Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity

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Status Year Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Asian 35355 33175 35040 31280
In post 2023 Black 17290 16585 35030 32520
In post 2023 Mixed 9720 9265 37350 32790
In post 2023 Other ethnicity 2825 2695 38950 34170
In post 2023 Undeclared 19265 17980 37220 33050
In post 2023 Unknown 76985 73285 34190 29450
In post 2023 White 358340 334680 36580 32080
Leaver CS 2023 Asian 2765 [c] 33700 29660
Leaver CS 2023 Black 1860 [c] 33770 31060
Leaver CS 2023 Mixed 1000 [c] 34890 30360
Leaver CS 2023 Other ethnicity 315 [c] 37400 31060
Leaver CS 2023 Undeclared 1595 [c] 35430 30650
Leaver CS 2023 Unknown 9755 [c] 33530 28000
Leaver CS 2023 White 28790 [c] 34930 28120
Leaver Dept. 2023 Asian 1380 [c] 35840 32520
Leaver Dept. 2023 Black 610 [c] 34190 32520
Leaver Dept. 2023 Mixed 475 [c] 38280 34320
Leaver Dept. 2023 Other ethnicity 115 [c] 38580 33820
Leaver Dept. 2023 Undeclared 445 [c] 37060 33590
Leaver Dept. 2023 Unknown 3380 [c] 37190 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).
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.
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).