Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 85590 77400 24290 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO LGBO 5660 5405 24650 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Undeclared 10380 9150 23900 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown 34970 31600 24270 22520
In post 2023 EO Heterosexual / straight 84540 78365 29030 28120
In post 2023 EO LGBO 5405 5230 28840 28120
In post 2023 EO Undeclared 10545 9615 29140 28120
In post 2023 EO Unknown 26845 24930 29160 28120
In post 2023 G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 53295 51425 60600 58370
In post 2023 G6/G7 LGBO 3760 3695 59860 57830
In post 2023 G6/G7 Undeclared 6135 5910 61030 58940
In post 2023 G6/G7 Unknown 12035 11580 60880 58970
In post 2023 SCS level Heterosexual / straight 5350 5175 91950 83550
In post 2023 SCS level LGBO 405 400 88780 80790
In post 2023 SCS level Undeclared 490 470 91860 84150
In post 2023 SCS level Unknown 1135 1095 95830 85930
In post 2023 SEO/HEO Heterosexual / straight 102690 98750 38600 37980
In post 2023 SEO/HEO LGBO 7220 7085 37830 37300
In post 2023 SEO/HEO Undeclared 12480 11925 38970 38470
In post 2023 SEO/HEO Unknown 25140 24320 38240 37470
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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.
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).