Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Disability

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 1490 1310 24410 24250
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 7735 7040 24630 25630
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 595 520 25030 25630
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 900 825 25290 24420
In post 2024 AA AA/AO LGBO Declared disabled 190 180 25050 25630
In post 2024 AA AA/AO LGBO Declared non-disabled 490 465 24990 25630
In post 2024 AA AA/AO LGBO Undeclared 55 55 24740 25630
In post 2024 AA AA/AO LGBO Unknown 50 50 25040 24970
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Undeclared Declared disabled 200 165 23750 23670
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Undeclared Declared non-disabled 695 585 23600 23670
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 285 255 24650 24250
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 75 70 24140 23670
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Unknown Declared disabled 135 110 24920 24190
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Unknown Declared non-disabled 500 415 25220 24300
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Unknown Undeclared 270 220 26870 26780
In post 2024 AA AA/AO Unknown Unknown 3645 3355 24980 24970
In post 2024 AO AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 11195 9810 25810 24270
In post 2024 AO AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 55535 50585 27050 24480
In post 2024 AO AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 2995 2675 27270 24750
In post 2024 AO AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 5880 5505 26430 24800
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).