Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL2

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 490 435 25100 24480
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 950 855 24910 23720
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cheshire 470 410 23900 22220
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 250 210 21780 21690
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cumbria 420 355 22600 22150
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 1385 1210 23540 22520
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Devon 930 780 22820 22150
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Dorset and Somerset 555 490 23230 22220
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Anglia 1670 1465 23930 22400
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Wales 1875 1640 23120 22520
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 705 600 24440 23230
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Eastern Scotland 1590 1425 23440 22520
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Essex 490 425 24460 24910
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 1650 1480 23130 22220
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Greater Manchester 1810 1585 22590 21780
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Hampshire and Isle of Wight 1520 1235 22740 22220
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 605 530 23470 22150
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Highlands and Islands 270 240 23250 22220
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Inner London - East 860 765 26920 26400
In post 2023 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Inner London - West 1225 1130 26580 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 2023-07-26, 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_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.
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).