Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age / Sexual_orientation / Sex

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Status Year Age Sexual_orientation Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 16-19 Heterosexual / straight Female 385 380 25540 24280
In post 2024 16-19 Heterosexual / straight Male 460 455 26180 24910
In post 2024 16-19 Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 16-19 LGBO Female 75 75 25780 24280
In post 2024 16-19 LGBO Male 45 45 25820 24280
In post 2024 16-19 LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 16-19 Undeclared Female 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 16-19 Undeclared Male 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 16-19 Unknown Female 270 265 25160 24800
In post 2024 16-19 Unknown Male 340 335 24810 24800
In post 2024 20-29 Heterosexual / straight Female 29385 28750 33360 31200
In post 2024 20-29 Heterosexual / straight Male 22465 22340 33710 31980
In post 2024 20-29 Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 20-29 LGBO Female 4730 4670 33130 31340
In post 2024 20-29 LGBO Male 3100 3085 34490 31900
In post 2024 20-29 LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 20-29 Undeclared Female 2555 2515 34770 32690
In post 2024 20-29 Undeclared Male 1910 1895 35320 32880
In post 2024 20-29 Unknown Female 13685 13390 31930 29500
In post 2024 20-29 Unknown Male 12205 12115 32270 29630
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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 2024-07-24

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).
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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).