Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Age

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Status Year Ethnicity Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Asian 16-19 150 145 25720 24280
In post 2024 Asian 20-29 8255 8100 32240 29500
In post 2024 Asian 30-39 10765 10260 37590 33980
In post 2024 Asian 40-49 10510 9745 39300 33990
In post 2024 Asian 50-59 6900 6480 38330 33500
In post 2024 Asian 60-64 1860 1595 36100 32450
In post 2024 Asian 65+ 955 740 33670 29500
In post 2024 Asian Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Black 16-19 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Black 20-29 2595 2555 33210 32220
In post 2024 Black 30-39 4495 4360 36650 33980
In post 2024 Black 40-49 4650 4470 37980 34270
In post 2024 Black 50-59 5440 5250 38040 33980
In post 2024 Black 60-64 1970 1810 35910 32870
In post 2024 Black 65+ 640 540 33520 31100
In post 2024 Black Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Mixed 16-19 35 35 26610 25310
In post 2024 Mixed 20-29 2665 2625 34090 32160
In post 2024 Mixed 30-39 3145 3020 40710 36130
In post 2024 Mixed 40-49 2320 2200 43220 37330
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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).
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.
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).