Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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

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Status Year Function_of_post Sex Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Analysis Female Active Travel England [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Animal and Plant Health Agency 115 110 36470 33890
In post 2025 Analysis Female Attorney General’s Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Building Digital UK 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Central Civil Service Fast Stream 65 65 33140 32890
In post 2025 Analysis Female Charity Commission 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Companies House 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Competition and Markets Authority 75 70 67260 63630
In post 2025 Analysis Female Consumer Scotland [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Female Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 110 105 46470 46420
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Business and Trade (excl. agencies) 150 150 56240 52290
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Culture, Media and Sport 40 40 52890 50490
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Education (excl. agencies) 310 290 52400 51140
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 255 245 55960 55110
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) 350 330 48890 44760
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (excl. agencies) 80 80 54820 58000
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Transport (excl. agencies) 170 160 56170 57890
In post 2025 Analysis Female Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) 550 500 42150 37500
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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).
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.
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).