Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL2 / Sex

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL2 Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female 495 445 23120 21780
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male 380 375 25830 24670
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Female 1085 995 23090 21710
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Male 1285 1270 26990 25540
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cheshire Female 425 375 21860 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cheshire Male 310 300 23740 21550
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cheshire Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Female 260 220 20770 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Male 210 205 20900 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cumbria Female 290 240 21180 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cumbria Male 185 180 23720 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cumbria Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Female 1265 1105 21210 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Male 1010 965 23240 21440
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Devon Female 995 835 21230 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Devon Male 915 875 23290 21050
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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.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).