Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 710 690 23460 22520
In post 2023 16-19 LGBO 85 85 23880 22520
In post 2023 16-19 Undeclared 40 40 23860 23230
In post 2023 16-19 Unknown 615 585 23000 22500
In post 2023 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 49925 49230 31590 29500
In post 2023 20-29 LGBO 6965 6890 31960 29530
In post 2023 20-29 Undeclared 4135 4080 32990 31060
In post 2023 20-29 Unknown 24110 23745 30130 28130
In post 2023 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 77375 73785 37210 33830
In post 2023 30-39 LGBO 7450 7300 37560 34170
In post 2023 30-39 Undeclared 6990 6720 38400 34700
In post 2023 30-39 Unknown 24520 23385 35180 31280
In post 2023 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 82980 78215 39480 34400
In post 2023 40-49 LGBO 4510 4380 40940 34890
In post 2023 40-49 Undeclared 9335 8800 38550 34170
In post 2023 40-49 Unknown 21550 20050 37010 31940
In post 2023 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 99015 93575 37650 32520
In post 2023 50-59 LGBO 3700 3555 38740 32920
In post 2023 50-59 Undeclared 14510 13610 36540 32270
In post 2023 50-59 Unknown 24375 22570 35740 29750
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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 2023-07-26, with GIT d545f65.

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.
Four 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, 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.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
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).