Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 130 110 22020 23000
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 235 205 22070 22880
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Cheshire 80 70 22450 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 40 35 20890 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Cumbria 40 35 21770 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 195 175 22120 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Devon 205 180 21320 21250
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Dorset and Somerset 135 120 21950 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA East Anglia 445 400 21940 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA East Wales 180 165 21980 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 165 155 22740 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Eastern Scotland 740 675 23090 22920
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Essex 85 70 21630 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 230 205 21800 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Greater Manchester 215 190 21930 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Hampshire and Isle of Wight 485 370 21330 21200
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 125 115 22230 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Highlands and Islands 100 85 22700 22080
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Inner London - East 120 110 24750 23670
In post 2023 AA/AO Female AA Inner London - West 215 200 24860 23500
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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 2023-07-28, 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.
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).