Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female AA 230 190 20380 20280
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female AO 3140 2660 22190 21370
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female EO 4455 4065 28320 28010
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female G6 280 270 68060 66740
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female G7 1095 1050 55560 54650
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female HEO 2095 2010 33940 33930
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female SCS level 130 120 90720 88360
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female SEO 1205 1160 41290 40940
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Female Unknown 395 365 29360 28200
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male AA 280 265 20970 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male AO 2460 2345 22580 21010
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male EO 3515 3445 28050 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male G6 225 220 69070 68160
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male G7 930 920 56440 55000
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male HEO 1875 1830 33950 33300
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male SCS level 120 120 92980 90500
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male SEO 1110 1105 42510 41710
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Male Unknown 185 180 31210 30210
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown AA [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown AO [c] [c] [c] [c]
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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 2023-02-17, 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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
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).