Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Asian 29690 28015 35220 31310
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Black 14855 14305 35060 32520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 7515 7165 37500 32980
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity 2015 1930 37900 33830
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 3010 2830 35070 31280
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 3460 3225 36080 32060
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight White 288650 270265 36840 32310
In post 2023 LGBO Asian 740 705 36360 32520
In post 2023 LGBO Black 360 350 36060 32520
In post 2023 LGBO Mixed 920 895 36860 32520
In post 2023 LGBO Other ethnicity 220 210 40730 35000
In post 2023 LGBO Undeclared 300 285 35390 32390
In post 2023 LGBO Unknown 245 235 38650 34060
In post 2023 LGBO White 20990 20420 36520 32210
In post 2023 Undeclared Asian 1840 1680 33430 29890
In post 2023 Undeclared Black 775 730 34280 31970
In post 2023 Undeclared Mixed 685 640 36520 32460
In post 2023 Undeclared Other ethnicity 360 345 43650 38660
In post 2023 Undeclared Undeclared 12565 11815 37700 34170
In post 2023 Undeclared Unknown 2280 2160 41990 38120
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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).
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).