Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Organisation / Parent_department

Status Year Region_ITL1 Responsibility_level_ungrouped Organisation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 East (England) AA Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) Department for Work and Pensions [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AA HM Courts and Tribunals Service Ministry of Justice 145 115 25070 25010
In post 2026 East (England) AA HM Prison and Probation Service Ministry of Justice 760 705 30380 30660
In post 2026 East (England) AA Home Office Home Office 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AA Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Department of Health and Social Care [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AA Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) Ministry of Defence 235 225 28680 27650
In post 2026 East (England) AO Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Department for Business and Trade [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AO Animal and Plant Health Agency Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 10 10 26030 26030
In post 2026 East (England) AO Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Cabinet Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AO Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AO Crown Prosecution Service Attorney General’s Departments 145 135 28030 28500
In post 2026 East (England) AO Defence Equipment and Support Ministry of Defence 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AO Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AO Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) Department for Work and Pensions 705 610 28880 29720
In post 2026 East (England) AO Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Department for Transport [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) AO Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency Department for Transport 65 65 31740 31600
In post 2026 East (England) AO HM Courts and Tribunals Service Ministry of Justice 460 395 26090 25580
In post 2026 East (England) AO HM Land Registry HM Land Registry 65 60 26810 26810
In post 2026 East (England) AO HM Prison and Probation Service Ministry of Justice 2355 2235 35940 36820
In post 2026 East (England) AO HM Revenue and Customs (excl. agencies) HM Revenue and Customs 120 110 28020 28020
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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 2026-07-16

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.
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.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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.
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).