Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Sex / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL2

Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 85 75 19590 19160
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 175 165 19970 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Cheshire 35 30 19840 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 30 25 18870 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Cumbria 30 30 19340 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 120 110 19480 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Devon 115 105 19420 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Dorset and Somerset 100 90 19270 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East Anglia 320 295 19510 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East Wales 120 110 19260 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 95 85 19900 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Eastern Scotland 205 195 21030 21150
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Essex 60 50 18650 17430
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 165 155 19160 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Greater Manchester 140 120 18960 18850
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Hampshire and Isle of Wight 370 275 19390 19520
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 105 95 19450 20600
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Highlands and Islands 80 75 20470 19560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Inner London - East 80 75 21890 21750
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Inner London - West 160 145 22140 22210
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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 2023-02-17, 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.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).