Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Age

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Status Year Parent_department Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 30 30 25040 24470
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 1880 1860 32820 29200
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 2440 2335 48490 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 2980 2755 52970 56550
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 2990 2805 52230 56170
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 60-64 725 620 51070 56670
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 65+ 210 170 50920 56550
In post 2024 Cabinet Office 16-19 10 10 28730 27750
In post 2024 Cabinet Office 20-29 3075 3065 37470 34210
In post 2024 Cabinet Office 30-39 2835 2780 51280 53400
In post 2024 Cabinet Office 40-49 2345 2285 59710 58800
In post 2024 Cabinet Office 50-59 1930 1880 60950 58800
In post 2024 Cabinet Office 60-64 435 395 55730 45350
In post 2024 Cabinet Office 65+ 110 95 57760 40850
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments 20-29 80 80 41380 38860
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments 30-39 120 120 64750 61210
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments 40-49 130 120 70550 63740
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments 50-59 90 90 70760 57860
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments 60-64 20 20 55670 50500
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments 65+ 10 10 [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 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.
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).