Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Disability / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL1

Status Year Sexual_orientation Disability Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO East Midlands (England) 865 765 23530 21780
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO East of England 645 575 25190 23430
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO London 1015 920 26590 25610
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO North East (England) 1285 1080 22580 21780
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO North West (England) 2080 1805 22550 21690
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO Northern Ireland 95 90 22320 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO Scotland 1205 1055 23020 22180
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO South East (England) 1170 1040 24760 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO South West (England) 940 840 23220 22150
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO Unknown 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO Wales 1005 870 22460 22400
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO West Midlands (England) 990 870 23150 21780
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO Yorkshire and The Humber 995 860 23330 21830
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled EO East Midlands (England) 710 640 28030 28120
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled EO East of England 760 685 29500 28120
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled EO London 1765 1640 31680 32430
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled EO North East (England) 950 835 28090 28120
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled EO North West (England) 1970 1755 27960 28120
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled EO Northern Ireland 80 70 27940 27890
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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.
Region_ITL1 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 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).