Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Sex Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Female Outside London 4550 3965 23360 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Male Outside London 3520 3380 25580 22870
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England Female Outside London 3835 3360 24290 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO East of England Male Outside London 3440 3305 26990 25480
In post 2023 AA/AO London Female London 6650 5945 26740 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO London Male London 5155 4995 28330 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO North East (England) Female Outside London 7865 6445 22780 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO North East (England) Male Outside London 5100 4780 23960 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO North West (England) Female Outside London 12210 10490 22730 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO North West (England) Male Outside London 8650 8255 23850 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Northern Ireland Female Outside London 730 640 22500 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Northern Ireland Male Outside London 995 960 22240 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Overseas Female Overseas 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Overseas Male Overseas 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Scotland Female Outside London 9430 8255 23350 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Scotland Male Outside London 7750 7450 24830 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO South East (England) Female Outside London 6495 5645 24460 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO South East (England) Male Outside London 6440 6090 27190 25100
In post 2023 AA/AO South West (England) Female Outside London 5005 4395 23050 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO South West (England) Male Outside London 4705 4540 24890 22500
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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.
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).