Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Responsibility_level_ungrouped Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO AA 16-19 255 245 21690 23110
In post 2023 AA/AO AA 20-29 3045 2945 22530 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO AA 30-39 2565 2365 22580 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO AA 40-49 2830 2605 22310 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO AA 50-59 5550 5140 22140 22130
In post 2023 AA/AO AA 60-64 3005 2520 21840 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO AA 65+ 1450 1110 21720 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO AO 16-19 905 880 23340 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO AO 20-29 24315 23720 24920 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO AO 30-39 22890 21105 25330 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO AO 40-49 22265 19925 24550 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO AO 50-59 31055 27855 24290 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO AO 60-64 12110 9785 23790 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO AO 65+ 4350 3355 23790 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO AO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 EO EO 16-19 170 170 26940 26070
In post 2023 EO EO 20-29 21090 20840 28510 28120
In post 2023 EO EO 30-39 26805 25535 29000 28120
In post 2023 EO EO 40-49 26810 25000 28970 28120
In post 2023 EO EO 50-59 36920 34350 29350 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.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).