Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL2 / Responsibility_level_grouped

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Status Year Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA/AO 1260 1155 28200 27000
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire EO 1490 1365 31310 31060
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire G6/G7 470 450 64620 62450
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SCS level 45 45 94290 90000
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SEO/HEO 1105 1065 41820 40800
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown 500 460 31210 30210
In post 2024 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AA/AO 3050 2885 29840 27220
In post 2024 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire EO 2210 2085 32060 30470
In post 2024 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire G6/G7 890 840 64440 61340
In post 2024 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SCS level 65 60 104120 100230
In post 2024 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SEO/HEO 2545 2440 41330 39940
In post 2024 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Unknown 735 685 31240 27510
In post 2024 Cheshire AA/AO 1060 960 28220 26780
In post 2024 Cheshire EO 625 570 30260 29500
In post 2024 Cheshire G6/G7 280 270 60730 57620
In post 2024 Cheshire SCS level 15 15 97350 95990
In post 2024 Cheshire SEO/HEO 560 530 40010 39630
In post 2024 Cheshire Unknown 355 330 31730 30210
In post 2024 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AA/AO 710 640 24080 24270
In post 2024 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly EO 595 545 29210 29500
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).