Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sex Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Female Heterosexual / straight 48785 42010 21700 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Female LGBO 2665 2525 23060 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO Female Undeclared 7480 6260 21710 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Female Unknown 20410 17145 21700 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Male Heterosexual / straight 37365 35895 23450 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO Male LGBO 2245 2165 22400 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Male Undeclared 5195 4915 23500 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO Male Unknown 16520 15675 23350 21140
In post 2021 AA/AO Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Female Heterosexual / straight 49710 44875 27480 27570
In post 2021 EO Female LGBO 2405 2310 27640 27570
In post 2021 EO Female Undeclared 6420 5680 27720 27570
In post 2021 EO Female Unknown 14920 13175 27640 27570
In post 2021 EO Male Heterosexual / straight 35545 34345 27990 27570
In post 2021 EO Male LGBO 2565 2505 27640 27570
In post 2021 EO Male Undeclared 5510 5220 28230 27570
In post 2021 EO Male Unknown 11805 11335 28130 27570
In post 2021 EO Unknown Heterosexual / straight 5 5 [c] [c]
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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.
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).