Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Sex Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Declared disabled 765 640 24170 24000
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Declared non-disabled 3865 3360 24410 25630
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Undeclared 270 225 24610 25630
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Female Unknown 340 290 24510 24000
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Male Declared disabled 730 665 24670 24670
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Male Declared non-disabled 3870 3675 24840 25630
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Male Undeclared 325 295 25370 25630
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Male Unknown 560 535 25770 25070
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Unknown Declared disabled [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Unknown Declared non-disabled [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Unknown Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA LGBO Female Declared disabled 110 105 25330 25630
In post 2024 AA LGBO Female Declared non-disabled 335 310 25120 25630
In post 2024 AA LGBO Female Undeclared 40 35 24840 25630
In post 2024 AA LGBO Female Unknown 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA LGBO Male Declared disabled 80 75 24670 24970
In post 2024 AA LGBO Male Declared non-disabled 160 155 24730 25630
In post 2024 AA LGBO Male Undeclared 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2024 AA LGBO Male Unknown 20 20 [c] [c]
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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_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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).