Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Ethnicity Region_ITL2 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Outside London 190 160 25450 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Outside London 205 180 25370 23590
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Cheshire Outside London 25 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Cumbria Outside London 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Outside London 305 270 23060 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Devon Outside London 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Dorset and Somerset Outside London 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian East Anglia Outside London 190 155 23140 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian East Wales Outside London 130 125 22870 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Outside London 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Eastern Scotland Outside London 85 80 23630 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Essex Outside London 45 40 24660 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area Outside London 145 135 23180 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Greater Manchester Outside London 500 445 22400 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Hampshire and Isle of Wight Outside London 140 115 23060 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire Outside London 80 65 23330 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Highlands and Islands Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Inner London - East London 485 425 26780 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO Asian Inner London - West London 560 520 26500 25480
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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_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.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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).