Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) 5285 4835 22560 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England 5115 4725 23970 21860
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight London 7520 6980 25970 25110
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight North East (England) 8060 6985 22030 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight North West (England) 12975 11650 21880 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Northern Ireland 1065 995 21260 21250
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Overseas 55 55 22120 22200
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Scotland 9025 8195 22640 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight South East (England) 9210 8370 24330 21860
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight South West (England) 6155 5645 22530 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 130 120 22380 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Wales 7805 7005 21800 21680
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight West Midlands (England) 6700 6090 22330 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Yorkshire and The Humber 7290 6545 22810 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO LGBO East Midlands (England) 320 310 23100 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO LGBO East of England 285 275 24330 22330
In post 2022 AA/AO LGBO London 400 385 26840 25110
In post 2022 AA/AO LGBO North East (England) 490 460 22000 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO LGBO North West (England) 865 830 22150 21260
In post 2022 AA/AO LGBO Northern Ireland 45 45 21400 21250
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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.
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.
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).