Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2025	Analysis	16-19	60	60	29330	28700
In post	2025	Analysis	20-29	3980	3955	43510	41820
In post	2025	Analysis	30-39	3785	3660	52570	51000
In post	2025	Analysis	40-49	2390	2250	57240	56470
In post	2025	Analysis	50-59	1520	1445	55330	52190
In post	2025	Analysis	60-64	370	310	50620	44870
In post	2025	Analysis	65+	120	90	48140	40720
In post	2025	Commercial	16-19	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Commercial	20-29	1240	1230	40250	37100
In post	2025	Commercial	30-39	2030	1985	49220	45300
In post	2025	Commercial	40-49	2015	1950	57090	48610
In post	2025	Commercial	50-59	1900	1855	59420	49810
In post	2025	Commercial	60-64	520	450	53930	47300
In post	2025	Commercial	65+	150	130	50270	46730
In post	2025	Communications	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Communications	20-29	990	980	41010	40160
In post	2025	Communications	30-39	1555	1505	49540	46730
In post	2025	Communications	40-49	1270	1205	52410	48200
In post	2025	Communications	50-59	905	870	48980	44590
In post	2025	Communications	60-64	235	215	44610	39850

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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).
Function_of_post	Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
	Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).