Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL1 / Region_ITL3 / Profession_of_post

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL1 Region_ITL3 Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 AA East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Operational Delivery 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Property [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Bedford Operational Delivery 50 50 27380 27840
In post 2025 AA East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Operational Delivery 60 55 27910 27840
In post 2025 AA East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Security 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Cambridgeshire CC Human Resources [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Cambridgeshire CC Operational Delivery 200 180 27630 27840
In post 2025 AA East (England) Cambridgeshire CC Property [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Cambridgeshire CC Security 20 20 28000 26240
In post 2025 AA East (England) Central Bedfordshire Operational Delivery 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Central Bedfordshire Property [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Central Bedfordshire Security 30 25 27980 26240
In post 2025 AA East (England) East Suffolk Operational Delivery 65 60 27800 27840
In post 2025 AA East (England) East Suffolk Property [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) East Suffolk Security [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Essex Haven Gateway Operational Delivery 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Essex Haven Gateway Property [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA East (England) Essex Haven Gateway Security 10 10 29800 31200
In post 2025 AA East (England) Essex Thames Gateway Operational Delivery 15 10 23310 23310
In post 2025 AA East (England) Heart of Essex Operational Delivery 85 75 26550 27840
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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).
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.
Region_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Two bodies did not report any professions information for their employees. These are as follows: Scottish Forestry and Forestry and Land Scotland.
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).