Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Ethnicity / Region_london / Region_ITL2

Status Year Region_ITL1 Ethnicity Region_london Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 East (England) Asian Outside London Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 725 665 36550 33780
In post 2025 East (England) Asian Outside London Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 370 330 33400 30140
In post 2025 East (England) Asian Outside London Essex 300 280 37130 34330
In post 2025 East (England) Asian Outside London Norfolk 30 30 38200 33020
In post 2025 East (England) Asian Outside London Suffolk 80 75 36460 33590
In post 2025 East (England) Black Outside London Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 430 415 34920 34330
In post 2025 East (England) Black Outside London Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 170 160 36030 30980
In post 2025 East (England) Black Outside London Essex 325 310 34780 34330
In post 2025 East (England) Black Outside London Norfolk 75 70 37690 32450
In post 2025 East (England) Black Outside London Suffolk 85 80 33620 32450
In post 2025 East (England) Mixed Outside London Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 170 160 38150 35130
In post 2025 East (England) Mixed Outside London Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 100 95 37290 34170
In post 2025 East (England) Mixed Outside London Essex 90 85 35030 34330
In post 2025 East (England) Mixed Outside London Norfolk 65 65 36570 33020
In post 2025 East (England) Mixed Outside London Suffolk 95 90 36760 34420
In post 2025 East (England) Other ethnicity Outside London Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 45 40 37960 34330
In post 2025 East (England) Other ethnicity Outside London Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 25 20 [c] [c]
In post 2025 East (England) Other ethnicity Outside London Essex 40 35 35400 34330
In post 2025 East (England) Other ethnicity Outside London Norfolk 15 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 East (England) Other ethnicity Outside London Suffolk 10 10 [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 2025-07-18

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".
Region_ITL1 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 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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).