Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Explore further: Parent_department, Organisation, Responsibility_level_grouped, Region_london, Region_ITL1, Region_ITL2, Region_ITL3, Profession_of_post, Function_of_post, Sex, Disability, Age

Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA Asian 510 460 20700 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA Black 390 370 21730 21550
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA Chinese 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA Mixed 125 115 20360 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA Other ethnicity 45 40 20550 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA Undeclared 85 80 19730 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown 180 155 20150 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA White 10545 9625 19740 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO Asian 5600 5005 22370 21160
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO Black 2875 2695 24390 23500
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO Chinese 180 170 22330 21430
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO Mixed 1340 1240 23360 21440
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO Other ethnicity 355 325 23640 21780
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO Undeclared 735 670 23200 21590
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO Unknown 995 885 23810 21590
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO White 62180 56050 22820 21430
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight EO Asian 7970 7515 28200 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight EO Black 4390 4230 29060 29290
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight EO Chinese 235 225 27810 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight EO Mixed 1700 1615 28110 27570
Note: Data has been truncated to 20 rows, please download the data to view the remaining rows

Download the data

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 2023-02-14, 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).
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.
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).