Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_grouped / Disability / Ethnicity

Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Disability Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Asian 885 770 25520 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Black 440 395 27290 27000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Mixed 275 245 25980 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Other ethnicity 50 45 26030 24800
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Undeclared 115 105 25960 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Unknown 110 95 25330 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled White 10815 9460 25580 24270
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Asian 6075 5480 25830 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Black 3430 3250 28760 27220
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Mixed 1240 1150 27690 25630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Other ethnicity 380 360 27780 26780
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Undeclared 500 460 26560 24560
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Unknown 500 440 26810 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled White 51145 46480 26700 24480
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Asian 270 240 25470 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Black 165 150 29050 27220
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Mixed 80 70 27900 26690
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Other ethnicity 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 95 90 26160 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 45 40 26950 24430
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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 2024-07-25

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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
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).