Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Age Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 AA/AO 495 480 20960 21010
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 EO 200 195 23450 24300
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 SEO/HEO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Unknown 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 AA/AO 15370 14935 22640 21430
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 EO 14160 14000 27090 27540
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 G6/G7 2635 2625 54350 53380
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 SCS level 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 SEO/HEO 12940 12870 34560 33570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Unknown 1975 1945 26310 24020
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 AA/AO 16345 14885 22860 21430
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 EO 17335 16370 27430 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 G6/G7 11045 10715 57080 54960
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 SCS level 715 690 79620 75340
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 SEO/HEO 20790 20125 36270 35720
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Unknown 2780 2580 31020 31300
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 AA/AO 16735 15040 22600 21100
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 EO 19000 17705 27720 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 G6/G7 13095 12580 59000 57460
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 SCS level 1985 1915 87670 80540
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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.
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.
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).