Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Region_ITL2 / Region_ITL3

Status Year Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Region_ITL2 Region_ITL3 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Bedford 690 645 35470 34450
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Central Bedfordshire 310 295 37580 32370
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Luton 465 425 31960 30980
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire North and East Hertfordshire 480 450 39620 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire South West Hertfordshire 1725 1625 42320 37710
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Cambridgeshire CC 2565 2430 40330 37160
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Peterborough 1280 1160 34850 30960
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Essex Essex Haven Gateway 675 625 36470 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Essex Essex Thames Gateway 930 855 33720 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Essex Heart of Essex 945 895 38450 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Essex Southend-on-Sea 225 200 34050 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Essex Thurrock 300 285 32540 30570
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Essex West Essex 490 445 37190 32370
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Norfolk Breckland and South Norfolk 460 430 36800 34170
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Norfolk North and West Norfolk 720 670 34570 32000
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Norfolk Norwich and East Norfolk 1570 1440 36260 31350
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Suffolk Babergh and Mid Suffolk 145 140 40650 35890
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Suffolk East Suffolk 1065 985 35650 32450
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Suffolk Ipwich 755 690 35800 31250
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Suffolk West Suffolk 1105 1060 35440 32000
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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).
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.
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).