Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department / Region_london

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Status Year Sex Parent_department Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Attorney General’s Departments London 3115 2880 50580 52790
In post 2023 Female Attorney General’s Departments Outside London 3995 3645 39700 33300
In post 2023 Female Attorney General’s Departments Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Cabinet Office London 2965 2895 49210 41870
In post 2023 Female Cabinet Office Outside London 2400 2300 42630 38050
In post 2023 Female Cabinet Office Unknown 85 85 47110 38460
In post 2023 Female Chancellor’s other departments London 150 140 58000 50010
In post 2023 Female Chancellor’s other departments Outside London 30 30 52060 45120
In post 2023 Female Charity Commission London 50 45 47360 42880
In post 2023 Female Charity Commission Outside London 250 235 33890 30170
In post 2023 Female Competition and Markets Authority London 395 375 60630 57540
In post 2023 Female Competition and Markets Authority Outside London 60 55 56890 55540
In post 2023 Female Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy London 2880 2775 49950 50080
In post 2023 Female Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Outside London 4345 4015 35790 32110
In post 2023 Female Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Overseas 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport London 920 890 49500 52760
In post 2023 Female Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Outside London 145 140 40890 35620
In post 2023 Female Department for Education London 1520 1440 51550 55020
In post 2023 Female Department for Education Outside London 3590 3405 41730 37590
In post 2023 Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs London 1420 1365 45860 40260
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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 2023-07-26, 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.
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
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).