Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Asian 33410 31565 36940 32770
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Black 17220 16575 36700 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 8180 7800 39410 34690
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity 2430 2330 39810 35090
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 3090 2905 37120 32880
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 4255 4000 40180 35350
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight White 297535 278695 39190 34530
In post 2024 LGBO Asian 905 865 38430 33980
In post 2024 LGBO Black 430 420 37860 33980
In post 2024 LGBO Mixed 1090 1065 38670 34010
In post 2024 LGBO Other ethnicity 270 265 41250 36280
In post 2024 LGBO Undeclared 340 320 37760 33980
In post 2024 LGBO Unknown 380 365 41690 36270
In post 2024 LGBO White 23555 22935 38620 34240
In post 2024 Undeclared Asian 2015 1855 36060 32330
In post 2024 Undeclared Black 880 830 36180 32830
In post 2024 Undeclared Mixed 770 725 39360 34630
In post 2024 Undeclared Other ethnicity 450 430 45130 40690
In post 2024 Undeclared Undeclared 12765 11980 40150 35840
In post 2024 Undeclared Unknown 1985 1885 44630 40390
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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.
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).