Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Female AA Heterosexual / straight 5550 4800 19700 19560
In post 2021 Female AA LGBO 380 365 20310 20600
In post 2021 Female AA Undeclared 1045 825 19290 18850
In post 2021 Female AA Unknown 2280 1930 20310 20230
In post 2021 Female AO Heterosexual / straight 43235 37215 21960 21050
In post 2021 Female AO LGBO 2280 2160 23520 21490
In post 2021 Female AO Undeclared 6435 5435 22100 21430
In post 2021 Female AO Unknown 18130 15220 21880 21010
In post 2021 Female EO Heterosexual / straight 49710 44875 27480 27570
In post 2021 Female EO LGBO 2405 2310 27640 27570
In post 2021 Female EO Undeclared 6420 5680 27720 27570
In post 2021 Female EO Unknown 14920 13175 27640 27570
In post 2021 Female G6 Heterosexual / straight 5355 5080 68010 66440
In post 2021 Female G6 LGBO 240 235 68160 66330
In post 2021 Female G6 Undeclared 600 570 68710 67120
In post 2021 Female G6 Unknown 1535 1445 68230 66260
In post 2021 Female G7 Heterosexual / straight 15670 14830 54940 53870
In post 2021 Female G7 LGBO 785 765 54770 53600
In post 2021 Female G7 Undeclared 1690 1610 55680 54540
In post 2021 Female G7 Unknown 4305 4040 54560 53480
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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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).