Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL1 Region_ITL2 Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Female 195 175 22120 23230
In post 2023 AA East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Male 200 190 22300 23230
In post 2023 AA East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Female 205 185 21420 19930
In post 2023 AA East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Male 115 110 22000 23230
In post 2023 AA East Midlands (England) Lincolnshire Female 150 140 21990 21380
In post 2023 AA East Midlands (England) Lincolnshire Male 150 145 21680 21380
In post 2023 AA East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female 130 110 22020 23000
In post 2023 AA East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male 130 125 22760 23230
In post 2023 AA East of England East Anglia Female 445 400 21940 23230
In post 2023 AA East of England East Anglia Male 455 425 22010 23230
In post 2023 AA East of England Essex Female 85 70 21630 21380
In post 2023 AA East of England Essex Male 100 95 21690 22520
In post 2023 AA London Inner London - East Female 120 110 24750 23670
In post 2023 AA London Inner London - East Male 100 90 24850 23670
In post 2023 AA London Inner London - West Female 215 200 24860 23500
In post 2023 AA London Inner London - West Male 335 330 24510 23500
In post 2023 AA London Outer London - East and North East Female 165 150 25690 26630
In post 2023 AA London Outer London - East and North East Male 105 105 25750 26630
In post 2023 AA London Outer London - South Female 110 90 23380 23500
In post 2023 AA London Outer London - South Male 90 85 23230 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 2023-07-29, 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_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_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).