Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA Asian 535 480 21100 21050
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA Black 410 385 22440 22000
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA Mixed 135 125 21210 20890
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA Other ethnicity 40 40 21570 21050
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA Undeclared 75 70 20670 20890
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown 175 155 20620 20890
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AA White 10470 9555 20420 20310
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AO Asian 6170 5530 22800 21260
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AO Black 2985 2790 24750 23960
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AO Mixed 1410 1310 23760 21840
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AO Other ethnicity 370 340 24130 23140
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AO Undeclared 730 665 23440 21840
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AO Unknown 885 785 23810 22080
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight AO White 62010 55980 23230 21680
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO Asian 8980 8490 28310 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO Black 4710 4535 29170 29250
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO Mixed 1800 1715 28270 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO Other ethnicity 530 505 28580 27850
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO Undeclared 980 915 28930 27570
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight EO Unknown 715 665 28230 27570
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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.
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).