Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity

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Status Year Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Asian 33650 31575 33520 29500
In post 2022 Black 17080 16410 33380 31060
In post 2022 Mixed 9170 8750 35750 31170
In post 2022 Other ethnicity 2650 2525 36790 31880
In post 2022 Undeclared 20205 18845 35350 31650
In post 2022 Unknown 72495 69005 33530 28650
In post 2022 White 354825 330975 34700 30130
Leaver CS 2022 Asian 2410 [c] 33370 28590
Leaver CS 2022 Black 1455 [c] 32440 30460
Leaver CS 2022 Mixed 880 [c] 32170 27570
Leaver CS 2022 Other ethnicity 275 [c] 35030 31060
Leaver CS 2022 Undeclared 1790 [c] 34060 29470
Leaver CS 2022 Unknown 9285 [c] 32280 27570
Leaver CS 2022 White 28120 [c] 33400 27570
Leaver Dept. 2022 Asian 2430 [c] 36380 31060
Leaver Dept. 2022 Black 1240 [c] 36180 31630
Leaver Dept. 2022 Mixed 640 [c] 37270 33270
Leaver Dept. 2022 Other ethnicity 195 [c] 40880 33850
Leaver Dept. 2022 Undeclared 1075 [c] 41300 36650
Leaver Dept. 2022 Unknown 4315 [c] 37100 32000
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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).
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.
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).