Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Disability Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Female 6695 5620 21480 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Male 4490 4205 22660 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Female 37595 32480 21710 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Male 28635 27655 23420 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Female 2110 1815 22200 21030
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Male 2070 1960 25100 21950
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown Female 2390 2095 21840 21440
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown Male 2175 2075 23910 21580
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared disabled Female 545 510 22310 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared disabled Male 530 505 22440 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared non-disabled Female 1830 1740 23290 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared non-disabled Male 1425 1380 22210 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Undeclared Female 155 145 23310 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Undeclared Male 145 140 23560 21010
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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 2023-02-16, 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.
Disability Self reported disability.
“Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).