Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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Status Year Profession_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Actuary G6/G7 110 100 100070 94980
In post 2025 Actuary SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Actuary SEO/HEO 25 25 46500 45870
In post 2025 Clinical AA/AO 330 300 27750 28030
In post 2025 Clinical EO 305 275 36230 36480
In post 2025 Clinical G6/G7 815 710 86320 89200
In post 2025 Clinical SCS level 215 195 127920 126020
In post 2025 Clinical SEO/HEO 800 715 46080 45560
In post 2025 Clinical Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Commercial AA/AO 330 305 26960 26130
In post 2025 Commercial EO 675 645 31060 30270
In post 2025 Commercial G6/G7 2390 2330 69940 71190
In post 2025 Commercial SCS level 275 270 120300 113710
In post 2025 Commercial SEO/HEO 3655 3530 42920 42610
In post 2025 Commercial Unknown 35 35 43920 46000
In post 2025 Communications AA/AO 205 195 27270 27280
In post 2025 Communications EO 555 530 31450 30750
In post 2025 Communications G6/G7 1395 1350 65500 63400
In post 2025 Communications SCS level 140 135 97700 90220
In post 2025 Communications SEO/HEO 3040 2930 43190 43170
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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).
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.
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).