Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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Status Year Profession_of_post Organisation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Commercial Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Department for Business and Trade 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial Animal and Plant Health Agency Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 25 20 36470 32290
In post 2024 Commercial Building Digital UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 30 30 36940 36860
In post 2024 Commercial Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Cabinet Office 190 185 63620 58800
In post 2024 Commercial Central Civil Service Fast Stream Cabinet Office 95 95 32020 31970
In post 2024 Commercial Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 15 15 49740 51690
In post 2024 Commercial Charity Commission Charity Commission [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Commercial Companies House Department for Business and Trade 15 15 46010 46120
In post 2024 Commercial Competition and Markets Authority Competition and Markets Authority 10 10 53570 52860
In post 2024 Commercial Crown Commercial Service Cabinet Office 295 285 40240 43580
In post 2024 Commercial Crown Prosecution Service Attorney General’s Departments 35 30 42330 40700
In post 2024 Commercial Defence Electronics and Components Agency Ministry of Defence 40 40 38280 36410
In post 2024 Commercial Defence Equipment and Support Ministry of Defence 940 895 44640 44500
In post 2024 Commercial Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence 75 70 35060 32160
In post 2024 Commercial Department for Business and Trade (excl. agencies) Department for Business and Trade 50 50 44090 43010
In post 2024 Commercial Department for Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture, Media and Sport 25 25 54980 57860
In post 2024 Commercial Department for Education (excl. agencies) Department for Education 185 175 44470 40980
In post 2024 Commercial Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 25 25 40830 40140
In post 2024 Commercial Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 150 145 38440 39630
In post 2024 Commercial Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 30 30 41960 39640
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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.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions information for their employees.
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).