Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Female Heterosexual / straight 189595 173035 33590 28920
In post 2022 Female LGBO 11000 10615 33310 29290
In post 2022 Female Undeclared 22300 20025 33340 28650
In post 2022 Female Unknown 55160 49505 31860 27570
In post 2022 Male Heterosexual / straight 149640 145375 36220 31880
In post 2022 Male LGBO 11040 10815 36510 31660
In post 2022 Male Undeclared 20945 20105 36820 32960
In post 2022 Male Unknown 50385 48595 34760 30750
In post 2022 Unknown Heterosexual / straight 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Unknown Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
Leaver CS 2022 Female Heterosexual / straight 12890 [c] 32070 27570
Leaver CS 2022 Female LGBO 990 [c] 30300 27570
Leaver CS 2022 Female Undeclared 1890 [c] 31680 27570
Leaver CS 2022 Female Unknown 7650 [c] 31360 27130
Leaver CS 2022 Male Heterosexual / straight 11225 [c] 34700 29070
Leaver CS 2022 Male LGBO 865 [c] 33480 27570
Leaver CS 2022 Male Undeclared 1700 [c] 36210 31520
Leaver CS 2022 Male Unknown 6995 [c] 34630 28980
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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).
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).