Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AA 11895 10860 19860 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight AO 74260 67045 22880 21430
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight EO 85265 79225 27690 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight G6 11055 10660 68530 66970
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight G7 30935 29820 55300 54370
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight HEO 51165 49010 33520 33170
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight SCS level 4900 4740 90230 82500
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight SEO 35880 34530 41760 40580
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 11625 10870 31830 30210
In post 2021 LGBO AA 630 605 20130 20310
In post 2021 LGBO AO 4275 4090 23150 21430
In post 2021 LGBO EO 4975 4815 27640 27570
In post 2021 LGBO G6 715 705 67980 66370
In post 2021 LGBO G7 2065 2025 55270 54220
In post 2021 LGBO HEO 3230 3170 33160 32560
In post 2021 LGBO SCS level 340 330 87540 79380
In post 2021 LGBO SEO 1935 1900 41140 40070
In post 2021 LGBO Unknown 655 630 29690 28200
In post 2021 Undeclared AA 1975 1695 19530 19560
In post 2021 Undeclared AO 10695 9480 22980 21440
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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).
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.
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).