Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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Status Year Function_of_post Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis AA Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis AA LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis AA Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis AO Heterosexual / straight 105 100 21840 21050
In post 2021 Analysis AO LGBO 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis AO Undeclared 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis AO Unknown 65 65 20880 21050
In post 2021 Analysis EO Heterosexual / straight 420 400 26640 26410
In post 2021 Analysis EO LGBO 55 55 26200 26050
In post 2021 Analysis EO Undeclared 40 40 27280 26720
In post 2021 Analysis EO Unknown 220 205 26050 25010
In post 2021 Analysis G6 Heterosexual / straight 380 365 72510 68660
In post 2021 Analysis G6 LGBO 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis G6 Undeclared 40 35 76690 72590
In post 2021 Analysis G6 Unknown 120 115 68590 66230
In post 2021 Analysis G7 Heterosexual / straight 1240 1185 54230 53870
In post 2021 Analysis G7 LGBO 85 85 55200 55530
In post 2021 Analysis G7 Undeclared 135 130 55500 56030
In post 2021 Analysis G7 Unknown 380 365 53660 53360
In post 2021 Analysis HEO Heterosexual / straight 1355 1320 32970 32540
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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).
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
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.
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).