Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Region_london

Status Year Ethnicity Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Outside London 1570 1450 28600 26820
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight East of England Outside London 980 900 31070 27570
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight London London 12355 11790 38360 33700
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight North East (England) Outside London 490 460 29890 26820
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight North West (England) Outside London 2680 2515 29270 27570
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight Northern Ireland Outside London 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight Overseas Overseas 145 145 44240 38300
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight Scotland Outside London 615 580 32810 27570
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight South East (England) Outside London 1290 1200 30650 28350
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight South West (England) Outside London 755 720 34560 31990
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight Unknown Unknown 125 110 30290 30330
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight Wales Outside London 500 480 31370 27570
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight West Midlands (England) Outside London 4005 3785 29110 27570
In post 2022 Asian Heterosexual / straight Yorkshire and The Humber Outside London 2415 2265 29210 27570
In post 2022 Asian LGBO East Midlands (England) Outside London 35 35 26410 26820
In post 2022 Asian LGBO East of England Outside London 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Asian LGBO London London 345 330 39730 35050
In post 2022 Asian LGBO North East (England) Outside London 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Asian LGBO North West (England) Outside London 70 65 28220 26590
In post 2022 Asian LGBO Northern Ireland Outside London [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).
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into “London”, “Outside London”: all UK regions excluding London, “Overseas”, and “Unknown”.
Region_ITL1 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 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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.
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).