Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Profession_of_post Sexual_orientation Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Commercial Heterosexual / straight Female 2070 1965 38920 36300
In post 2021 Commercial Heterosexual / straight Male 1700 1680 42790 40080
In post 2021 Commercial Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial LGBO Female 60 60 35350 32850
In post 2021 Commercial LGBO Male 105 105 38190 34710
In post 2021 Commercial LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Commercial Undeclared Female 250 230 38420 36290
In post 2021 Commercial Undeclared Male 245 240 41620 39750
In post 2021 Commercial Unknown Female 480 455 38680 37300
In post 2021 Commercial Unknown Male 450 440 41890 39620
In post 2021 Communications Heterosexual / straight Female 1580 1500 41540 38540
In post 2021 Communications Heterosexual / straight Male 995 985 41560 37660
In post 2021 Communications Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Communications LGBO Female 75 75 39570 36780
In post 2021 Communications LGBO Male 125 125 43110 40960
In post 2021 Communications LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Communications Undeclared Female 165 155 38970 37390
In post 2021 Communications Undeclared Male 145 140 38520 36660
In post 2021 Communications Unknown Female 510 490 42160 38640
In post 2021 Communications Unknown Male 365 365 42990 38970
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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.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).