Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL2 Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 16-19 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 20-29 55 50 22650 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 30-39 30 25 22760 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 40-49 45 45 22810 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 50-59 80 75 22130 22200
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 60-64 35 30 21820 21380
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 65+ 15 10 22110 19930
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 16-19 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 20-29 60 60 22380 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 30-39 70 65 22460 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 40-49 90 85 22300 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 50-59 150 145 22020 21380
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 60-64 85 80 21830 21380
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 65+ 40 35 21100 21160
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Cheshire 20-29 30 30 23160 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Cheshire 30-39 20 20 23130 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Cheshire 40-49 25 25 22920 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Cheshire 50-59 45 45 22800 23230
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Cheshire 60-64 35 25 21750 21760
In post 2023 AA AA/AO Cheshire 65+ 10 5 [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 2023-07-28, 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.
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).