Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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Status Year Region_ITL1 Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_grouped Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Commercial [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Communications [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Counter Fraud 45 35 21180 21260
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Digital, Data and Technology [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Finance 20 20 22010 22200
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Human Resources 15 15 21250 21710
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Knowledge and Information Management [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Legal 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Medicine 20 20 22060 21780
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Operational Delivery 3280 2975 22810 21260
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Other 170 160 21010 21170
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Policy [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Project Delivery 15 15 22460 22600
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Property 30 25 20800 22040
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Psychology [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Science and Engineering 15 15 21580 21300
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Security 50 50 30400 28890
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Tax 220 210 21260 21250
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire AA/AO Unknown 30 30 21360 21250
In post 2022 East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire EO Commercial 15 15 26620 26480
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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 2023-02-15, 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.
Organisation specific notes on status: In late June 2021 around 7,000 employees from Community Rehabilitation Companies were transferred in from the private sector to HM Prison and Probation Service, counting as entrants. HM Land Registry do not record where their departing employees transfer to and so are unable to identify those that transfer to another Civil Service department.
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.
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.
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.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Cabinet Office (excl agencies) reported profession information for only 60 out of a total 9,930 employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions 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).