Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Region_ITL1 / Parent_department / Region_london

Status Year Sex Region_ITL1 Parent_department Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female East (England) Attorney General’s Departments Outside London 415 365 43590 33200
In post 2025 Female East (England) Cabinet Office Outside London 145 135 54190 48610
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department for Business and Trade Outside London 85 75 38300 35420
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department for Education Outside London 90 85 52910 51140
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Outside London [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Outside London 505 470 39730 34770
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Outside London 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department for Transport Outside London 95 85 32770 30150
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department for Work and Pensions Outside London 3000 2585 33010 30980
In post 2025 Female East (England) Department of Health and Social Care Outside London 400 380 49370 45190
In post 2025 Female East (England) Food Standards Agency Outside London 55 50 46080 43840
In post 2025 Female East (England) HM Land Registry Outside London 195 170 35630 30960
In post 2025 Female East (England) HM Revenue and Customs Outside London 335 300 35390 31370
In post 2025 Female East (England) HM Treasury Outside London 60 55 33740 29930
In post 2025 Female East (England) Home Office Outside London 1070 955 32630 30360
In post 2025 Female East (England) Ministry of Defence Outside London 1620 1545 38260 36530
In post 2025 Female East (England) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Outside London 75 70 52850 54530
In post 2025 Female East (England) Ministry of Justice Outside London 4525 4125 33590 31650
In post 2025 Female East (England) National Crime Agency Outside London 85 80 45460 43050
In post 2025 Female East (England) Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills Outside London 65 60 65850 57500
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
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.
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).