Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL3

Status Year Function_of_post Region_london Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL3 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis London AA Westminster [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London AO Camden and City of London 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London AO Tower Hamlets 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London AO Westminster 45 45 24850 24900
In post 2021 Analysis London EO Camden and City of London 15 15 29940 28270
In post 2021 Analysis London EO Croydon [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London EO Tower Hamlets 50 50 27990 28100
In post 2021 Analysis London EO Westminster 195 190 28910 29000
In post 2021 Analysis London G6 Camden and City of London 100 90 92250 89720
In post 2021 Analysis London G6 Croydon 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London G6 Hackney and Newham [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London G6 Tower Hamlets 50 50 74820 75140
In post 2021 Analysis London G6 Westminster 260 250 68220 66600
In post 2021 Analysis London G7 Camden and City of London 30 30 61460 59160
In post 2021 Analysis London G7 Croydon 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London G7 Hackney and Newham [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis London G7 Tower Hamlets 245 235 59530 58860
In post 2021 Analysis London G7 Westminster 735 710 56020 54760
In post 2021 Analysis London HEO Camden and City of London 40 40 36940 36160
In post 2021 Analysis London HEO Croydon 10 10 35730 36160
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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 2023-02-18, with GIT 71a76ea.

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, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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_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_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.
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
The Department for Work and Pensions provided aggregated functions data for 2021, which are available in the Civil Service Statistics publication. However, figures in this browser are derived from individual level data and so are not available for this department in 2021.
Home Office, Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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).