Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department / Region_london

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Status Year Sex Parent_department Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Attorney General’s Departments London 3265 3030 53270 58000
In post 2024 Female Attorney General’s Departments Outside London 4240 3880 42110 35500
In post 2024 Female Attorney General’s Departments Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Cabinet Office London 2835 2770 52670 44590
In post 2024 Female Cabinet Office Outside London 2715 2610 45420 40850
In post 2024 Female Cabinet Office Unknown 135 130 48950 44500
In post 2024 Female Chancellor’s other departments London 155 145 62000 53330
In post 2024 Female Chancellor’s other departments Outside London 40 40 57140 49470
In post 2024 Female Charity Commission London 40 40 56420 55590
In post 2024 Female Charity Commission Outside London 245 230 38150 35090
In post 2024 Female Competition and Markets Authority London 425 405 65470 60480
In post 2024 Female Competition and Markets Authority Outside London 115 110 56020 50020
In post 2024 Female Department for Business and Trade London 2265 2200 49520 43820
In post 2024 Female Department for Business and Trade Outside London 2735 2530 35540 33160
In post 2024 Female Department for Business and Trade Overseas 65 65 56870 57860
In post 2024 Female Department for Culture, Media and Sport London 455 430 53740 55360
In post 2024 Female Department for Culture, Media and Sport Outside London 110 110 40400 37100
In post 2024 Female Department for Education London 1515 1435 53480 53830
In post 2024 Female Department for Education Outside London 3715 3515 43970 39480
In post 2024 Female Department for Energy Security and Net Zero London 1580 1530 53070 56080
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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.
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".
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).