Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Region_ITL3 / Region_ITL1 / Responsibility_level_grouped

Status Year Sex Region_ITL3 Region_ITL1 Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Scotland AA/AO 275 240 24900 24490
In post 2023 Female Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Scotland EO 340 305 30400 29100
In post 2023 Female Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Scotland G6/G7 75 75 63560 62170
In post 2023 Female Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Scotland SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Scotland SEO/HEO 270 250 42910 38330
In post 2023 Female Angus and Dundee City Scotland AA/AO 680 605 22790 22180
In post 2023 Female Angus and Dundee City Scotland EO 545 505 29130 29100
In post 2023 Female Angus and Dundee City Scotland G6/G7 70 65 63320 65280
In post 2023 Female Angus and Dundee City Scotland SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Angus and Dundee City Scotland SEO/HEO 250 240 37540 35020
In post 2023 Female Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland AA/AO 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland EO 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland G6/G7 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland SEO/HEO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Ards and North Down Northern Ireland AA/AO 30 30 22580 22500
In post 2023 Female Ards and North Down Northern Ireland EO 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Ards and North Down Northern Ireland G6/G7 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Ards and North Down Northern Ireland SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Ards and North Down Northern Ireland SEO/HEO 15 15 [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 2023-07-26, 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).
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.
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_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
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).