Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 AA AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 11835 10800 20540 20550
In post 2022 AA AA/AO LGBO 710 685 20770 20890
In post 2022 AA AA/AO Undeclared 1555 1340 20090 19810
In post 2022 AA AA/AO Unknown 4585 4110 21160 20950
In post 2022 AO AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 74555 67395 23280 21680
In post 2022 AO AA/AO LGBO 4685 4485 23510 21550
In post 2022 AO AA/AO Undeclared 9585 8485 23350 21680
In post 2022 AO AA/AO Unknown 29650 26500 23230 21640
In post 2022 EO EO Heterosexual / straight 88330 82220 27930 27570
In post 2022 EO EO LGBO 5530 5355 27820 27570
In post 2022 EO EO Undeclared 11255 10330 28130 27570
In post 2022 EO EO Unknown 26160 24100 28160 27570
In post 2022 G6 G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 13130 12645 68820 67600
In post 2022 G6 G6/G7 LGBO 885 870 67960 66610
In post 2022 G6 G6/G7 Undeclared 1745 1665 69400 67910
In post 2022 G6 G6/G7 Unknown 3335 3210 69910 67910
In post 2022 G7 G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 33890 32735 55330 54650
In post 2022 G7 G6/G7 LGBO 2445 2405 55000 54200
In post 2022 G7 G6/G7 Undeclared 4340 4205 55580 54700
In post 2022 G7 G6/G7 Unknown 9680 9325 55380 54700
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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.
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.
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).