Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Disability Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Declared disabled Female 755 635 21820 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Declared disabled Male 785 725 21910 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Declared non-disabled Female 3940 3415 22040 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Declared non-disabled Male 4400 4215 22090 22130
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Undeclared Female 285 240 22230 23000
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Undeclared Male 380 350 22290 22160
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Undeclared Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown Female 355 300 21930 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown Male 595 565 22430 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Declared disabled Female 6660 5580 23120 22150
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Declared disabled Male 4110 3845 24750 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Declared non-disabled Female 31955 27650 23670 22500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Declared non-disabled Male 23730 22915 26190 22920
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Undeclared Female 1635 1400 23990 22400
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Undeclared Male 1515 1420 27240 25340
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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.
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).