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Civil Service Statistics 2019 Cabinet Office National Statistics

Civil Service Statisticsas at 31 March 2019

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31 March 2019

Published 24 July 2019

Revised 4 October 2019

Next publication in July 2020

ContactsLead Statistician: Tobias Jolly

[email protected]

Press enquiries: Glenn [email protected]

ContentsIntroduction 2

Size and grades 3-5

Location 6-7

Diversity 8-13

Salary and working patterns 14-16

Professions 17-18

Entrants and leavers 19

Notes 20

This bulletin presents headline statistics on the UK Civil Service workforce, including demographic characteristics, earnings, grades, and locations of civil servants.

Key Statistics:

• Civil Service headcount is 445,480, up from 430,080 in 2018. On a full-time equivalent basis (FTE), employment is 413,910, up from 399,150 in 2018.

Of these civil servants:

• 53.9% are women, unchanged from the previous year.

• 12.7% are from an ethnic minority background, up from 12.0% in 2018.

• 11.7% declare themselves as having a disability, up from 10.0% in 2018.

• 4.9% identify as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or recorded their sexual orientation as ‘other’ (LGBO), up from 4.6% in 2018.

• 66.4% are working at Executive Officer (EO) grade and above, up from 64.3% in 2018 and 52.1% in 2009.

• 35.8% are aged under 40, up from 34.6% in 2018.

• 89,100 work in London, up from 83,530 in 2018.

• The median salary is £27,080, up £470 (1.8%)from £26,610 in 2018.

12.7%

11.7%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Ethnic minority

Representation of ethnic minority and

disabled civil servants 2009 to 2019

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

SCS level

G6/7

HEO/SEO

EO

AA/AO

Civil Service grade structure 2009 to 2019

Disabled

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Introduction

2

Civil Service Statistics is an annual National Statistics publication describing the

UK Civil Service workforce in terms of its size, demographic characteristics,

salaries, working pattern, grade, and location. The data is drawn from the Annual

Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES).

These figures count all home Civil Service employees, including those based in

Northern Ireland and overseas. Not included are the Northern Ireland Civil

Service, other Crown servants and employees of the wider public sector, for

example, employees of non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs) and the

National Health Service (NHS).

Notes on the statistics

Unless otherwise specified all figures are calculated on a headcount basis.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 in the case of headcounts, FTE, and

salaries, and to one decimal place for percentages. Unless otherwise stated, all

summary statistics exclude unknowns for all variables.

All 2019 data is available in the published Civil Service Statistics tables. Where

time series are used, data have been taken from previous Civil Service Statistics

publications.

Further analysis and methodology

Summary information on the scope and limitations is available at the end of this

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document published on the gov.uk website, along with previous versions of these

statistics:

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What is the Civil Service?

The Civil Service helps the government of the day develop and implement its

policies as effectively as possible. It provides services directly the public,

including paying benefits and pensions; running employment services; running

prisons and issuing driving licences. Civil Servants also work on policy

development and implementation, including analysts, project managers,

lawyers and economists. The Civil Service is politically impartial and

independent of government. Organisations that make up the Civil Service

include central government departments, their agencies, and crown non-

departmental government bodies (NDPBs).

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14,94018,690

32,67054,900

67,53075,070

85,350

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000

Wales Office

UK Supreme Court

ESTYN

Northern Ireland Office

Scotland Office

Government Actuary's Department

Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation

National Savings and Investments

Water Services Regulation Authority

Office of Rail and Road

UK Export Finance

Charity Commission

The National Archives

Department for Exiting the European Union

Competition and Markets Authority

Office of Gas and Electricity Markets

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Food Standards Agency

Office for Standards in Education

Department for International Trade

HM Treasury

Department for International Development

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

National Crime Agency

United Kingdom Statistics Authority

Welsh Government

HM Land Registry

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Department for Education

Cabinet Office

Department of Health and Social Care

Attorney General's Departments

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Transport

Scottish Government

Home Office

Ministry of Defence

HM Revenue and Customs

Ministry of Justice

Department for Work and Pensions

Civil servant headcount by department

QPSES

ACSES

400,000

450,000

500,000

550,000

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

The Civil Service has

grown over the past

year

3

The Civil Service headcount increased by 15,410 in

the last year and stands at 445,480.

