Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL1 / Region_london / Parent_department

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Region_london Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Attorney General’s Departments 145 135 28030 28500
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Cabinet Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Department for Business and Trade 30 25 26690 26670
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 35 35 26040 26030
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Department for Transport 70 65 31520 31600
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Department for Work and Pensions 715 620 28870 29720
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Department of Health and Social Care 55 55 27780 27340
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London HM Land Registry 65 60 26810 26810
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London HM Revenue and Customs 160 150 27990 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London HM Treasury 10 10 26670 26270
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Home Office 575 510 30340 27550
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Ministry of Defence 1050 1005 30070 29030
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Ministry of Justice 3725 3455 33160 33750
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London National Crime Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 AA/AO East (England) Outside London Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Outside London Attorney General’s Departments 115 110 26670 26700
In post 2026 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Outside London Department for Business and Trade 25 25 26890 26670
In post 2026 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Outside London Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 45 45 26030 26030
In post 2026 AA/AO East Midlands (England) Outside London Department for Transport 115 105 29590 31600
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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 2026-07-16

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.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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_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.
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).