Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Ethnicity

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Asian 645 570 22640 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Black 205 185 23480 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Mixed 115 105 24600 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Other ethnicity 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Undeclared 50 45 23290 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Unknown 65 60 24930 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) White 4165 3805 24740 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England Asian 340 290 24370 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England Black 165 155 25920 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England Mixed 100 95 26190 24690
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England Other ethnicity 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England Undeclared 50 45 25370 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England Unknown 60 55 26330 24070
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East of England White 4300 3975 25760 23690
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight London Asian 1845 1665 26440 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight London Black 1775 1665 27670 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight London Mixed 295 275 28200 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight London Other ethnicity 125 120 28020 26400
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight London Undeclared 130 120 26640 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight London Unknown 110 100 27890 26560
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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).
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.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).