Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Status Year Parent_department Age Region_london Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 London Female [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 London Male [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Outside London Female 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Outside London Male 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 London Female 550 545 35420 30130
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 London Male 250 245 35750 31700
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Outside London Female 795 785 31060 28760
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Outside London Male 285 285 30170 26730
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 London Female 835 795 53870 58000
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 London Male 420 415 52270 58000
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Outside London Female 815 755 42790 41490
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Outside London Male 370 370 44670 43200
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 London Female 910 805 59820 60240
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 London Male 450 440 60300 60290
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 Outside London Female 1150 1040 46530 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 Outside London Male 475 465 48560 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 London Female 725 670 58840 61470
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 London Male 465 460 59970 62880
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 Outside London Female 1155 1045 44860 38440
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 Outside London Male 645 625 52330 56550
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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 2024-07-24

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.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).