Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Asian 530 470 22680 23000
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Black 420 395 24030 23500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Mixed 150 140 22560 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Other ethnicity 40 40 23570 23340
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Undeclared 75 70 22230 22920
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown 150 135 22560 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA White 10145 9205 21930 22010
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Asian 6685 6000 23830 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Black 3165 2960 26150 25480
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Mixed 1450 1335 25310 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Other ethnicity 375 350 25550 24490
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Undeclared 695 635 24470 22500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Unknown 900 810 25060 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO White 60810 54860 24610 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight EO Asian 8735 8205 29320 28130
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight EO Black 4330 4140 30310 30200
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight EO Mixed 1715 1620 29390 28120
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight EO Other ethnicity 505 480 29700 28920
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight EO Undeclared 935 865 29890 28130
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight EO Unknown 750 700 29300 28120
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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.
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).