Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Ethnicity

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Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 AA Asian 680 605 21150 21250
In post 2022 AA Black 515 480 22670 22140
In post 2022 AA Mixed 175 160 21200 20890
In post 2022 AA Other ethnicity 55 55 21730 21560
In post 2022 AA Undeclared 400 365 20370 19810
In post 2022 AA Unknown 3460 3175 20940 20920
In post 2022 AA White 13395 12100 20490 20480
In post 2022 AO Asian 7835 6920 22790 21260
In post 2022 AO Black 3630 3370 24830 24220
In post 2022 AO Mixed 1840 1700 23760 21830
In post 2022 AO Other ethnicity 505 465 24280 23140
In post 2022 AO Undeclared 4240 3780 23250 21680
In post 2022 AO Unknown 19335 17970 23160 21680
In post 2022 AO White 81100 72660 23270 21680
In post 2022 EO Asian 10815 10140 28350 27570
In post 2022 EO Black 5665 5425 29270 29290
In post 2022 EO Mixed 2320 2200 28270 27570
In post 2022 EO Other ethnicity 725 685 28660 28210
In post 2022 EO Undeclared 5610 5160 28570 27570
In post 2022 EO Unknown 15945 15210 28010 27270
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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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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).