Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Sex / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Region_ITL2

Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Responsibility_level_ungrouped Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 90 75 21910 22600
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 145 130 21900 22110
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Cheshire 40 35 22290 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Cumbria 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 135 120 22090 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Devon 120 105 21180 21250
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Dorset and Somerset 85 80 21950 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East Anglia 320 285 21880 21880
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East Wales 125 120 21830 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 115 105 22680 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Eastern Scotland 260 240 23230 23340
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Essex 55 45 21430 19930
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bath/Bristol area 160 140 21700 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Greater Manchester 135 120 21730 21250
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Hampshire and Isle of Wight 335 250 21190 20150
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 90 80 21930 23230
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Highlands and Islands 60 55 22570 21380
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Inner London - East 80 70 24530 23500
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight Female AA Inner London - West 135 125 24650 23500
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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 2023-07-28, 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_ITL2 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 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).