Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sex / Age / Sexual_orientation

Status Year Function_of_post Sex Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Analysis Female 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Female 16-19 LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Female 16-19 Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Female 16-19 Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Female 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 1060 1055 38450 37510
In post 2023 Analysis Female 20-29 LGBO 210 210 36350 34260
In post 2023 Analysis Female 20-29 Undeclared 110 110 36160 34300
In post 2023 Analysis Female 20-29 Unknown 360 360 35490 34520
In post 2023 Analysis Female 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 980 915 47630 44200
In post 2023 Analysis Female 30-39 LGBO 115 110 45700 43650
In post 2023 Analysis Female 30-39 Undeclared 65 60 48070 43250
In post 2023 Analysis Female 30-39 Unknown 200 195 41800 39300
In post 2023 Analysis Female 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 710 630 51670 51360
In post 2023 Analysis Female 40-49 LGBO 45 45 52380 51770
In post 2023 Analysis Female 40-49 Undeclared 55 50 50160 49400
In post 2023 Analysis Female 40-49 Unknown 155 140 45440 43650
In post 2023 Analysis Female 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 405 375 48190 42560
In post 2023 Analysis Female 50-59 LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Analysis Female 50-59 Undeclared 35 30 51980 52190
In post 2023 Analysis Female 50-59 Unknown 85 75 42330 39120
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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 2023-07-27, 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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).