Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL2

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 865 805 26170 25480
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 2040 1930 27380 24800
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cheshire 825 750 24860 22950
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 440 395 21790 21690
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Cumbria 710 640 23260 22150
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 2535 2320 24560 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Devon 1905 1710 24290 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Dorset and Somerset 1170 1080 24350 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Anglia 3370 3105 25660 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Wales 3300 3020 23700 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 1465 1325 26540 25340
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Eastern Scotland 2765 2565 23780 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Essex 810 735 25240 25600
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 3000 2790 23900 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Greater Manchester 3170 2890 23120 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3055 2615 23860 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 1170 1080 24950 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Highlands and Islands 500 470 23500 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Inner London - East 1475 1355 27890 26550
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Inner London - West 2375 2255 27540 25480
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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.
Region_ITL2 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 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).