Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 16-19 460 445 21410 21260
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 20-29 15395 14990 22970 21550
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 30-39 16255 14895 23350 21680
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 40-49 16455 14790 23030 21380
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 50-59 24685 22390 22860 21300
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 60-64 9650 7955 22290 21260
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 65+ 3490 2730 22080 21260
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO 16-19 180 180 23870 24880
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO 20-29 14955 14790 27410 27540
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO 30-39 18025 17075 27740 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO 40-49 19220 17950 27900 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO 50-59 26130 24375 28250 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO 60-64 7640 6185 28290 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO 65+ 2170 1650 28350 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO Unknown 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 20-29 3100 3085 54700 53420
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 30-39 12405 12040 57340 55210
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 40-49 14750 14175 59410 57600
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 50-59 13825 13510 60650 58850
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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.
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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).