Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis Heterosexual / straight 6885 6595 48390 44220
In post 2024 Analysis LGBO 775 760 44710 41070
In post 2024 Analysis Undeclared 860 830 47740 43080
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown 1640 1595 44440 41070
In post 2024 Commercial Heterosexual / straight 5700 5515 50890 44500
In post 2024 Commercial LGBO 365 360 48490 43080
In post 2024 Commercial Undeclared 580 555 49550 44580
In post 2024 Commercial Unknown 1125 1100 44610 39940
In post 2024 Communications Heterosexual / straight 3045 2920 45210 41820
In post 2024 Communications LGBO 310 305 45920 42940
In post 2024 Communications Undeclared 380 365 44040 40790
In post 2024 Communications Unknown 820 795 45550 42600
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Heterosexual / straight 11235 10440 36130 33980
In post 2024 Counter Fraud LGBO 655 635 35380 32690
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Undeclared 1470 1335 36420 33980
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Unknown 3260 3005 34700 33980
In post 2024 Debt Heterosexual / straight 4605 4110 27260 24280
In post 2024 Debt LGBO 385 370 26930 24280
In post 2024 Debt Undeclared 490 430 26790 24280
In post 2024 Debt Unknown 2080 1895 26320 24280
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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.
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).