Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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Status Year Function_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Analysis AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 170 160 21860 21260
In post 2022 Analysis AA/AO LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Analysis AA/AO Undeclared 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Analysis AA/AO Unknown 55 50 21430 21510
In post 2022 Analysis EO Heterosexual / straight 540 515 27060 26680
In post 2022 Analysis EO LGBO 60 60 26310 25880
In post 2022 Analysis EO Undeclared 55 55 26690 26810
In post 2022 Analysis EO Unknown 220 205 26430 25790
In post 2022 Analysis G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 1895 1805 59800 57230
In post 2022 Analysis G6/G7 LGBO 155 155 57960 55860
In post 2022 Analysis G6/G7 Undeclared 245 235 60960 58040
In post 2022 Analysis G6/G7 Unknown 520 495 55330 53220
In post 2022 Analysis SCS level Heterosexual / straight 145 140 88570 79990
In post 2022 Analysis SCS level LGBO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Analysis SCS level Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Analysis SCS level Unknown 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Analysis SEO/HEO Heterosexual / straight 2735 2645 36520 36650
In post 2022 Analysis SEO/HEO LGBO 315 315 35670 34710
In post 2022 Analysis SEO/HEO Undeclared 325 315 36840 36660
In post 2022 Analysis SEO/HEO Unknown 940 915 35530 36580
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
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).