Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sex Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Asian 19610 17865 34610 30840
In post 2023 Female Black 10900 10320 34690 32520
In post 2023 Female Mixed 5735 5370 36420 32410
In post 2023 Female Other ethnicity 1510 1415 37880 33090
In post 2023 Female Undeclared 7835 7030 34960 30810
In post 2023 Female Unknown 38815 36105 33150 28370
In post 2023 Female White 199300 180905 35190 30410
In post 2023 Male Asian 15745 15310 35570 31950
In post 2023 Male Black 6390 6265 35620 32520
In post 2023 Male Mixed 3985 3895 38680 34170
In post 2023 Male Other ethnicity 1315 1280 40180 34850
In post 2023 Male Undeclared 11425 10950 38780 34700
In post 2023 Male Unknown 38170 37175 35250 30880
In post 2023 Male White 159030 153770 38320 34050
In post 2023 Unknown Asian [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Unknown Black [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Unknown Mixed [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Unknown Other ethnicity [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Unknown Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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).
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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.
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).