Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age / Sex / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Age Sex Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 16-19 Female Heterosexual / straight 335 325 22350 21260
In post 2022 16-19 Female LGBO 35 35 23070 21760
In post 2022 16-19 Female Undeclared 25 20 [c] [c]
In post 2022 16-19 Female Unknown 225 215 21970 21250
In post 2022 16-19 Male Heterosexual / straight 335 325 21680 21260
In post 2022 16-19 Male LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 16-19 Male Undeclared 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2022 16-19 Male Unknown 290 280 20950 21250
In post 2022 16-19 Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 16-19 Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 20-29 Female Heterosexual / straight 29135 28580 29820 27570
In post 2022 20-29 Female LGBO 3815 3760 29490 27570
In post 2022 20-29 Female Undeclared 2415 2370 31350 28950
In post 2022 20-29 Female Unknown 11700 11460 28570 26900
In post 2022 20-29 Male Heterosexual / straight 21785 21655 30000 27570
In post 2022 20-29 Male LGBO 2845 2825 31740 28550
In post 2022 20-29 Male Undeclared 2000 1985 32360 30620
In post 2022 20-29 Male Unknown 10870 10790 29090 27230
In post 2022 20-29 Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 20-29 Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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.
Organisation specific notes on status: In late June 2021 around 7,000 employees from Community Rehabilitation Companies were transferred in from the private sector to HM Prison and Probation Service, counting as entrants. HM Land Registry do not record where their departing employees transfer to and so are unable to identify those that transfer to another Civil Service department.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).