Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Sex Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female East Midlands (England) 2975 2580 23320 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female East of England 2650 2325 24240 23170
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female London 4075 3625 26580 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female North East (England) 4915 4060 22710 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female North West (England) 7450 6375 22590 22150
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female Northern Ireland 425 375 22510 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female Overseas 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female Scotland 5055 4390 23100 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female South East (England) 4405 3810 24310 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female South West (England) 3385 2955 22960 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female Unknown 65 60 23030 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female Wales 4695 4020 22530 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female West Midlands (England) 3960 3440 22910 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Female Yorkshire and The Humber 3910 3330 23510 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Male East Midlands (England) 2290 2210 25860 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Male East of England 2400 2320 27270 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Male London 3220 3120 28370 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Male North East (England) 3150 2960 24150 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Male North West (England) 5200 4975 23920 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Male Northern Ireland 670 655 22170 22280
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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 2023-07-27, 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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).