Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Analysis 360 355 42360 38630
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Commercial 240 235 41840 36780
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Communications 420 415 32730 30720
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Counter Fraud 460 445 32850 31810
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Debt 215 190 23030 21020
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Digital, Data & Technology 640 630 41290 36760
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Finance 625 605 38850 35850
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Grants Management 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Human Resources 420 405 36950 33290
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Internal Audit 65 65 46560 44020
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Legal 930 870 42260 40800
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian No function 7685 7230 32530 28880
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Project Delivery 985 960 41250 38080
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Property 240 225 35400 31030
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Security 195 190 32040 30500
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown 10235 9490 30030 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Analysis 145 140 39160 36160
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Commercial 155 150 41030 37260
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Communications 165 160 33180 29720
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black Counter Fraud 195 190 31470 29570
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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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
The Department for Work and Pensions provided aggregated functions data for 2021, which are available in the Civil Service Statistics publication. However, figures in this browser are derived from individual level data and so are not available for this department in 2021.
Home Office, Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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.
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).