Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Ethnicity

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Status Year Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Analysis Asian 630 615 42880 38380
In post 2022 Analysis Black 215 215 39280 37770
In post 2022 Analysis Mixed 220 210 43080 38340
In post 2022 Analysis Other ethnicity 55 55 49710 43810
In post 2022 Analysis Undeclared 240 230 45700 42780
In post 2022 Analysis Unknown 960 935 41500 37930
In post 2022 Analysis White 6135 5880 44020 38500
In post 2022 Commercial Asian 295 290 42320 39020
In post 2022 Commercial Black 165 165 40120 36530
In post 2022 Commercial Mixed 95 90 39200 36270
In post 2022 Commercial Other ethnicity 35 35 42010 40520
In post 2022 Commercial Undeclared 210 205 42840 40000
In post 2022 Commercial Unknown 1840 1810 59990 56720
In post 2022 Commercial White 3975 3840 42780 38670
In post 2022 Communications Asian 710 695 32190 26820
In post 2022 Communications Black 245 240 32740 28920
In post 2022 Communications Mixed 195 190 38000 33370
In post 2022 Communications Other ethnicity 40 35 36290 32660
In post 2022 Communications Undeclared 190 185 35600 33300
In post 2022 Communications Unknown 2115 2065 34520 27570
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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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Home Office, Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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).