Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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

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Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 49075 42380 22190 21260
In post 2022 Female AA/AO LGBO 3010 2855 23280 21680
In post 2022 Female AA/AO Undeclared 6475 5415 22150 21380
In post 2022 Female AA/AO Unknown 18985 16115 22310 21260
In post 2022 Female EO Heterosexual / straight 51625 46690 27720 27570
In post 2022 Female EO LGBO 2760 2655 27840 27570
In post 2022 Female EO Undeclared 5985 5335 27840 27570
In post 2022 Female EO Unknown 14505 12920 27910 27570
In post 2022 Female G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 23875 22660 58550 56220
In post 2022 Female G6/G7 LGBO 1305 1275 57670 54860
In post 2022 Female G6/G7 Undeclared 2710 2580 58970 56640
In post 2022 Female G6/G7 Unknown 6045 5705 58770 57170
In post 2022 Female SCS level Heterosexual / straight 2490 2375 87450 80000
In post 2022 Female SCS level LGBO 125 120 86340 78000
In post 2022 Female SCS level Undeclared 255 245 86130 80850
In post 2022 Female SCS level Unknown 535 515 93180 83230
In post 2022 Female SEO/HEO Heterosexual / straight 51415 48660 36830 36010
In post 2022 Female SEO/HEO LGBO 3100 3030 36390 35180
In post 2022 Female SEO/HEO Undeclared 6025 5675 37230 36500
In post 2022 Female SEO/HEO Unknown 12320 11745 36160 35050
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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.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).