Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Region_ITL2

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Status Year Parent_department Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 205 190 45880 42650
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 140 130 44830 37320
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Cheshire 15 15 64190 61940
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 35 30 38760 30290
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Cumbria 35 30 45110 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 315 295 41610 36580
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Devon 110 105 41840 36200
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Dorset and Somerset [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments East Anglia 155 135 38520 30290
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments East Wales 335 310 42960 40500
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 85 75 41270 34590
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Essex 220 205 44750 38440
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 315 295 48290 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Greater Manchester 495 460 44840 40700
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Hampshire and Isle of Wight 305 285 45600 38440
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 10 10 52410 56170
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Inner London - East 25 25 37330 27390
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Inner London - West 4895 4630 54120 58000
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Kent 145 135 44330 38440
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Lancashire 215 200 43690 51260
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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_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.
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).