Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Disability / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_grouped

Status Year Sex Disability Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 7420 6215 22980 22150
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO 8305 7305 28670 28120
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 2790 2660 59540 57710
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight SCS level 230 215 89570 82060
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight SEO/HEO 6705 6310 37790 36990
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown 2660 2455 31180 29050
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled LGBO AA/AO 730 685 24170 22520
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled LGBO EO 805 765 28510 28120
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled LGBO G6/G7 345 335 58020 55820
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled LGBO SCS level 30 30 87050 80020
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled LGBO SEO/HEO 950 920 37220 35940
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled LGBO Unknown 330 315 29960 28580
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Undeclared AA/AO 1085 890 22760 21780
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Undeclared EO 1035 895 28710 28120
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Undeclared G6/G7 290 280 59940 57230
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Undeclared SCS level 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Undeclared SEO/HEO 765 725 37910 37300
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Undeclared Unknown 210 190 33300 32050
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Unknown AA/AO 740 595 22960 22400
In post 2023 Female Declared disabled Unknown EO 705 600 29250 28120
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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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).