Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL3 Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Scotland 275 240 24900 24490
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Angus and Dundee City Scotland 680 605 22790 22180
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Ards and North Down Northern Ireland 30 30 22580 22500
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Northern Ireland [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Barking & Dagenham and Havering London 60 50 25260 25480
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Barnet London 150 125 25050 25070
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Yorkshire and The Humber 795 675 23920 21780
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire South West (England) 860 770 23760 22400
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Bedford East of England 175 160 26500 24070
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Belfast Northern Ireland 560 480 22470 22520
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Berkshire South East (England) 325 285 24160 22220
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Bexley and Greenwich London 415 385 29160 27700
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Birmingham West Midlands (England) 2410 2110 22470 21780
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Blackburn with Darwen North West (England) 35 25 21580 21780
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Blackpool North West (England) 960 810 21640 21690
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole South West (England) 100 85 21700 21780
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Bradford Yorkshire and The Humber 775 625 22150 22520
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Breckland and South Norfolk East of England 125 110 26500 25340
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Brent London 90 75 25260 25480
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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).
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).