Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 16-19 310 300 25170 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 20-29 8110 7775 26700 24800
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 30-39 8035 6975 26130 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 40-49 9285 7880 25470 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 50-59 13535 11755 25120 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 60-64 6105 4835 24830 24270
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 65+ 2335 1720 24920 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO 16-19 65 65 25330 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO 20-29 1465 1435 27300 25630
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO 30-39 950 905 28070 25630
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO 40-49 490 455 27100 24800
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO 50-59 410 380 26190 24470
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO 60-64 125 100 25300 24400
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO 65+ 45 35 25870 24280
In post 2024 Female AA/AO LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Undeclared 16-19 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Undeclared 20-29 590 570 26090 24470
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Undeclared 30-39 630 550 26370 24470
In post 2024 Female AA/AO Undeclared 40-49 975 810 25210 24270
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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.
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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).