Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Age / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Profession_of_post Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Commercial 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial 16-19 LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial 16-19 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 560 555 30190 29550
In post 2021 Commercial 20-29 LGBO 55 55 30360 28350
In post 2021 Commercial 20-29 Undeclared 45 45 31650 32710
In post 2021 Commercial 20-29 Unknown 190 190 32320 30100
In post 2021 Commercial 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 920 880 38040 36360
In post 2021 Commercial 30-39 LGBO 50 50 38170 34020
In post 2021 Commercial 30-39 Undeclared 85 80 37070 38260
In post 2021 Commercial 30-39 Unknown 225 215 40530 38550
In post 2021 Commercial 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 945 910 43570 40310
In post 2021 Commercial 40-49 LGBO 35 35 39910 36820
In post 2021 Commercial 40-49 Undeclared 120 115 40900 39040
In post 2021 Commercial 40-49 Unknown 235 225 44460 40200
In post 2021 Commercial 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 1095 1075 44980 41700
In post 2021 Commercial 50-59 LGBO 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial 50-59 Undeclared 175 170 42650 40580
In post 2021 Commercial 50-59 Unknown 215 210 42960 40140
In post 2021 Commercial 60-64 Heterosexual / straight 205 180 45030 41650
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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).
Profession_of_post Professions 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 professions 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.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions 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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).