Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex

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Status Year Parent_department Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Female 7505 6910 46970 45000
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Male 3755 3660 50660 53580
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Female 5685 5515 49120 42300
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Male 5050 4990 53390 46000
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments Female 195 185 61000 52630
In post 2024 Chancellor’s other departments Male 255 255 64920 55090
In post 2024 Charity Commission Female 285 265 40720 35090
In post 2024 Charity Commission Male 185 180 41870 35090
In post 2024 Competition and Markets Authority Female 540 515 63440 60480
In post 2024 Competition and Markets Authority Male 535 525 66420 61380
In post 2024 Department for Business and Trade Female 5060 4790 42000 39380
In post 2024 Department for Business and Trade Male 4550 4480 45360 43010
In post 2024 Department for Culture, Media and Sport Female 565 540 51130 51340
In post 2024 Department for Culture, Media and Sport Male 405 405 52490 53890
In post 2024 Department for Education Female 5230 4950 46720 43330
In post 2024 Department for Education Male 3370 3335 48780 45200
In post 2024 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Female 2185 2115 50510 49880
In post 2024 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Male 2175 2160 52890 55810
In post 2024 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Female 7760 7235 38820 35860
In post 2024 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Male 5955 5825 40640 39440
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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.
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).