Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Function_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Analysis AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 145 140 22940 22520
In post 2023 Analysis AA/AO LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis AA/AO Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis AA/AO Unknown 65 60 23020 23100
In post 2023 Analysis EO Heterosexual / straight 560 535 27920 27840
In post 2023 Analysis EO LGBO 70 70 26910 26400
In post 2023 Analysis EO Undeclared 50 50 27980 27840
In post 2023 Analysis EO Unknown 235 225 27640 26310
In post 2023 Analysis G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 2525 2405 60260 58290
In post 2023 Analysis G6/G7 LGBO 195 190 59470 57290
In post 2023 Analysis G6/G7 Undeclared 230 220 61920 60230
In post 2023 Analysis G6/G7 Unknown 550 530 57620 55740
In post 2023 Analysis SCS level Heterosexual / straight 170 160 88710 82210
In post 2023 Analysis SCS level LGBO 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis SCS level Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis SCS level Unknown 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis SEO/HEO Heterosexual / straight 3525 3410 37800 38030
In post 2023 Analysis SEO/HEO LGBO 445 440 36790 36460
In post 2023 Analysis SEO/HEO Undeclared 360 350 37930 37760
In post 2023 Analysis SEO/HEO Unknown 1130 1110 36660 37300
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
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).