Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Attorney General’s Departments 820 765 44880 40850
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Cabinet Office 330 320 47880 40850
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Chancellor’s other departments 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Charity Commission 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Competition and Markets Authority 65 65 47690 39570
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Business and Trade 370 360 41490 38250
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Culture, Media and Sport 40 35 54550 55630
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Education 515 495 42840 39480
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 205 195 48080 42580
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 325 315 37830 35860
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 160 150 45980 41400
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 135 135 44010 41930
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Transport 295 275 40450 37620
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department for Work and Pensions 4495 3965 31140 29500
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Department of Health and Social Care 665 630 46280 40700
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Estyn [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Food Standards Agency 40 35 46560 40690
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 245 235 45610 40510
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian HM Land Registry 90 80 33300 29480
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian HM Revenue and Customs 2345 2165 36850 34320
Note: Data has been truncated to 20 rows, please download the data to view the remaining rows

Download the data

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 2024-07-25

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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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).