Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post / Age

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Status	Year	Sex	Function_of_post	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	16-19	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	20-29	1820	1805	43600	42380
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	30-39	1840	1740	51790	49930
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	40-49	1160	1040	55770	55090
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	50-59	685	630	53470	48050
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	60-64	140	110	46690	41490
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	65+	45	30	40680	36090
In post	2025	Female	Analysis	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	16-19	5	5	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	20-29	700	690	40260	37170
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	30-39	1100	1060	47810	44950
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	40-49	1140	1075	54930	47960
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	50-59	1025	985	55920	47490
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	60-64	245	210	46530	42610
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	65+	55	45	44970	43350
In post	2025	Female	Commercial	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Female	Communications	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Female	Communications	20-29	655	650	41180	40160
In post	2025	Female	Communications	30-39	975	925	49220	46730
In post	2025	Female	Communications	40-49	785	725	51560	46950

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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).
Function_of_post	Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
	Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Sex	Self reported sex.
	"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).