Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Ethnicity

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Status Year Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Analysis Asian 790 775 43370 39420
In post 2023 Analysis Black 260 255 39760 37760
In post 2023 Analysis Mixed 265 255 44060 41020
In post 2023 Analysis Other ethnicity 80 80 48070 42140
In post 2023 Analysis Undeclared 330 325 46880 45710
In post 2023 Analysis Unknown 1200 1175 41750 38690
In post 2023 Analysis White 7395 7100 45760 41240
In post 2023 Commercial Asian 420 415 47090 41180
In post 2023 Commercial Black 220 220 45900 41530
In post 2023 Commercial Mixed 150 145 47080 40620
In post 2023 Commercial Other ethnicity 35 35 41280 41270
In post 2023 Commercial Undeclared 265 260 50620 43730
In post 2023 Commercial Unknown 710 695 41860 37300
In post 2023 Commercial White 5480 5305 48710 42620
In post 2023 Communications Asian 175 175 41490 39450
In post 2023 Communications Black 105 105 40590 36650
In post 2023 Communications Mixed 120 115 44640 40540
In post 2023 Communications Other ethnicity 30 30 45570 42990
In post 2023 Communications Undeclared 115 115 41730 39000
In post 2023 Communications Unknown 740 730 44790 41700
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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.
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).