Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Ethnicity

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Status Year Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis Asian 850 830 44540 40910
In post 2024 Analysis Black 300 295 41230 39100
In post 2024 Analysis Mixed 270 265 45480 41850
In post 2024 Analysis Other ethnicity 105 100 47660 43820
In post 2024 Analysis Undeclared 245 235 50220 45910
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown 1285 1260 45120 41680
In post 2024 Analysis White 7105 6795 48410 44040
In post 2024 Commercial Asian 470 460 48060 42540
In post 2024 Commercial Black 255 255 46420 41850
In post 2024 Commercial Mixed 155 150 50260 44500
In post 2024 Commercial Other ethnicity 50 50 45820 43040
In post 2024 Commercial Undeclared 255 245 52300 45590
In post 2024 Commercial Unknown 775 760 43250 39490
In post 2024 Commercial White 5815 5610 50830 44580
In post 2024 Communications Asian 225 220 41650 38250
In post 2024 Communications Black 120 120 39950 37620
In post 2024 Communications Mixed 115 115 47350 43970
In post 2024 Communications Other ethnicity 40 35 47080 42500
In post 2024 Communications Undeclared 125 120 42300 39630
In post 2024 Communications Unknown 820 805 46410 43500
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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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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.
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).