Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Region_ITL1

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Status Year Ethnicity Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Asian East (England) 1505 1380 35930 31900
In post 2025 Asian East Midlands (England) 2590 2385 33120 30980
In post 2025 Asian London 16685 15840 44790 39640
In post 2025 Asian North East (England) 910 855 35290 30980
In post 2025 Asian North West (England) 4790 4510 34220 30980
In post 2025 Asian Northern Ireland 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Asian Overseas 210 205 57010 55500
In post 2025 Asian Scotland 1135 1085 38060 32460
In post 2025 Asian South East (England) 1965 1845 36420 33660
In post 2025 Asian South West (England) 1205 1155 40110 36540
In post 2025 Asian Unknown 45 45 43270 34680
In post 2025 Asian Wales 880 830 35590 30980
In post 2025 Asian West Midlands (England) 6665 6250 34290 30980
In post 2025 Asian Yorkshire and The Humber 4390 4105 33960 30980
In post 2025 Black East (England) 1085 1040 35140 34330
In post 2025 Black East Midlands (England) 1115 1060 33150 30980
In post 2025 Black London 11560 11085 41500 36500
In post 2025 Black North East (England) 410 400 34210 30980
In post 2025 Black North West (England) 1705 1655 34320 30980
In post 2025 Black Northern Ireland 10 10 [c] [c]
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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 2025-07-16

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.
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).
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.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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).