Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Region_london Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Asian 275 265 44870 41760
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Black 110 110 39660 36800
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Chinese 35 35 48670 45430
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Mixed 105 100 45040 41890
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Other ethnicity 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Undeclared 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Unknown 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London White 1705 1650 50890 48210
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London Asian 90 85 34660 32010
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London Black 30 30 37420 33410
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London Chinese 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London Mixed 45 45 38620 36010
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London Other ethnicity 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London Unknown 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Outside London White 2140 2035 39120 37020
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Overseas Asian [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Overseas Black [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Overseas Chinese [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight 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 2023-02-16, 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.
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).