Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female AA Heterosexual / straight 5340 4595 22010 22520
In post 2023 Female AA LGBO 475 450 22610 23230
In post 2023 Female AA Undeclared 730 580 21050 19930
In post 2023 Female AA Unknown 2580 2235 22530 22520
In post 2023 Female AO Heterosexual / straight 42650 36770 23590 22400
In post 2023 Female AO LGBO 2735 2595 25470 22520
In post 2023 Female AO Undeclared 5250 4425 23440 22400
In post 2023 Female AO Unknown 16625 14330 23730 22520
In post 2023 Female EO Heterosexual / straight 49510 44565 28720 28120
In post 2023 Female EO LGBO 2790 2680 28940 28120
In post 2023 Female EO Undeclared 5605 4955 28800 28120
In post 2023 Female EO Unknown 14515 13070 28880 28120
In post 2023 Female G6 Heterosexual / straight 7415 7030 70420 68960
In post 2023 Female G6 LGBO 340 330 70060 67960
In post 2023 Female G6 Undeclared 790 745 70820 68850
In post 2023 Female G6 Unknown 1540 1450 70710 69490
In post 2023 Female G7 Heterosexual / straight 19790 18820 56290 55440
In post 2023 Female G7 LGBO 1205 1180 55960 55120
In post 2023 Female G7 Undeclared 1970 1880 56500 55440
In post 2023 Female G7 Unknown 4165 3945 56850 56000
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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_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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).