Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Responsibility_level_grouped

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Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female AA/AO 75100 65115 25620 24280
In post 2024 Female EO 77070 69740 30300 29500
In post 2024 Female G6/G7 40235 38265 62990 60180
In post 2024 Female SCS level 3635 3470 95140 87530
In post 2024 Female SEO/HEO 82670 78480 40130 39480
In post 2024 Female Unknown 17360 16000 31780 30210
In post 2024 Male AA/AO 60540 57925 27470 24800
In post 2024 Male EO 59355 57220 30970 29500
In post 2024 Male G6/G7 40570 39725 63800 61280
In post 2024 Male SCS level 3900 3825 99520 89970
In post 2024 Male SEO/HEO 74925 73195 41010 40200
In post 2024 Male Unknown 7460 7155 34530 30860
In post 2024 Unknown EO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Unknown G6/G7 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Unknown SEO/HEO 5 5 [c] [c]
Leaver CS 2024 Female AA/AO 8075 [c] 24050 23850
Leaver CS 2024 Female EO 4405 [c] 29450 29500
Leaver CS 2024 Female G6/G7 2170 [c] 62230 58950
Leaver CS 2024 Female SCS level 260 [c] 98530 90700
Leaver CS 2024 Female SEO/HEO 4150 [c] 39470 38750
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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.
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).