Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london / Age

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Status Year Function_of_post Region_london Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Analysis London 16-19 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London 20-29 2125 2115 47360 44970
In post 2025 Analysis London 30-39 1535 1495 60480 61200
In post 2025 Analysis London 40-49 965 910 68690 67570
In post 2025 Analysis London 50-59 570 545 67460 66050
In post 2025 Analysis London 60-64 120 105 61770 61980
In post 2025 Analysis London 65+ 40 35 57690 50300
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 16-19 40 40 27950 27580
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 20-29 1835 1825 39030 37640
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 30-39 2205 2120 47030 44200
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 40-49 1405 1315 49320 46200
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 50-59 945 900 47960 43820
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 60-64 245 200 45050 38720
In post 2025 Analysis Outside London 65+ 80 55 43480 38200
In post 2025 Analysis Overseas 16-19 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Overseas 20-29 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Overseas 30-39 40 40 54950 57110
In post 2025 Analysis Overseas 40-49 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Overseas 50-59 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Overseas 60-64 [c] [c] [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_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".
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).