Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Asian 365 350 44480 40910
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Black 145 140 40380 38730
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Mixed 100 95 47480 45200
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Other ethnicity 40 40 48560 44630
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Unknown 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis White 2605 2420 48420 44430
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Asian 185 180 46620 40840
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Black 125 125 43820 40380
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Mixed 65 60 49440 44500
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Other ethnicity 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Undeclared 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Unknown 60 55 52040 45060
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial White 2630 2490 48200 43510
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Asian 130 125 41750 39240
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Black 65 65 39740 37820
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Mixed 60 55 48610 44260
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Other ethnicity 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Unknown 65 60 51220 45600
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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 2024-07-25

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).
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.
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).