Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Age / Ethnicity

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Status Year Parent_department Age Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Asian [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Black [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Mixed [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Other ethnicity [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 White 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Asian 275 270 30630 28760
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Black 100 100 31850 29200
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Mixed 90 90 32370 29200
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Other ethnicity 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Unknown 150 150 36830 33310
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 White 1225 1215 33020 29200
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Asian 360 340 46490 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Black 155 150 42520 37320
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Mixed 75 75 48280 55040
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Other ethnicity 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Undeclared 45 45 45410 43260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Unknown 235 225 50890 55360
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 White 1545 1470 49310 52250
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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).