Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 AA Heterosexual / straight 10720 9690 24680 25070
In post 2024 AA LGBO 785 745 24990 25630
In post 2024 AA Undeclared 1255 1070 23900 23670
In post 2024 AA Unknown 4550 4105 25120 24970
In post 2024 AO Heterosexual / straight 75605 68575 26830 24470
In post 2024 AO LGBO 5450 5215 27090 24280
In post 2024 AO Undeclared 8600 7595 26250 24280
In post 2024 AO Unknown 28675 26045 26390 24560
In post 2024 EO Heterosexual / straight 90560 84060 30590 29500
In post 2024 EO LGBO 6235 6050 30380 29500
In post 2024 EO Undeclared 10600 9665 30670 29500
In post 2024 EO Unknown 29030 27190 30620 29500
In post 2024 G6 Heterosexual / straight 16025 15435 74000 72500
In post 2024 G6 LGBO 1095 1070 73070 71550
In post 2024 G6 Undeclared 1950 1870 74030 72500
In post 2024 G6 Unknown 3175 3035 74550 73110
In post 2024 G7 Heterosexual / straight 41395 39965 59300 58500
In post 2024 G7 LGBO 3260 3205 58920 58000
In post 2024 G7 Undeclared 4745 4585 59390 58600
In post 2024 G7 Unknown 9160 8830 59730 59000
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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.
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).