Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 715 695 21700 21010
In post 2021 16-19 LGBO 55 50 21520 21010
In post 2021 16-19 Undeclared 55 50 22640 21430
In post 2021 16-19 Unknown 505 485 20460 20140
In post 2021 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 47095 46395 29200 27570
In post 2021 20-29 LGBO 5415 5360 29980 27570
In post 2021 20-29 Undeclared 3940 3875 30220 27790
In post 2021 20-29 Unknown 20970 20665 28280 26670
In post 2021 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 69010 65360 34440 30850
In post 2021 30-39 LGBO 5325 5225 35460 31370
In post 2021 30-39 Undeclared 7155 6805 34730 31060
In post 2021 30-39 Unknown 21915 20675 33620 29570
In post 2021 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 75055 70430 36620 31810
In post 2021 40-49 LGBO 3845 3730 38250 31810
In post 2021 40-49 Undeclared 10290 9655 35170 31060
In post 2021 40-49 Unknown 23105 21270 35310 30080
In post 2021 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 93145 87670 35050 30330
In post 2021 50-59 LGBO 3340 3210 36380 31520
In post 2021 50-59 Undeclared 16010 14970 34090 29410
In post 2021 50-59 Unknown 28540 26290 33880 28400
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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 2023-02-14, with GIT 71a76ea.

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, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
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.
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).