Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london

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Status Year Function_of_post Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Analysis London 5375 5225 57400 54660
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 6755 6450 45240 43000
In post 2025 Analysis Overseas 75 75 55850 58000
In post 2025 Analysis Unknown 20 20 50730 45040
In post 2025 Commercial London 1975 1935 63800 61740
In post 2025 Commercial Outside London 5840 5625 48750 44920
In post 2025 Commercial Overseas 35 35 65470 61150
In post 2025 Commercial Unknown 10 10 43560 42610
In post 2025 Communications London 2460 2405 54940 50690
In post 2025 Communications Outside London 2535 2405 41420 37680
In post 2025 Communications Overseas 25 25 51540 47940
In post 2025 Communications Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Counter Fraud London 3180 2970 41920 39230
In post 2025 Counter Fraud Outside London 13955 12860 36460 31540
In post 2025 Counter Fraud Unknown 25 25 38180 34240
In post 2025 Debt London 625 550 32700 30070
In post 2025 Debt Outside London 7495 6750 28530 26640
In post 2025 Debt Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Digital and Data London 7060 6935 55600 51390
In post 2025 Digital and Data Outside London 21395 20790 47400 44110
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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).
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
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).