Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL1 / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL3

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Sexual_orientation Region_ITL3 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Babergh and Mid Suffolk 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Bedford 245 230 32360 34450
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Breckland and South Norfolk 235 225 32990 33580
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire CC 795 740 31660 30630
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Central Bedfordshire 80 75 27020 27280
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight East Suffolk 305 285 30860 28470
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Essex Haven Gateway 95 85 27730 27280
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Essex Thames Gateway 220 200 27810 28580
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Heart of Essex 315 295 30190 28470
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Ipwich 140 120 25880 26640
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Luton 80 65 24680 24200
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight North and East Hertfordshire 35 30 25870 24200
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight North and West Norfolk 345 320 30280 27840
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Norwich and East Norfolk 425 380 29360 27840
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Peterborough 415 350 26280 26750
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight South West Hertfordshire 440 410 31520 28580
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Southend-on-Sea 45 35 26190 24200
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight Thurrock 60 60 27090 26750
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight West Essex 35 30 26200 26750
In post 2025 AA/AO East (England) Heterosexual / straight West Suffolk 585 565 30780 27840
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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.
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_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).