Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL2 / Region_ITL1 / Region_london / Responsibility_level_grouped

Status Year Region_ITL2 Region_ITL1 Region_london Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Outside London AA/AO 1245 1145 26200 25480
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Outside London EO 1480 1360 30050 30120
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Outside London G6/G7 455 435 62220 60220
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Outside London SCS level 40 40 91540 91850
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Outside London SEO/HEO 1100 1065 39960 39000
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Outside London Unknown 445 415 30280 29050
In post 2023 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Outside London AA/AO 2985 2820 27620 25340
In post 2023 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Outside London EO 2230 2100 30860 29140
In post 2023 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Outside London G6/G7 840 790 61620 58880
In post 2023 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Outside London SCS level 70 65 98070 93860
In post 2023 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Outside London SEO/HEO 2495 2395 39670 38790
In post 2023 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Outside London Unknown 675 635 30530 28950
In post 2023 Cheshire North West (England) Outside London AA/AO 1305 1185 25400 23230
In post 2023 Cheshire North West (England) Outside London EO 1290 1215 31330 30740
In post 2023 Cheshire North West (England) Outside London G6/G7 375 360 58530 57640
In post 2023 Cheshire North West (England) Outside London SCS level 20 20 87470 84570
In post 2023 Cheshire North West (England) Outside London SEO/HEO 1150 1110 40200 40440
In post 2023 Cheshire North West (England) Outside London Unknown 370 345 29610 26840
In post 2023 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South West (England) Outside London AA/AO 640 575 21760 21690
In post 2023 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South West (England) Outside London EO 565 515 27860 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 2023-07-26, 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_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.
Region_ITL2 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 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).