Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Disability Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Female 30810 27595 35420 30210
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Male 18825 17950 37400 32880
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Female 149265 136620 38030 33100
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Male 120595 117240 40760 35710
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Female 6515 5920 36630 32470
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Male 5840 5585 38550 34300
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown Female 17750 16800 39510 35130
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown Male 16505 16160 41240 36740
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 LGBO Declared disabled Female 3860 3695 36260 32690
In post 2024 LGBO Declared disabled Male 2990 2900 37470 32940
In post 2024 LGBO Declared disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 LGBO Declared non-disabled Female 8055 7785 37770 33800
In post 2024 LGBO Declared non-disabled Male 7855 7720 41370 35860
In post 2024 LGBO Declared non-disabled Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 LGBO Undeclared Female 715 690 35850 32540
In post 2024 LGBO Undeclared Male 610 595 38160 34020
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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).
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).