Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL2 Region_ITL1 Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England HM Courts and Tribunals Service 55 45 20320 19930
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England HM Prison and Probation Service 120 110 23170 23230
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 75 70 22770 21380
In post 2023 AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East of England UK Health Security Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) HM Courts and Tribunals Service 40 35 19930 19930
In post 2023 AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) HM Prison and Probation Service 255 235 23240 23230
In post 2023 AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) HM Revenue and Customs (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 205 200 21080 21380
In post 2023 AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) UK Health Security Agency 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Cheshire North West (England) HM Courts and Tribunals Service 20 15 19930 19930
In post 2023 AA Cheshire North West (England) HM Prison and Probation Service 130 120 23130 23230
In post 2023 AA Cheshire North West (England) Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 15 10 21750 21380
In post 2023 AA Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South West (England) HM Courts and Tribunals Service 10 5 19930 19930
In post 2023 AA Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South West (England) Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 95 90 20810 21380
In post 2023 AA Cumbria North West (England) Crown Prosecution Service [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA Cumbria North West (England) Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) [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).
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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.
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).