Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Sexual_orientation / Sex / Region_ITL2

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Sex Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 70 60 25800 26240
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 145 130 26830 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 110 100 26780 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Cheshire 45 40 26600 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 15 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Cumbria 30 25 26450 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 145 125 27050 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Devon 90 80 26250 26240
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female East Central Scotland 105 90 26800 26570
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 120 110 27110 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Eastern Scotland 150 130 27190 28130
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Essex 50 40 25100 23310
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 70 60 26340 26240
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Greater Manchester 125 110 25900 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Hampshire and Isle of Wight 270 205 25560 26240
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 85 75 27070 27840
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Highlands and Islands 75 65 26480 26240
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Inner London - East 80 70 29450 27800
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Inner London - West 130 120 29590 28050
In post 2025 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Kent 145 130 26810 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 2025-07-18

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_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.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).