Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Disability / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sex Disability Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled Asian 1585 1405 31310 28650
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled Black 1330 1240 31890 30330
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled Chinese 50 45 31000 29080
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled Mixed 730 665 32540 28370
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled Other ethnicity 185 175 34080 31060
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled Undeclared 940 835 29820 27570
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled Unknown 675 590 30160 27570
In post 2021 Female Declared disabled White 24595 21810 30530 27570
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled Asian 12880 11595 32000 28760
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled Black 7665 7275 32270 30220
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled Chinese 575 545 36940 32520
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled Mixed 3530 3305 34390 30460
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled Other ethnicity 1025 950 34950 30650
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled Undeclared 4150 3640 30840 27570
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled Unknown 5190 4540 30800 27570
In post 2021 Female Declared non-disabled White 142720 128340 32710 27570
In post 2021 Female Undeclared Asian 680 610 32300 28840
In post 2021 Female Undeclared Black 465 435 31300 30240
In post 2021 Female Undeclared Chinese 35 30 33110 27570
In post 2021 Female Undeclared Mixed 210 195 33760 29870
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. “Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
For consistency with Civil Service Statistics, ‘Chinese’ is shown separately in the 2021 figures, but counted within ‘Asian’ from 2022 onwards.
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.
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).