Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Disability Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared disabled Female 1310 1170 31770 29080
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared disabled Male 980 945 32360 29290
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared non-disabled Female 10530 9620 32530 29080
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared non-disabled Male 8730 8515 33150 29290
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Undeclared Female 460 420 32270 28900
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Undeclared Male 390 380 31680 28670
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Undeclared Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown Female 725 690 35560 32130
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown Male 605 590 37280 32790
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared disabled Female 1120 1050 32090 30330
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared disabled Male 380 375 32190 30160
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared non-disabled Female 6505 6220 32430 30330
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared non-disabled Male 3840 3780 33360 31060
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Undeclared Female 315 300 31320 29990
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Undeclared Male 185 185 33140 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 2023-02-16, 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).
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. “Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
For consistency with Civil Service Statistics, ‘Chinese’ is shown separately in the 2021 figures, but counted within ‘Asian’ from 2022 onwards.
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).