Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Explore further: Parent_department, Organisation, Responsibility_level_grouped, Responsibility_level_ungrouped, Region_london, Region_ITL1, Region_ITL2, Region_ITL3, Profession_of_post, Ethnicity, Disability, Age

Status Year Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female 3290 3080 47580 43700
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Male 3595 3510 49120 45200
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Female 3105 2955 48050 43090
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Male 2595 2560 54280 45830
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Communications Female 1955 1845 44950 41620
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Communications Male 1090 1075 45670 41920
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Communications Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud Female 6105 5520 34840 32690
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud Male 5130 4915 37670 35090
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Debt Female 2900 2480 27280 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Debt Male 1705 1630 27240 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Debt Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology Female 7195 6870 45250 41890
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology Male 11450 11270 47460 43700
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Digital, Data & Technology Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Finance Female 4905 4550 42770 39630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Finance Male 3675 3595 46830 43080
Note: Data has been truncated to 20 rows, please download the data to view the remaining rows

Download the data

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 2024-07-24

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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).