Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Analysis Heterosexual / straight 4650 4470 44000 39460
In post 2021 Analysis LGBO 425 420 41240 36730
In post 2021 Analysis Undeclared 495 470 44780 39960
In post 2021 Analysis Unknown 1640 1575 40980 36660
In post 2021 Commercial Heterosexual / straight 4200 4070 42290 37640
In post 2021 Commercial LGBO 185 185 39040 34500
In post 2021 Commercial Undeclared 575 550 40160 36300
In post 2021 Commercial Unknown 2020 1975 56230 51690
In post 2021 Communications Heterosexual / straight 4765 4585 35440 31810
In post 2021 Communications LGBO 375 365 36040 31810
In post 2021 Communications Undeclared 500 470 34030 31810
In post 2021 Communications Unknown 2570 2490 33430 27500
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Heterosexual / straight 5855 5520 34410 31810
In post 2021 Counter Fraud LGBO 305 295 34270 31810
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Undeclared 940 875 35600 31810
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Unknown 2520 2370 31760 29570
In post 2021 Debt Heterosexual / straight 2155 1930 24030 21440
In post 2021 Debt LGBO 150 140 23180 20140
In post 2021 Debt Undeclared 320 275 24110 21440
In post 2021 Debt Unknown 2045 1875 22380 20140
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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).
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).