 25580 22870
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Male EO Outside London 2655 2555 28820 28120
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Male G6/G7 Outside London 905 880 60760 57970
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Male SCS level Outside London 40 40 93660 91710
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Male SEO/HEO Outside London 2610 2545 38090 35330
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Male Unknown Outside London 410 395 30720 29050
In post 2023 East of England Female AA/AO Outside London 3835 3360 24290 23230
In post 2023 East of England Female EO Outside London 3565 3165 29060 28120
In post 2023 East of England Female G6/G7 Outside London 805 760 59950 57640
In post 2023 East of England Female SCS level Outside London 45 45 100500 98010
In post 2023 East of England Female SEO/HEO Outside London 2535 2385 37810 37300
In post 2023 East of England Female Unknown Outside London 1465 1330 29340 26840
In post 2023 East of England Male AA/AO Outside London 3440 3305 26990 25480
In post 2023 East of England Male EO Outside London 2830 2705 29720 28120
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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 2023-07-29, 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_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).