Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Ethnicity / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Sex Ethnicity Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Asian Heterosexual / straight 18145 16685 36720 32690
In post 2024 Female Asian LGBO 415 385 36610 32280
In post 2024 Female Asian Undeclared 1255 1125 35580 32150
In post 2024 Female Asian Unknown 1815 1575 35090 30460
In post 2024 Female Black Heterosexual / straight 10460 9935 36470 33980
In post 2024 Female Black LGBO 235 230 36320 32890
In post 2024 Female Black Undeclared 615 570 35750 32690
In post 2024 Female Black Unknown 820 745 36480 33980
In post 2024 Female Mixed Heterosexual / straight 4865 4560 38570 33980
In post 2024 Female Mixed LGBO 610 590 37060 32980
In post 2024 Female Mixed Undeclared 455 420 37850 33980
In post 2024 Female Mixed Unknown 370 340 39210 32210
In post 2024 Female Other ethnicity Heterosexual / straight 1365 1285 39070 34340
In post 2024 Female Other ethnicity LGBO 120 115 39690 36160
In post 2024 Female Other ethnicity Undeclared 200 190 42740 35430
In post 2024 Female Other ethnicity Unknown 135 120 42050 35060
In post 2024 Female Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 1430 1310 35630 32000
In post 2024 Female Undeclared LGBO 115 105 35710 32220
In post 2024 Female Undeclared Undeclared 4765 4310 37850 33980
In post 2024 Female Undeclared Unknown 1290 1085 35680 30310
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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.
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).