On a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis Civil Service

employment stands at 413,910. FTE takes into

account part-time workers. In 2019 just under a

quarter of civil servants worked part-time (22.8%).

Statistical Note

Major trends in the overall Civil Service workforce

are often due to changes in the five largest

departments (DWP, MoJ, HMRC, MoD, HO). These

departments account for 71% of the workforce.

Comparing headcount by data source 2009 to

2019

The latest published statistics from the ONS

Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey

(QPSES) are also as at March 2019, and show

Civil Service employment was 446,070 (414,390

on a FTE basis). Users should refer to the regular

ONS quarterly statistics when monitoring changes

in the size of the Civil Service.


The Civil Service is

becoming more senior

in grade

4

Statistical Note

There are two measures of the SCS available, the

Senior Civil Service and SCS level. See Notes

section at the end of this bulletin for further details.

Civil Service grades:

Senior Civil Service level (SCS level)

Grades 6 and 7 (G6/7)

Higher Executive Officers/Senior

Executive Officers (HEO/SEO)

Executive Officers (EO)

Administrative

Assistants/Administrative Officers

(AA/AO)

The percentage of civil servants working at grades

EO and above is now 66.4%, up from 52.1% in

2009 and 64.3% in 2018.

The percentage of civil servants working in the most

junior grades (AA/AO) has fallen every year since

2011, from 47.1% to 33.6%.

The percentage of civil servants working in grades

6 and 7 has increased to 11.7% from 6.7% in 2009.

The percentage of grades that are not reported

increased from 0.6% in 2014 to 3.0% in 2015 and

since then has increased slightly to 3.4%. The

majority of the 2015 increase followed the transfer

of Probation Trust staff to HM Prison and Probation

Service.

Unknown (15,290)

AA/AO (144,450)

EO (115,890)

HEO/SEO (113,590)

G6/7 (50,290)

SCS level (5,970)

Headcount by grade

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Civil Service grade structure 2009 to 2019

SCS level

G6/7

HEO/SEO

EO

AA/AO

0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5% 0.6%

3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4%

Percentage of grade not reported 2009 to 2019


0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

HM Treasury









Cabinet Office



UK Export Finance


Scotland Office








Charity Commission

ESTYN

Wales Office

Welsh Government





UK Supreme Court


Ministry of Defence


Scottish Government


HM Land Registry


Home Office

Ministry of Justice


Grade structure by department

AA/AO EO HEO/SEO G6/7 SCS level

Grade structure varies

by department

5

Departments that have more employees directly

delivering public services tend to have a higher

percentage at junior grades. For example, the

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has the

highest percentage of AA/AOs and EOs (83.2%).

Departments with more senior grades tend to have

fewer employees delivering services directly to the

public. For example, HM Treasury has the highest

percentage of employees at grades HEO/SEO and

above.

More at

HEO/SEOand above

1,070

3,280

10,880

HM Revenue andCustoms

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Justice

Departments with a large number of not reported grades

Several departments did not supply grade data for

some of their employees.

A small number of other departments also have

<50 employees with no reported grade.


Civil Servants work

across all regions of the

UK, and overseas

6

Statistical Note

These regions are NUTS1 statistical regions as

defined by Eurostat and the Office for National

Statistics (with the exception of “overseas”).

Most Civil Service

organisations have a

presence in London.

Civil Servants in the

North East are primarily

working for HMRC and

DWP who share a large

office in Newcastle.

Around one in five civil servants are based in

London.

The regions with the largest number of civil servants

are London (89,100), the North West of England

(54,900), and Scotland (43,930).

