Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Profession_of_post Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Commercial Heterosexual / straight 5230 5065 50980 44580
In post 2024 Commercial LGBO 315 310 49360 43480
In post 2024 Commercial Undeclared 540 515 49220 44890
In post 2024 Commercial Unknown 1095 1070 44580 39940
In post 2024 Communications Heterosexual / straight 3245 3110 44740 41680
In post 2024 Communications LGBO 325 320 44990 41510
In post 2024 Communications Undeclared 380 365 43940 41590
In post 2024 Communications Unknown 900 870 45690 42670
In post 2024 Corporate Finance Heterosexual / straight 45 40 54210 45870
In post 2024 Corporate Finance LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Corporate Finance Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Corporate Finance Unknown 30 30 61940 49860
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Heterosexual / straight 7140 6605 33610 29500
In post 2024 Counter Fraud LGBO 440 425 33130 29500
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Undeclared 875 790 33400 29500
In post 2024 Counter Fraud Unknown 1910 1745 33880 30320
In post 2024 Digital, Data and Technology Heterosexual / straight 16465 16055 47650 43700
In post 2024 Digital, Data and Technology LGBO 1285 1270 46430 42320
In post 2024 Digital, Data and Technology Undeclared 2205 2140 47450 44060
In post 2024 Digital, Data and Technology Unknown 4750 4655 45410 41950
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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).
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any professions 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).