Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Age Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Female 380 365 21990 21010
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Male 335 330 21380 21010
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Female 26345 25785 29110 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Male 20740 20600 29320 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Female 38205 34820 33980 30220
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Male 30795 30535 35020 31220
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 Female 42915 38665 35510 30620
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 Male 32140 31765 38100 32690
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 50-59 Female 51700 47270 32930 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 50-59 Male 41445 40400 37700 32900
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 50-59 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 60-64 Female 13035 10430 29360 26930
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 60-64 Male 11570 10065 34820 30110
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 60-64 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 65+ Female 3405 2545 27500 25110
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 65+ Male 3930 3155 33020 27590
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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).
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.
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).