After Northern Ireland and overseas, the region with

the smallest number of civil servants is the East

Midlands (19,910).

The majority of civil

servants based

overseas work for

the Foreign and

Commonwealth

Office,

the Ministry of

Defence or the

Department for

International

Development.

Organisations with

large numbers of staff

in Wales include the

DVLA, which has a

large office in

Swansea, and the

Welsh Government,

based in Cardiff.

The organisations

employing the most civil

servants in Scotland are

DWP, HMRC, and the

Scottish Government.

There are home Civil

Servants working in

Northern Ireland –

the majority for HM

Revenue and

Customs (HMRC),

and Ministry of

Defence.

3,0603,6904,860

19,91021,410

28,18029,39034,09034,10038,61040,25043,930

54,90089,100

0 50,000 100,000

UnknownNorthern Ireland

OverseasEast Midlands

East of EnglandWest Midlands

North EastYorkshire and The Humber

WalesSouth EastSouth West

ScotlandNorth West

London

Civil Service headcount by region

Most Civil Servants in

the North West are

working for DWP,

HMRC, HMPPS and the

Home Office.


Nearly all UK regions

have seen increases in

Civil Service

employment

7

Statistical Note

These regions are NUTS1 statistical regions as

defined by Eurostat and the Office for National

Statistics (with the exception of “overseas”).

Civil Service employment increased in all regions,

except in the East of England.

The percentage of civil servants based in London

has increased by 6.7% since 2018, more than any

other region.

Certain professions are particularly clustered in

London; 75.4% of those in Economics, 71.7% in

International Trade, 63.8% in Policy, and 53.8% in

Communications. Other professions tend to be more

evenly distributed across the regions.

The percentage of civil servants based in London

increases with seniority. Outside of London, 38.4%

of roles are at the AA/AO grades, compared to just

14.8% within London. However, the percentage of

those in G6/7 roles outside of London is only 8.2%,

compared to 25.5% within London.

-1.4%

1.1%

1.9%

2.1%

2.1%

2.7%

3.9%

4.0%

4.0%

4.1%

5.2%

6.7%

-2% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8%

East of England

South East

Scotland

North East

East Midlands

South West

Wales

Northern Ireland

North West

West Midlands

Yorkshire and The Humber

London

Percentage change in Civil Service regional headcount from 2018 to 2019

14.8%

38.4%

22.0%

28.2%

33.4%

24.5%

25.5%

8.2%

4.4%

0.6%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

London

Outside London

Percentage of civil servants at each grade within London, and outside of London



Women are still under-

represented in senior

grades

8

Statistical Note

This ACSES data collection that informs these

statistics collects data on sex, not gender. We

therefore refer to sex throughout these statistics.

There are more women (240,150) than men

(205,310) in the Civil Service. Women outnumber

men in all grades below G6/7 whereas men

outnumber women in G6/7 and at SCS level.

The percentage of each grade that is female is

increasing for senior grades, with 44.8% of those at

SCS level being female in 2019, compared to

32.8% in 2009. Similarly, 46.9% of G6/7 are female

in 2019, compared to 39.4% in 2009.

AA/AOEO

HEO/SEO

G6/7

SCS level

Civil Service

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Men:205,310

Women:240,150

Civil servants by sex

53.9%

female

35.8%

31.0%

28.2%

25.5%

24.6%

28.5%

10.2%

13.4%

1.2%

1.7%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Female

Male

Percentage of civil servants at each grade by sex


Percentage of female civil servants by grade 2009 to

2019


The percentage of civil

servants aged under 40

has increased

9

The Civil Service has become younger in recent years. The

percentage of civil servants aged under 40 is 35.8%, up

from 34.6% in 2018.

The median age of the Civil Service is 46 years.

Those in the middle of the age distribution are less likely to

be at administrative grades. The percentage of those aged

40-49 in grades EO and above is 71.1%. This compares to

58.0% of 20-29 years olds and 56.9% of those aged 60-64.

