Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity / Region_ITL2

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 345 310 33150 30930
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 305 270 31700 30120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Cheshire 40 40 30760 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Cornwall and Isles of Scilly [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Cumbria [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 475 435 32160 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Devon 35 30 34780 31430
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Dorset and Somerset 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian East Anglia 190 160 26880 23310
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian East Wales 185 175 33450 31060
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 15 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Eastern Scotland 150 140 34560 29270
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Essex 85 75 32530 31280
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 345 320 35860 32500
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Greater Manchester 775 715 31250 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Hampshire and Isle of Wight 170 150 30380 27910
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 100 90 28880 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Highlands and Islands [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Inner London - East 1385 1290 39850 34370
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Inner London - West 3385 3255 44440 41360
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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).
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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.
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).