Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL2 / Responsibility_level_grouped

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA/AO 435 375 28470 27840
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire EO 685 615 32940 33180
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire G6/G7 205 195 67290 65110
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SCS level 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SEO/HEO 485 465 43600 42550
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown 310 280 33900 31650
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire AA/AO 970 875 29190 28020
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire EO 930 845 32590 32000
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire G6/G7 325 305 67320 63150
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SCS level 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire SEO/HEO 1045 985 42420 41170
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Unknown 435 400 34550 31650
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire and Peterborough AA/AO 620 540 27960 26750
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire and Peterborough EO 440 400 31130 30960
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire and Peterborough G6/G7 180 170 65320 62160
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SCS level 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire and Peterborough SEO/HEO 595 565 41760 39550
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Unknown 195 180 34250 31650
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cheshire AA/AO 405 345 28340 26340
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Cheshire EO 575 530 34610 34540
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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 2025-07-21

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_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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).