Medianage: 46

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

18,000

16 19 22 25 28 31 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 55 58 61 64 67 70 73 76 79+

Age distribution and median age of the Civil Service

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Civil Service by age band 2009 to 2019

65+

60-64

50-59

40-49

30-39

20-29

16-19

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

16-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-64 65+

Percentage of civil servants at each grade by age band

SCS level

G6/7

HEO/SEO

EO

AA/AO



servants who are

declared disabled is at

a high of 11.7%

10

Statistical Note

The percentages stated here exclude those with an

unknown disability status and those that have

elected to not declare themselves as either disabled

or non-disabled.

The working age population figure referenced here

includes only those who are economically active.

The source of these national figures is in the Notes

section of this bulletin.

Since 2009 there has been a year-on-year increase

in the percentage of civil servants who declare

themselves as disabled. This figure now stands at

11.7%, up by 4.6 percentage points from 2009.

With the exception of SCS level, all other grades

have seen relatively similar increases in the

percentage of civil servants declaring themselves

as disabled during this period.

The percentage of civil servants declaring

themselves as disabled remains below that of the

economically active working age population

(13.1%).

29,410

37,470

95,630

282,980

0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000

Undeclared

Declared disabled

Not reported

Non-disabled

Civil servants by disability status

AA/AO

EO

HEO/SEO G6/7

SCS level

Working age population

Civil Service

0%

4%

8%

12%

16%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Percentage of civil servants who are declared disabled by grade 2009

to 2019


Those from an ethnic

minority background

represent 12.7% of the

Civil Service

11

Of those with a known ethnicity, the percentage

who are from an ethnic minority background has

been increasing since 2009 and currently stands at

12.7%, up from 8.9% in 2009.

The percentage from an ethnic minority background

has also increased within each grade since 2009,

with the largest increase at HEO/SEO grades, up

by 4.7 percentage points to 12.1% in 2019.

Civil servants from an ethnic minority background

are less represented at senior grades than in junior

grades, with those at SCS level having the lowest

representation rate at 8.1%.

1,080

1,980

6,140

11,990

23,190

26,860

69,400

304,850

0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000

Chinese

Other ethnicity

Mixed

Black

Asian

Not declared

Not reported

White

Civil servants by ethnic group

Statistical Note


unknown ethnicity and those that have elected to

not declare their ethnicity.

The working age population figure referenced here

includes only those who are economically active.

The source of these national figures is in the Notes

section of this bulletin.

.

AA/AO

EO

HEO/SEO

G6/7

SCS level

Civil Service

Working age population

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Percentage from an ethnic minority background by grade 2009 to

2019



servants identifying as

LGBO has increased to

4.9%

12

Statistical Note


unknown sexual orientation and those that have

elected to not declare their sexual orientation.

Of those with a known sexual orientation, 4.9% of

civil servants identify as being lesbian, gay,

bisexual or recorded their sexual orientation as

‘other’ (LGBO). This has increased every year since

data on sexual orientation has been captured in

these statistics, and is up 1.2 percentage points

since 2015.

The grade with the highest percentage of LGBO

civil servants is SCS level (5.8%).

Reporting rates for sexual orientation have

increased from 38.1% in 2015 when it was first

collected, to 57.2% in 2019.

1,310

3,140

7,920

38,920

151,600

242,590

0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000

Other

Bisexual

Lesbian / gay

Undeclared

Not reported

Heterosexual / straight

Civil servants by sexual orientation

AA/AOEO

HEO/SEO

G6/7

SCS level

Civil Service

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Percentage of civil servants that identify as LGBO by grade 2015 to

2019


Religion and belief has

the lowest reporting

rate of all diversity

characteristics

13

Statistical Note


unknown religion or belief and those that have

elected to not declare their religion or belief.

Reporting rates for religion and belief are lower than

for other personal characteristics at 54.9%.

