Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Region_ITL1 / Sexual_orientation / Parent_department

Status Year Sex Region_ITL1 Sexual_orientation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 270 245 37610 31180
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 30 30 50630 46440
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 80 75 35830 32730
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for Education 195 185 42000 37880
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 145 140 33950 30320
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for International Trade 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 45 40 48210 48660
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for Transport 140 130 33920 31660
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department for Work and Pensions 2060 1770 27880 28120
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Department of Health and Social Care 80 75 52020 50080
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Food Standards Agency 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight HM Land Registry 330 295 34020 28080
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight HM Revenue and Customs 1480 1365 36380 34700
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight HM Treasury [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Home Office 100 90 30140 26780
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Ministry of Defence 640 600 29060 22840
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Ministry of Justice 3550 3230 29500 26840
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight National Crime Agency 60 55 37930 38310
In post 2023 Female East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills 135 130 48340 52750
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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.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).