Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL2 / Organisation

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL2 Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HM Courts and Tribunals Service 35 25 21520 21150
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HM Prison and Probation Service 75 65 25230 25630
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 45 45 25200 23670
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire HM Courts and Tribunals Service 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire HM Prison and Probation Service 185 170 25690 25630
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire HM Revenue and Customs (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 110 110 23890 23670
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire UK Health Security Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cheshire HM Courts and Tribunals Service 15 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cheshire HM Prison and Probation Service 75 70 25610 25630
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cheshire Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HM Courts and Tribunals Service 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 40 35 23910 23670
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cumbria HM Courts and Tribunals Service 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cumbria HM Prison and Probation Service 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Cumbria Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 25 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire HM Courts and Tribunals Service 35 30 21150 21150
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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).
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.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).