Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Age

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 16-19 715 695 21700 21010
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 20-29 47095 46395 29200 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 30-39 69010 65360 34440 30850
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 40-49 75055 70430 36620 31810
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 50-59 93145 87670 35050 30330
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 60-64 24605 20495 31930 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 65+ 7335 5700 30460 26780
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 LGBO 16-19 55 50 21520 21010
In post 2021 LGBO 20-29 5415 5360 29980 27570
In post 2021 LGBO 30-39 5325 5225 35460 31370
In post 2021 LGBO 40-49 3845 3730 38250 31810
In post 2021 LGBO 50-59 3340 3210 36380 31520
In post 2021 LGBO 60-64 655 555 32710 27570
In post 2021 LGBO 65+ 190 150 29170 26130
In post 2021 LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Undeclared 16-19 55 50 22640 21430
In post 2021 Undeclared 20-29 3940 3875 30220 27790
In post 2021 Undeclared 30-39 7155 6805 34730 31060
In post 2021 Undeclared 40-49 10290 9655 35170 31060
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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).
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).