Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL1 / Sexual_orientation

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL1 Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) Heterosexual / straight 2995 2610 25560 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) LGBO 260 250 27190 25630
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) Undeclared 345 295 25010 24270
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East Midlands (England) Unknown 970 845 24940 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England Heterosexual / straight 2600 2295 26410 25630
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England LGBO 220 210 28920 27220
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England Undeclared 300 260 26120 25000
In post 2024 Female AA/AO East of England Unknown 635 550 26090 25000
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Heterosexual / straight 4100 3650 28770 28100
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London LGBO 225 215 30550 28800
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Undeclared 615 535 28140 27220
In post 2024 Female AA/AO London Unknown 1700 1550 28850 28610
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North East (England) Heterosexual / straight 4755 3925 24890 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North East (England) LGBO 305 290 26330 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North East (England) Undeclared 490 385 24670 24270
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North East (England) Unknown 1900 1525 24670 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North West (England) Heterosexual / straight 7435 6370 24800 24270
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North West (England) LGBO 530 505 26580 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North West (England) Undeclared 785 655 24670 24270
In post 2024 Female AA/AO North West (England) Unknown 3130 2690 24920 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 2024-07-25

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.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).