Of those who have reported, the most commonly

reported religion or belief is Christianity at 51.3%.

The second most commonly reported is Islam

(Muslim) at 3.7%. A further 37.9% of civil servants

report having no religion or belief.

Percentage of civil servants by religion, belief, or non-belief

810

1,060

2,810

4,490

8,250

9,050

41,040

92,690

125,560

159,720

0 25,000 50,000 75,000 100,000 125,000 150,000 175,000

Jewish

Buddhist

Sikh

Hindu

Other

Muslim

Undeclared

No religion

Christian

Not reported

Civil servants by religion, belief, or non-belief

3.7%

3.4%

1.8%

1.1%

0.4%

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

Muslim Other Hindu Sikh Buddhist

37.9%

51.3%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

No religion Christian


Median salary has

increased to £27,080

14

Statistical Note

It is important to note that these figures are not

adjusted for inflation.

All salaries are on a full time equivalent basis, i.e.

the salary that part-time staff would earn if they

worked full-time at the same hourly rate.

Over the year, the median salary in the Civil Service

rose to £27,080 from £26,610, an increase of £470

(1.8%). The mean and median salaries are higher

for full-time staff compared to part-time staff on a

full time equivalent basis (see below).

The median salary varies by grade, from £20,230 in

the administrative grades, to £81,520 at SCS level.

Women in the Civil Service have a median salary of

£26,150, compared to £29,420 for men. The

difference in mean salary between the sexes is

similar, at £30,130 for women compared to £33,160

for men.

Differences in salary of men and women are in part

due to differences in their representation across the

grades.

Figures represent the average across all staff, and

may not be representative of changes affecting

individuals or their salaries.

£20,230

£25,700

£34,400

£55,020

£81,520

£0 £30,000 £60,000 £90,000

AA/AO

EO

HEO/SEO

G6/7

SCS level

Median salary by grade

£29,420

£26,150

£33,160

£30,130

£0 £10,000 £20,000 £30,000 £40,000

Men

Women

Mean and median pay by sex

Mean

Median

Median and mean salary of full-time, part-time, and all civil servants

2009 to 2019 (note truncated axis)

Any differences in pay presented here do not

represent the official measure of the ‘Gender Pay

Gap’. Government departments separately publish

their gender pay gap data on the Government

Equalities Office (GEO) portal each year to comply

with the legal requirements.

All: mean salary

All: median salary

Full time: mean salary

Full time: median salary

Part time: mean salary

Part time: median salary

£19,000

£21,000

£23,000

£25,000

£27,000

£29,000

£31,000

£33,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019


Almost one in four civil

servants work part-time

15

The percentage of civil servants working part-time

is 22.8%.

The Department of Work and Pensions has the

highest percentage of part-time employees (39.0%),

followed closely by the United Kingdom Statistics

Authority (38.2%).

The percentage of civil servants working part-time

is lower in senior grades, decreasing from 30.8% of

those in the AA/AO grades to 11.5% at SCS level.

The increase in part-time working seen in 2015 is

largely explained by changes in working patterns in

HMRC.

AA/AO

EO

HEO/SEO

G6/7

SCS level

Civil Service

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019

0.0%2.6%

3.8%4.0%4.9%

6.5%6.7%7.3%7.7%8.1%8.2%8.8%8.9%9.8%9.8%10.0%

11.2%12.2%12.9%13.0%

14.2%14.2%14.3%14.5%15.0%15.8%16.5%16.9%17.1%17.3%

19.1%20.1%20.2%

22.3%22.4%22.8%

24.7%25.4%

29.4%33.3%

38.2%39.0%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

Wales Office





UK Export Finance


Cabinet Office



UK Supreme Court




HM Treasury

Ministry of Defence



Scotland Office










Scottish Government

Ministry of Justice


Welsh Government

ESTYN

Home Office


Civil Service

Charity Commission



HM Land Registry



Percentage of civil servants working part-time by department

Percentage working part-time by grade 2009

to 2019


Women are more likely

to work part-time than

men at all age bands

16

Overall, older age groups have a higher percentage

of both men and women working part-time. Women

work part-time at higher rates in all age bands.

