Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 495 480 20960 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 16-19 LGBO 45 40 20670 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 16-19 Undeclared 40 35 21250 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 16-19 Unknown 365 350 20550 20140
In post 2021 AA/AO 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 15370 14935 22640 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO 20-29 LGBO 1720 1690 22530 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 20-29 Undeclared 1205 1160 22650 21300
In post 2021 AA/AO 20-29 Unknown 8170 7960 22140 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 16345 14885 22860 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO 30-39 LGBO 1195 1160 23300 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO 30-39 Undeclared 1815 1645 22780 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO 30-39 Unknown 6475 5815 22500 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 16735 15040 22600 21100
In post 2021 AA/AO 40-49 LGBO 775 735 22850 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 40-49 Undeclared 2640 2355 22680 21400
In post 2021 AA/AO 40-49 Unknown 7075 6195 22470 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 24930 22575 22410 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO 50-59 LGBO 860 810 22860 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO 50-59 Undeclared 4615 4130 22510 21160
In post 2021 AA/AO 50-59 Unknown 10085 8845 22760 21100
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).