Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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Status Year Sex Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA/AO 675 590 26900 26190
In post 2024 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire EO 865 770 31160 31150
In post 2024 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire G6/G7 265 250 64040 62320
In post 2024 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SCS level 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SEO/HEO 620 590 41780 40720
In post 2024 Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown 400 365 31410 30210
In post 2024 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AA/AO 1405 1265 27230 25750
In post 2024 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire EO 1220 1120 30970 30350
In post 2024 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire G6/G7 420 390 64500 60760
In post 2024 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SCS level 30 30 100150 101730
In post 2024 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SEO/HEO 1325 1255 40360 39210
In post 2024 Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Unknown 545 495 31470 30210
In post 2024 Female Cheshire AA/AO 625 550 27310 25630
In post 2024 Female Cheshire EO 390 345 29830 29500
In post 2024 Female Cheshire G6/G7 155 145 61090 57990
In post 2024 Female Cheshire SCS level 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Cheshire SEO/HEO 305 290 39670 39440
In post 2024 Female Cheshire Unknown 275 260 31760 30210
In post 2024 Female Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AA/AO 400 340 24200 24270
In post 2024 Female Cornwall and Isles of Scilly EO 345 300 29310 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.
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).