Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL1 / Region_ITL2

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 2280 2000 25490 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) East Midlands (England) - Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire 1625 1405 25260 24270
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) Lincolnshire 660 590 25980 25000
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 675 590 26900 26190
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England East Anglia 2325 2055 26420 25000
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England East of England - Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England Essex 750 660 26290 26780
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Inner London - East 1380 1225 29090 28610
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Inner London - West 1820 1685 28990 27220
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London London - Unknown 50 45 29970 28400
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Outer London - East and North East 885 775 28840 27220
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Outer London - South 1480 1325 28220 28800
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Outer London - West and North West 1025 895 28760 27220
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North East (England) North East (England) - Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North East (England) Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear 5225 4190 24170 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North East (England) Tees Valley and Durham 2220 1930 26560 24800
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North West (England) Cheshire 625 550 27310 25630
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North West (England) Cumbria 570 485 24530 23810
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North West (England) Greater Manchester 2960 2590 24720 24270
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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).
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_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.
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).