Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Function_of_post Ethnicity Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Analysis Asian Heterosexual / straight 675 660 43540 39450
In post 2023 Analysis Asian LGBO 30 30 42250 39150
In post 2023 Analysis Asian Undeclared 40 35 45760 42470
In post 2023 Analysis Asian Unknown 50 50 39780 38910
In post 2023 Analysis Black Heterosexual / straight 215 210 39920 37760
In post 2023 Analysis Black LGBO 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Black Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Black Unknown 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Mixed Heterosexual / straight 205 200 44460 41470
In post 2023 Analysis Mixed LGBO 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Mixed Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Mixed Unknown 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Other ethnicity Heterosexual / straight 50 50 47700 41110
In post 2023 Analysis Other ethnicity LGBO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Other ethnicity Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Other ethnicity Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 45 45 45600 42220
In post 2023 Analysis Undeclared LGBO 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Undeclared Undeclared 160 155 47300 43800
In post 2023 Analysis Undeclared Unknown 120 120 46880 49260
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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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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).