Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female AA/AO 16-19 530 505 20970 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO 20-29 13805 13265 22160 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO 30-39 13725 11610 21940 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO 40-49 15860 13255 21750 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO 50-59 23950 20540 21610 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO 60-64 8695 6740 21360 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO 65+ 2765 2030 21410 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Female EO 16-19 125 125 24330 25200
In post 2021 Female EO 20-29 12040 11850 27120 27500
In post 2021 Female EO 30-39 14165 12880 27340 27570
In post 2021 Female EO 40-49 16655 14795 27580 27570
In post 2021 Female EO 50-59 22930 20665 27770 27570
In post 2021 Female EO 60-64 5995 4620 27860 27570
In post 2021 Female EO 65+ 1530 1095 28020 27570
In post 2021 Female EO Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Female G6/G7 20-29 2275 2265 54260 53380
In post 2021 Female G6/G7 30-39 8520 8120 56930 54720
In post 2021 Female G6/G7 40-49 9765 9095 58880 57430
In post 2021 Female G6/G7 50-59 8300 7960 59660 57870
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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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).