There is a marked increase in women working part-

time from age bands 30-39 and above. At the age

bands 60-64 and above, both men and women see

a large increase in the percentage working part-

time.

The number of civil servants working full-time is

343,960, an increase of 3.8% on 2018. The part-

time headcount increased by 2.9% to 101,520.

Full-time headcount

Part-time headcount

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

7.3%

7.4%

34.2%

38.7%

35.9%

57.5%

69.4%

2.6%

2.3%

4.2%

6.1%

9.0%

34.9%

53.4%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

16-19

20-29

30-39

40-49

50-59

60-64

65+

Men

Women

Percentage of civil servants working part-time by sex and age band

Working patterns of civil servants 2009 to 2019


The majority of civil

servants work in

Operational Delivery

17

Statistical Note

These figures are presented on an FTE basis. This

is because not all departments supplied headcount

information.

Of those civil servants with a known profession,

over half (59.8%) work in Operational Delivery.

Operational Delivery staff work on providing front-

line government services directly to citizens or

businesses. These include paying benefits and

pensions, providing employment services, staffing

prisons, and issuing driving licenses.

The next largest profession is Policy (6.2%),

followed by Project Delivery (3.8%), then Tax

(3.5%).

*All other includes: Communications, 1.0%, Corporate Finance 0.1%, Counter Fraud 0.1%, Economics 0.4%, Inspector of

Education and Training 0.3%, Intelligence Analysis 0.8%, Internal Audit 0.2%, International Trade 0.3%, Knowledge and

Information Management 0.6%, Medicine 0.5%, Operational Research 0.3%, Other 4.1%, Planning 0.1%, Planning

Inspectors 0.1%, Psychology 0.4%, Social Research 0.3%, Statistics 0.5%, Veterinarian 0.1%.

Operational

Delivery

59.8%

All other

10.1%

Policy

6.2%

Project Delivery

3.8%

Tax

3.5%


59.8%

All other*

9.1%

Policy

6.2%

Project Delivery

3.8%Tax

3.5%

Percentage of civil servants working in each profession (FTE)


£0 £20,000 £40,000 £60,000 £80,000 £100,000


Counter Fraud

Security

Psychology

Intelligence Analysis

Other

Tax

Property

Knowledge and information Management

Human Resources

Finance

Operational Research

Communications

Commercial

Digital, Data and Technology

Science and Engineering

Corporate Finance

Planning

Project Delivery

Social Research

Statistics

Medicine

Internal Audit

Policy

International Trade

Veterinarian

Inspector of Education and Training

Economics

Legal

Planning Inspectors

There is wide variation

in the median salaries

of professions

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Statistical Note

DWP provided professions data on an aggregate

rather than individual level basis. They are

therefore, missing from these salary figures, as are

those with an unknown or “other” profession.

The professions with the highest median salary are;

Planning Inspectors (£56,350), Legal (£53,580) and

Economics (£50,000).

Those with the lowest median salary are

Operational Delivery (£24,480), Counter Fraud

(£26,120) and Security (£26,160).

The Operational Delivery profession accounts for a

large proportion of the Civil Service, therefore the

overall median will be heavily influenced by the

salaries in this profession.

Civil Service

median salary

£27,080

Lower Quartile, Median, and Upper Quartile of Salary by Profession


The number of entrants

to the Civil Service has

increased over the last

three years

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Statistical Note

Entrant and leaver numbers are calculated from

entry and leaving dates provided as part of the

ACSES data collection. The difference between

them does not align precisely with the year-on-year

difference between in-post headcounts. There were

a further 340 leavers with an unknown leaving

cause in 2019. These are not counted in these

figures.

There may be people who left and rejoined the Civil

Service more than once during a year.

