Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Explore further: Parent_department, Organisation, Region_london, Region_ITL1, Region_ITL2, Region_ITL3, Profession_of_post, Function_of_post, Sex, Ethnicity, Disability, Age

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight AA 11505 10455 22070 22130
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight AO 74085 66945 24630 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO LGBO AA 750 710 22520 23230
In post 2023 AA/AO LGBO AO 4910 4695 24980 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Undeclared AA 1435 1240 21360 21380
In post 2023 AA/AO Undeclared AO 8950 7915 24310 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown AA 5020 4530 22710 22860
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown AO 29950 27075 24530 22520
In post 2023 EO Heterosexual / straight EO 84540 78365 29030 28120
In post 2023 EO LGBO EO 5405 5230 28840 28120
In post 2023 EO Undeclared EO 10545 9615 29140 28120
In post 2023 EO Unknown EO 26845 24930 29160 28120
In post 2023 G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight G6 14820 14275 70810 69860
In post 2023 G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight G7 38470 37150 56670 55780
In post 2023 G6/G7 LGBO G6 960 940 70120 68610
In post 2023 G6/G7 LGBO G7 2800 2755 56350 55500
In post 2023 G6/G7 Undeclared G6 1735 1655 71370 70250
In post 2023 G6/G7 Undeclared G7 4395 4250 56940 56030
In post 2023 G6/G7 Unknown G6 3225 3090 71190 69940
In post 2023 G6/G7 Unknown G7 8815 8490 57110 56430
Note: Data has been truncated to 20 rows, please download the data to view the remaining rows

Download the data

About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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).