Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Parent_department

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Status Year Profession_of_post Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Actuary Chancellor’s other departments 135 125 91130 88750
In post 2025 Clinical Cabinet Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Clinical Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Clinical Department for Transport 50 40 85810 96130
In post 2025 Clinical Department for Work and Pensions 50 45 54880 42610
In post 2025 Clinical Department of Health and Social Care 505 470 85750 73510
In post 2025 Clinical Ministry of Defence 1665 1465 56430 44960
In post 2025 Clinical Welsh Government 180 170 54590 54430
In post 2025 Commercial Attorney General’s Departments 45 45 44080 42530
In post 2025 Commercial Cabinet Office 2165 2125 70150 72000
In post 2025 Commercial Chancellor’s other departments 15 15 49070 55300
In post 2025 Commercial Charity Commission [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Commercial Competition and Markets Authority 15 15 57980 61590
In post 2025 Commercial Department for Business and Trade 110 105 44770 45270
In post 2025 Commercial Department for Culture, Media and Sport 25 25 53580 52080
In post 2025 Commercial Department for Education 185 180 45610 41460
In post 2025 Commercial Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 30 25 46990 44960
In post 2025 Commercial Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 330 310 38080 34950
In post 2025 Commercial Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 95 90 47450 44620
In post 2025 Commercial Department for Transport 255 235 39160 35030
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Two bodies did not report any professions information for their employees. These are as follows: Scottish Forestry and Forestry and Land Scotland.
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).