Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL1

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA East Midlands (England) 675 625 21870 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA East of England 945 860 21940 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA London 960 885 24590 23500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA North East (England) 595 505 22100 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA North West (England) 1035 920 21610 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Northern Ireland 375 365 21610 22130
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Scotland 1480 1365 22790 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA South East (England) 1670 1490 22020 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA South West (England) 1115 1040 21670 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Wales 955 830 20120 19000
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA West Midlands (England) 775 710 21770 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AA Yorkshire and The Humber 910 840 22080 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO East Midlands (England) 4590 4165 24800 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO East of England 4105 3785 26540 25340
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO London 6330 5860 27790 26400
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO North East (England) 7475 6510 23370 22400
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO North West (England) 11615 10425 23280 22330
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight AO Northern Ireland 720 660 22670 22520
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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.
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.
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).