Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Sex / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL1

Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East Midlands (England) 350 315 24270 25630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East of England 465 410 24210 25630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA London 475 420 27390 26180
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA North East (England) 335 270 24430 24000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA North West (England) 525 450 23770 23670
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Northern Ireland 40 35 23740 24420
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Scotland 600 540 25380 25140
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA South East (England) 730 605 24250 24000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA South West (England) 370 325 23970 23670
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Wales 510 410 22000 21210
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA West Midlands (England) 350 310 24090 25630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Yorkshire and The Humber 475 425 24480 25630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AO East Midlands (England) 2640 2300 25730 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AO East of England 2130 1885 26890 25750
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AO London 3625 3235 28950 28250
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AO North East (England) 4420 3655 24930 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AO North West (England) 6915 5925 24880 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Northern Ireland 360 315 24750 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Overseas 20 20 [c] [c]
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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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).