Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london / Region_ITL2 / Responsibility_level_grouped

Status Year Function_of_post Region_london Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - East AA/AO 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - East EO 45 45 32710 32950
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - East G6/G7 485 460 76240 70420
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - East SCS level 45 45 112000 109490
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - East SEO/HEO 435 425 44670 43520
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - West AA/AO 55 55 29370 28580
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - West EO 190 185 33310 33100
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - West G6/G7 1875 1815 67210 65330
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - West SCS level 180 175 95080 89550
In post 2025 Analysis London Inner London - West SEO/HEO 1795 1765 44820 44840
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - East and North East AA/AO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - East and North East EO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - East and North East G6/G7 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - East and North East SEO/HEO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - South AA/AO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - South EO 20 20 35270 35680
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - South G6/G7 65 60 72580 70420
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - South SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - South SEO/HEO 105 100 45580 43670
In post 2025 Analysis London Outer London - West and North West AA/AO [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 2025-07-21

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).
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_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_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.
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.
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).