Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Parent_department / Organisation

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Status Year Function_of_post Parent_department Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Attorney General’s Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Government Legal Department 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Cabinet Office Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 40 40 51430 46730
In post 2025 Analysis Cabinet Office Central Civil Service Fast Stream 155 155 32960 32890
In post 2025 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments Government Actuary’s Department 175 165 81360 77700
In post 2025 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments National Savings and Investments 25 25 51060 50410
In post 2025 Analysis Charity Commission Charity Commission 45 45 43380 36840
In post 2025 Analysis Competition and Markets Authority Competition and Markets Authority 190 180 67610 63630
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 15 15 48430 50170
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Companies House 35 35 52320 51850
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Department for Business and Trade (excl. agencies) 380 375 56200 59450
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Business and Trade The Insolvency Service 35 35 44980 41530
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture, Media and Sport 75 75 53990 51770
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Education Department for Education (excl. agencies) 585 560 52270 51140
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Education Education and Skills Funding Agency 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Education Standards and Testing Agency 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 630 620 57290 59470
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Animal and Plant Health Agency 210 205 37170 33890
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) 720 695 48290 43610
In post 2025 Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rural Payments Agency 115 110 34110 29580
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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 2025-07-16

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.
Five 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, United Kingdom Statistics Authority, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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).