Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL2 / Sex / Ethnicity / Region_ITL1

Status Year Region_ITL2 Sex Ethnicity Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Asian East (England) 455 400 36220 33200
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Black East (England) 225 215 34240 32000
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Mixed East (England) 105 100 37510 34730
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Other ethnicity East (England) 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Undeclared East (England) 85 75 37550 34330
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Unknown East (England) 310 280 35840 31650
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female White East (England) 1680 1530 39630 35520
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male Asian East (England) 270 260 37110 34330
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male Black East (England) 205 200 35680 34450
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male Mixed East (England) 65 60 39230 35580
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male Other ethnicity East (England) 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male Undeclared East (England) 130 125 38310 35540
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male Unknown East (England) 235 230 37220 34210
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male White East (England) 1185 1150 41660 37500
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown Asian East (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown Black East (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown Mixed East (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown Other ethnicity East (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown White East (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Female Asian South East (England) 485 435 35680 33180
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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 2025-07-17

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_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.
Region_ITL2 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 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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).