Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age

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Status	Year	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2021	16-19	1330	1285	21260	20920
In post	2021	20-29	77420	76290	29060	27570
In post	2021	30-39	103405	98065	34340	30830
In post	2021	40-49	112295	105080	36270	31470
In post	2021	50-59	141030	132135	34740	29750
In post	2021	60-64	37710	31035	31650	27570
In post	2021	65+	11640	8895	30570	26780
In post	2021	Unknown	50	45	33600	27570
Leaver CS	2021	16-19	110	[c]	20120	20820
Leaver CS	2021	20-29	5390	[c]	25560	23460
Leaver CS	2021	30-39	4080	[c]	33730	29540
Leaver CS	2021	40-49	3420	[c]	36380	29290
Leaver CS	2021	50-59	6410	[c]	36270	29290
Leaver CS	2021	60-64	4700	[c]	35720	29050
Leaver CS	2021	65+	3600	[c]	29350	25770
Leaver CS	2021	Unknown	120	[c]	40060	36740
Leaver Dept.	2021	16-19	10	[c]	[c]	[c]
Leaver Dept.	2021	20-29	4335	[c]	31890	31470
Leaver Dept.	2021	30-39	3690	[c]	39210	35070
Leaver Dept.	2021	40-49	2210	[c]	43660	37510

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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
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).