Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Ethnicity Sex Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Asian Female Heterosexual / straight 16275 14945 34910 31270
In post 2023 Asian Female LGBO 340 310 34160 30480
In post 2023 Asian Female Undeclared 1160 1025 32840 29590
In post 2023 Asian Female Unknown 1840 1580 33140 28490
In post 2023 Asian Male Heterosexual / straight 13415 13065 35580 31980
In post 2023 Asian Male LGBO 400 390 38220 34700
In post 2023 Asian Male Undeclared 680 655 34420 30950
In post 2023 Asian Male Unknown 1250 1195 35260 30710
In post 2023 Asian Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Asian Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Asian Unknown Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Asian Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Black Female Heterosexual / straight 9310 8855 34760 32520
In post 2023 Black Female LGBO 200 195 34300 31280
In post 2023 Black Female Undeclared 550 510 34250 32130
In post 2023 Black Female Unknown 835 755 34230 32520
In post 2023 Black Male Heterosexual / straight 5540 5450 35560 32520
In post 2023 Black Male LGBO 160 155 38290 32980
In post 2023 Black Male Undeclared 225 215 34360 31880
In post 2023 Black Male Unknown 465 445 35980 32520
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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).
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).