Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian 16275 14945 34910 31270
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Black 9310 8855 34760 32520
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Mixed 4475 4190 36640 32520
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity 1130 1065 37250 32660
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 1415 1290 33860 29890
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Unknown 1920 1735 35330 30460
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight White 160645 146190 35480 30810
In post 2023 Female LGBO Asian 340 310 34160 30480
In post 2023 Female LGBO Black 200 195 34300 31280
In post 2023 Female LGBO Mixed 490 475 35260 31320
In post 2023 Female LGBO Other ethnicity 100 100 37820 34010
In post 2023 Female LGBO Undeclared 90 85 32250 30410
In post 2023 Female LGBO Unknown 125 120 37940 33970
In post 2023 Female LGBO White 10875 10505 35060 31310
In post 2023 Female Undeclared Asian 1160 1025 32840 29590
In post 2023 Female Undeclared Black 550 510 34250 32130
In post 2023 Female Undeclared Mixed 405 380 35850 32050
In post 2023 Female Undeclared Other ethnicity 160 150 41270 34340
In post 2023 Female Undeclared Undeclared 4760 4310 35510 31500
In post 2023 Female Undeclared Unknown 1175 1095 40790 36070
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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.
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).