Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london / Ethnicity

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Status Year Function_of_post Region_london Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis London Asian 320 315 45280 41850
In post 2021 Analysis London Black 130 130 40500 38360
In post 2021 Analysis London Chinese 50 50 48430 45970
In post 2021 Analysis London Mixed 130 130 44960 41890
In post 2021 Analysis London Other ethnicity 35 30 50370 45540
In post 2021 Analysis London Undeclared 115 115 50270 45800
In post 2021 Analysis London Unknown 525 515 45830 42280
In post 2021 Analysis London White 2145 2070 50890 47880
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London Asian 105 100 35320 32010
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London Black 45 45 36990 33640
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London Chinese 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London Mixed 60 60 36750 34770
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London Other ethnicity 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London Undeclared 130 125 39950 37930
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London Unknown 435 420 34690 31810
In post 2021 Analysis Outside London White 2950 2805 38460 37020
In post 2021 Analysis Overseas Asian [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Overseas Black [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Overseas Chinese [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Overseas Mixed [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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).
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into “London”, “Outside London”: all UK regions excluding London, “Overseas”, and “Unknown”.
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
The Department for Work and Pensions provided aggregated functions data for 2021, which are available in the Civil Service Statistics publication. However, figures in this browser are derived from individual level data and so are not available for this department in 2021.
Home Office, Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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).