Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Profession_of_post Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Commercial AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 235 215 23450 22500
In post 2023 Commercial AA/AO LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial AA/AO Undeclared 35 30 22840 22500
In post 2023 Commercial AA/AO Unknown 125 115 24210 22920
In post 2023 Commercial EO Heterosexual / straight 515 490 27870 27260
In post 2023 Commercial EO LGBO 40 40 27640 27470
In post 2023 Commercial EO Undeclared 60 55 28280 27650
In post 2023 Commercial EO Unknown 135 130 28270 27630
In post 2023 Commercial G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 1570 1535 64240 65360
In post 2023 Commercial G6/G7 LGBO 80 80 62820 61480
In post 2023 Commercial G6/G7 Undeclared 175 170 62130 59000
In post 2023 Commercial G6/G7 Unknown 440 430 64130 65500
In post 2023 Commercial SCS level Heterosexual / straight 230 225 113370 107430
In post 2023 Commercial SCS level LGBO 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial SCS level Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Commercial SCS level Unknown 45 45 118750 115300
In post 2023 Commercial SEO/HEO Heterosexual / straight 2685 2595 38660 38470
In post 2023 Commercial SEO/HEO LGBO 150 145 38520 38120
In post 2023 Commercial SEO/HEO Undeclared 280 270 39630 40510
In post 2023 Commercial SEO/HEO Unknown 545 535 37420 37590
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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.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions 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).