Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 6695 5620 21480 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 37595 32480 21710 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 2110 1815 22200 21030
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 2390 2095 21840 21440
In post 2021 Female AA/AO LGBO Declared disabled 545 510 22310 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO LGBO Declared non-disabled 1830 1740 23290 21430
In post 2021 Female AA/AO LGBO Undeclared 155 145 23310 21430
In post 2021 Female AA/AO LGBO Unknown 135 130 22670 22200
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Declared disabled 1100 895 21510 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Declared non-disabled 4265 3545 21600 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 1260 1085 22100 21430
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 855 735 21900 22350
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Unknown Declared disabled 895 705 21570 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Unknown Declared non-disabled 7900 6145 21580 21010
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Unknown Undeclared 885 735 24710 21710
In post 2021 Female AA/AO Unknown Unknown 10725 9565 21560 21010
In post 2021 Female EO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 7375 6520 27590 27570
In post 2021 Female EO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 38225 34525 27380 27570
In post 2021 Female EO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 1640 1510 27640 27570
In post 2021 Female EO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 2465 2320 28680 28110
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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.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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.
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).