During the last year, 44,570 people joined the Civil

Service, up from 40,600 in the previous year.

Over this same period, 31,240 people left the Civil

Service, up from 30,410 in the previous year.

The most common reason for leaving the Civil

Service was resignation, accounting for almost half

(15,110). The next most common reason was

retirement (8,100).

Entrants

Leavers

-60,000

-50,000

-40,000

-30,000

-20,000

-10,000

0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

2008/0

9

2009/1

0

2010/1

1

2011/1

2

2012/1

3

2013/1

4

2014/1

5

2015/1

6

2016/1

7

2017/1

8

2018/1

9

Civil Service entrants and leavers 2008/09 to 2018/19

-10 10 10 90 160 240 300 410 500 780 790

2,360 2,360

8,100 15,110

0 4,000 8,000 12,000 16,000

Voluntary redundancy scheme: with an unreduced pension

Transfer of function to private sector

Secondment to organisation external to Civil Service

Voluntary exit scheme: with an unreduced pension

Compulsory redundancy scheme

Voluntary redundancy scheme: with payment

Voluntary exit scheme: with payment

Voluntary exit scheme: terms not recorded

Transfer to non-Civil Service public sector

Death in service

Other leaving cause

Voluntary redundancy scheme: terms not recorded

End of casual, period, conditional or provisional appt.

Dismissal

Retirement

Resignation

Civil Service leavers by leaving cause

- represents suppressed values.


NotesSee the quality and methodology information document for further detail

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How the output is created

The statistics in the bulletin are derived from returns completed as part of the

Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES). Its scope covers all Civil

Service organisations, including all major Departments.

ACSES requests from organisations an individual level record of all their Civil

Service employees ‘in post’ as at the reference date, along with records for

leavers and joiners from/to the Civil Service in the preceding 12 months. ACSES

collects information via a standard Excel template and includes data fields on

pay, contractual hours, grade and location. It also includes personal

characteristics, such as age, sex, religion, and sexual orientation. The data

collected are anonymous in that no employee names are requested. However,

the data is considered and handled as ‘personal data’ because in certain

circumstances individuals may be identifiable.

Where departmental level figures are quoted these will include the main

department and their executive agencies and crown non-departmental public

bodies (NDPBs). Given the varied nature of the HR/pay systems within

departments caution should be exercised in comparing statistics across

departments.

Further information

The Civil Service Statistics data tables, and the quality and methodology

information document are published on gov.uk.


Data up to 2018 are also made available via NOMIS, which is a service provided

by the ONS to give users free access to a range of UK labour market statistics

from official sources. Following the transfer of responsibility for Civil Service

Statistics from ONS to Cabinet Office, the CO team are working on making 2019

data available through the NOMIS tool.

https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/

External Sources

Comparative data for the UK workforce on disability and ethnicity are sourced

from the Office for National Statistics Labour market overview UK, published on

July 2019. Figures in this publication are based on the Labour Force Survey as at

March 2019, and include the UK working age population aged 16-64 who are

economically active.

Technical notes

Organisations within the Civil Service have different grading systems, which have

been mapped to common responsibility levels in the statistics presented in this

bulletin.

For presentational purposes, some of the figures presented in this bulletin are

aggregated up to the main departmental level.

There are two measures of the SCS available, the Senior Civil Service and SCS

level. ACSES measures SCS level employees, including a number of health

professionals, military personnel, and senior diplomats that are not part of the

Senior Civil Service. As such, the Civil Service Statistics release does not contain

the official headline figures used for monitoring diversity, pay and other key

measures of the Senior Civil Service. These are monitored using the Cabinet

Office SCS Database that collects more frequent and comprehensive information

on those individuals that make up the Senior Civil Service.

Religions and beliefs are collected and presented in line with ONS guidelines.

Revisions

A small number of figures in this document have been revised since the first

version was published – please see the associated data tables (here), for full

details of what has changed


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