Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Sex / Region_london / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

Status Year Region_ITL1 Sex Region_london Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London AA 575 505 26540 27840
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London AO 2970 2610 28600 27280
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London EO 3835 3410 32220 30980
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London G6 205 195 76510 74670
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London G7 690 645 62350 60370
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London HEO 1675 1565 38120 37500
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London SCS level 55 50 105480 100260
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London SEO 1165 1105 47280 45490
In post 2025 East (England) Female Outside London Unknown 1665 1515 32460 31650
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London AA 575 540 27360 27840
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London AO 2780 2685 32200 33580
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London EO 2975 2840 32920 30980
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London G6 230 220 79300 75370
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London G7 605 585 62840 60630
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London HEO 1570 1515 39190 37760
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London SCS level 65 65 104520 95060
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London SEO 1005 975 47840 45880
In post 2025 East (England) Male Outside London Unknown 565 540 32590 30290
In post 2025 East Midlands (England) Female Outside London AA 500 450 26670 27840
In post 2025 East Midlands (England) Female Outside London AO 4065 3535 27450 26340
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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 2025-07-17

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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).