Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_london / Region_ITL1 / Function_of_post / Parent_department

Status Year Region_london Region_ITL1 Function_of_post Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 London London Analysis Attorney General’s Departments 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 London London Analysis Cabinet Office 85 85 35640 31970
In post 2024 London London Analysis Chancellor’s other departments 185 175 72810 70890
In post 2024 London London Analysis Charity Commission [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 London London Analysis Competition and Markets Authority 145 140 68290 63120
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department for Business and Trade 320 315 51610 57030
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department for Culture, Media and Sport 55 55 53630 59070
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department for Education 235 225 52010 48700
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 210 205 51700 57090
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 75 75 55540 57990
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department for Transport 240 230 56200 58630
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department for Work and Pensions 230 220 50790 46270
In post 2024 London London Analysis Department of Health and Social Care 215 205 52650 57110
In post 2024 London London Analysis Food Standards Agency 10 10 41400 41730
In post 2024 London London Analysis Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 60 60 54520 49500
In post 2024 London London Analysis HM Land Registry 10 10 61290 61860
In post 2024 London London Analysis HM Revenue and Customs 405 395 55160 48020
In post 2024 London London Analysis HM Treasury 230 225 49170 43860
In post 2024 London London Analysis Home Office 465 450 50360 47230
In post 2024 London London Analysis Ministry of Defence 140 140 49710 47700
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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 2024-07-25

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_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
Region_ITL1 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 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions 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).