Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post / Responsibility_level_grouped / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

Status Year Sex Function_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female Analysis AA/AO AA 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Analysis AA/AO AO 115 105 26240 26240
In post 2025 Female Analysis EO EO 555 510 30670 30980
In post 2025 Female Analysis G6/G7 G6 485 445 77420 74990
In post 2025 Female Analysis G6/G7 G7 1500 1405 61060 60430
In post 2025 Female Analysis SCS level SCS level 125 120 95690 90170
In post 2025 Female Analysis SEO/HEO HEO 1315 1265 37700 37500
In post 2025 Female Analysis SEO/HEO SEO 1605 1520 46060 45740
In post 2025 Female Analysis Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Commercial AA/AO AA [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Commercial AA/AO AO 195 175 27230 26340
In post 2025 Female Commercial EO EO 495 460 30870 30270
In post 2025 Female Commercial G6/G7 G6 370 360 78230 75370
In post 2025 Female Commercial G6/G7 G7 910 875 63960 62330
In post 2025 Female Commercial SCS level SCS level 140 135 115980 110120
In post 2025 Female Commercial SEO/HEO HEO 975 925 37380 37330
In post 2025 Female Commercial SEO/HEO SEO 1185 1135 45990 46290
In post 2025 Female Commercial Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Communications AA/AO AA [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Communications AA/AO AO 175 155 26440 25070
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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_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
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).