Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Asian 225 185 22370 23000
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Black 210 190 24080 23500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Mixed 85 75 22360 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Other ethnicity 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Undeclared 30 25 21660 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Unknown 70 60 22450 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA White 4710 4050 21890 22180
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Asian 3710 3160 23480 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Black 1845 1675 25080 25480
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Mixed 835 740 24410 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Other ethnicity 200 180 24260 23700
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Undeclared 360 310 23390 22400
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AO Unknown 510 430 23850 22520
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AO White 35190 30275 23500 22400
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female EO Asian 4865 4420 29370 28220
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female EO Black 2875 2710 30320 30280
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female EO Mixed 1075 995 29260 28120
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female EO Other ethnicity 300 280 29830 29450
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female EO Undeclared 440 395 29490 28130
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female EO Unknown 415 375 28740 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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).