Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity / Age

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 16-19 135 130 25830 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 20-29 7280 7145 32070 29500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 30-39 9475 9035 37510 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 40-49 8830 8230 39620 34400
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 50-59 5575 5260 38780 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 60-64 1425 1230 36590 32480
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 65+ 680 540 34280 30320
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 16-19 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 20-29 2285 2250 33180 32250
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 30-39 4055 3930 36560 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 40-49 4155 4005 37900 34330
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 50-59 4585 4440 38160 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 60-64 1625 1500 35950 32690
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 65+ 495 425 33490 30970
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 16-19 30 30 26800 25630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 20-29 1960 1925 34190 32370
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 30-39 2430 2320 40510 35980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 40-49 1830 1735 43210 37430
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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).
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.
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).