Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity

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Status Year Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Asian 29155 27185 32650 29080
In post 2021 Black 15595 14965 32760 30690
In post 2021 Chinese 1250 1195 36810 32300
In post 2021 Mixed 8265 7865 35220 31060
In post 2021 Other ethnicity 2590 2455 36900 31790
In post 2021 Undeclared 20550 19165 34520 31060
In post 2021 Unknown 67075 63740 32740 28000
In post 2021 White 340395 316260 33930 29040
Leaver CS 2021 Asian 1185 [c] 30800 26960
Leaver CS 2021 Black 600 [c] 31400 26890
Leaver CS 2021 Chinese 55 [c] 37890 30940
Leaver CS 2021 Mixed 395 [c] 31990 27570
Leaver CS 2021 Other ethnicity 135 [c] 37790 31880
Leaver CS 2021 Undeclared 1330 [c] 32180 27570
Leaver CS 2021 Unknown 6550 [c] 32310 27570
Leaver CS 2021 White 17575 [c] 32930 27570
Leaver Dept. 2021 Asian 965 [c] 34870 31180
Leaver Dept. 2021 Black 485 [c] 34050 31180
Leaver Dept. 2021 Chinese 30 [c] [c] [c]
Leaver Dept. 2021 Mixed 325 [c] 38960 33570
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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).
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.
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).