Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Analysis 710 695 44620 40910
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Commercial 390 385 47920 41620
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Communications 195 190 41370 37810
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Counter Fraud 1165 1105 34810 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Debt 780 705 26170 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Digital, Data & Technology 1965 1935 46470 43040
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Finance 1005 975 44400 40910
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Grants Management 90 80 28820 23810
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Human Resources 730 700 40650 36580
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Internal Audit 75 75 50720 48400
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Legal 1265 1195 46770 47540
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian No function 20800 19470 34560 31200
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Project Delivery 1330 1295 45790 41580
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Property 355 340 40490 36410
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Security 395 385 37410 35400
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown 2155 2030 34540 29500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black Analysis 260 255 40900 38940
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black Commercial 210 210 45290 40920
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black Communications 95 95 40040 37820
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black Counter Fraud 560 530 34640 33980
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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).
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.
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).