Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL2 / Age / Parent_department

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL2 Age Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16-19 Ministry of Justice [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20-29 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20-29 Department for Work and Pensions [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20-29 Department of Health and Social Care [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20-29 Ministry of Defence 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20-29 Ministry of Justice 40 40 22440 23230
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30-39 Ministry of Defence 10 10 23010 22880
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30-39 Ministry of Justice 15 15 22570 23230
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40-49 Department for Work and Pensions [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40-49 Department of Health and Social Care [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40-49 Ministry of Defence 15 15 23180 24380
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40-49 Ministry of Justice 30 25 22620 23230
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50-59 Department for Work and Pensions 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50-59 Ministry of Defence 25 25 22200 21380
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50-59 Ministry of Justice 45 45 22110 23230
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 60-64 Ministry of Defence 10 10 21780 21380
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 60-64 Ministry of Justice 25 20 21840 21470
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 65+ Ministry of Defence [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 65+ Ministry of Justice 15 10 21770 19930
In post 2023 AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16-19 Ministry of Defence [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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.
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).