Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight 3290 3080 47580 43700
In post 2024 Female Analysis LGBO 420 410 43610 40950
In post 2024 Female Analysis Undeclared 405 385 46350 41470
In post 2024 Female Analysis Unknown 640 615 42770 40150
In post 2024 Female Commercial Heterosexual / straight 3105 2955 48050 43090
In post 2024 Female Commercial LGBO 170 170 47790 40850
In post 2024 Female Commercial Undeclared 300 280 47560 44580
In post 2024 Female Commercial Unknown 585 565 43100 38730
In post 2024 Female Communications Heterosexual / straight 1955 1845 44950 41620
In post 2024 Female Communications LGBO 145 140 45030 42970
In post 2024 Female Communications Undeclared 210 200 43550 40790
In post 2024 Female Communications Unknown 475 455 46030 43080
In post 2024 Female Counter Fraud Heterosexual / straight 6105 5520 34840 32690
In post 2024 Female Counter Fraud LGBO 335 320 34900 31350
In post 2024 Female Counter Fraud Undeclared 715 620 34250 29630
In post 2024 Female Counter Fraud Unknown 1670 1490 33550 30320
In post 2024 Female Debt Heterosexual / straight 2900 2480 27280 24280
In post 2024 Female Debt LGBO 170 160 26950 24280
In post 2024 Female Debt Undeclared 285 240 26640 24280
In post 2024 Female Debt Unknown 1180 1030 26380 24280
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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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).