Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_london

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Status Year Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 London 106620 102525 47950 42740
In post 2024 Outside London 429660 401110 35810 30980
In post 2024 Overseas 3835 3810 54350 53920
In post 2024 Unknown 2725 2680 41450 36750
Leaver CS 2024 London 8420 [c] 44240 37240
Leaver CS 2024 Outside London 30635 [c] 32790 28230
Leaver CS 2024 Overseas 145 [c] 53790 49920
Leaver CS 2024 Unknown 390 [c] 38920 34860
Leaver Dept. 2024 London 15440 [c] 49660 45190
Leaver Dept. 2024 Outside London 12010 [c] 36590 32690
Leaver Dept. 2024 Overseas 255 [c] 59280 57870
Leaver Dept. 2024 Unknown 100 [c] 41840 37300
New entrant CS 2024 London 12055 [c] 37390 33980
New entrant CS 2024 Outside London 50740 [c] 30100 28000
New entrant CS 2024 Overseas 80 [c] 43460 30230
New entrant CS 2024 Unknown 460 [c] 31780 30860

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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
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".
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).