Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Profession_of_post Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Commercial Heterosexual / straight 3770 3645 40670 37400
In post 2021 Commercial LGBO 165 165 37130 33390
In post 2021 Commercial Undeclared 490 465 40010 37980
In post 2021 Commercial Unknown 930 900 40240 38200
In post 2021 Communications Heterosexual / straight 2575 2485 41540 38100
In post 2021 Communications LGBO 200 200 41800 39670
In post 2021 Communications Undeclared 310 295 38760 36980
In post 2021 Communications Unknown 875 850 42510 38690
In post 2021 Corporate Finance Heterosexual / straight 120 120 48390 46080
In post 2021 Corporate Finance LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Corporate Finance Undeclared 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Corporate Finance Unknown 40 40 45450 42320
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Heterosexual / straight 595 565 37520 34820
In post 2021 Counter Fraud LGBO 35 35 36610 33100
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Undeclared 60 55 35720 33740
In post 2021 Counter Fraud Unknown 205 195 40720 39170
In post 2021 Digital, Data and Technology Heterosexual / straight 8285 8060 42300 38630
In post 2021 Digital, Data and Technology LGBO 490 485 41280 37650
In post 2021 Digital, Data and Technology Undeclared 1330 1290 41040 38630
In post 2021 Digital, Data and Technology Unknown 3190 3120 40770 37940
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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.
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).