Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Disability / Sex

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Status Year Ethnicity Disability Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Asian Declared disabled Female 1585 1405 31310 28650
In post 2021 Asian Declared disabled Male 1180 1130 31950 29040
In post 2021 Asian Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Asian Declared non-disabled Female 12880 11595 32000 28760
In post 2021 Asian Declared non-disabled Male 10125 9860 33000 29080
In post 2021 Asian Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Asian Undeclared Female 680 610 32300 28840
In post 2021 Asian Undeclared Male 545 530 32290 29290
In post 2021 Asian Undeclared Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Asian Unknown Female 1175 1100 35930 31810
In post 2021 Asian Unknown Male 985 955 37160 32540
In post 2021 Asian Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Black Declared disabled Female 1330 1240 31890 30330
In post 2021 Black Declared disabled Male 485 475 32460 30330
In post 2021 Black Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Black Declared non-disabled Female 7665 7275 32270 30220
In post 2021 Black Declared non-disabled Male 4405 4330 33320 31060
In post 2021 Black Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Black Undeclared Female 465 435 31300 30240
In post 2021 Black Undeclared Male 310 300 33320 31650
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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).
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. “Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
For consistency with Civil Service Statistics, ‘Chinese’ is shown separately in the 2021 figures, but counted within ‘Asian’ from 2022 onwards.
Disability Self reported disability.
“Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).