Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Disability Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled Asian 450 370 22190 21310
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled Black 325 285 23570 23500
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled Chinese 15 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled Mixed 175 155 21850 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled Other ethnicity 30 30 22140 21270
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled Undeclared 300 250 21760 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled Unknown 250 200 21750 21300
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared disabled White 7685 6425 21390 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled Asian 3660 3030 22100 21300
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled Black 1855 1680 23230 23130
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled Chinese 120 105 21610 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled Mixed 805 720 22480 21180
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled Other ethnicity 240 205 22550 21440
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled Undeclared 1310 1065 21550 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled Unknown 1910 1575 21560 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Declared non-disabled White 41690 35525 21630 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Asian 205 165 22100 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Black 165 150 25180 24150
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Chinese 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Mixed 55 50 22930 21710
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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 2023-02-18, 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.
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).