Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL3

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL3 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire 245 230 25980 22220
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Angus and Dundee City 630 580 21230 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Antrim and Newtownabbey 130 125 20750 20310
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Ards and North Down 135 130 20890 20310
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Barking & Dagenham and Havering 75 65 23580 23210
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Barnet 195 170 23780 23530
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 985 875 23010 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire 510 470 22820 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bedford 190 180 26140 27850
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Belfast 540 475 20780 21420
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire 620 595 27420 25540
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bexley and Greenwich 525 505 28230 27240
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Birmingham 2095 1895 21110 20140
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Blackburn with Darwen 95 85 21130 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Blackpool 1125 1025 20870 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bournemouth and Poole 150 135 20290 20100
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bradford 640 540 20420 20140
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Breckland and South Norfolk 215 205 24230 23240
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Brent 90 80 23650 23500
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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.
Region_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
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).