Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Region_ITL2 Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Female 2285 2000 23500 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Male 1890 1810 25370 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Female 1585 1355 23100 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Male 1020 975 25720 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Lincolnshire Female 680 615 23470 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Lincolnshire Male 615 590 26020 23920
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female 705 620 25220 24480
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male 540 525 27490 25760
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England East Anglia Female 2360 2070 23960 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England East Anglia Male 2410 2305 27080 25160
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England Essex Female 765 670 24450 24480
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England Essex Male 490 475 26010 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO London Inner London - East Female 1405 1255 27100 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO London Inner London - East Male 1105 1055 29320 26920
In post 2023 AA/AO London Inner London - West Female 1895 1750 26830 25480
In post 2023 AA/AO London Inner London - West Male 1750 1715 28400 25900
In post 2023 AA/AO London Outer London - East and North East Female 930 810 26840 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO London Outer London - East and North East Male 690 670 29580 27830
In post 2023 AA/AO London Outer London - South Female 1375 1220 26150 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO London Outer London - South Male 705 685 26050 26400
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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_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.
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).