Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL3 / Region_ITL2

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL3 Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire North Eastern Scotland 245 215 26960 26630
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Angus and Dundee City Eastern Scotland 650 580 25340 24970
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Ards and North Down Northern Ireland 30 25 24730 24420
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Northern Ireland [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Barking & Dagenham and Havering Outer London - East and North East 55 45 26890 27000
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Barnet Outer London - West and North West 150 125 26500 26690
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham South Yorkshire 725 620 26600 25630
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 950 850 25910 25000
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Bedford Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 150 140 28300 25750
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Belfast Northern Ireland 535 460 24410 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Berkshire Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 320 285 25680 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Bexley and Greenwich Outer London - East and North East 410 380 31570 29640
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Birmingham West Midlands 2460 2165 24100 23850
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Blackburn with Darwen Lancashire 35 30 23360 22940
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Blackpool Lancashire 630 535 24180 24270
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Dorset and Somerset 90 75 23470 22940
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Bradford West Yorkshire 815 665 24020 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Breckland and South Norfolk East Anglia 135 120 30000 30900
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Brent Outer London - West and North West 90 75 26880 27000
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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_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.
Region_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
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).