Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Ethnicity Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 16-19 105 95 24780 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 20-29 2205 2120 25560 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 30-39 1815 1640 25930 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 40-49 1705 1455 25720 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 50-59 1280 1145 25820 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 60-64 430 370 26200 26180
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 65+ 290 225 26820 27000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 16-19 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 20-29 700 685 28640 27220
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 30-39 990 945 29110 27220
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 40-49 965 905 29090 27220
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 50-59 1010 950 27950 27000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 60-64 445 410 27420 27000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 65+ 215 185 27170 27000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Mixed 16-19 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Mixed 20-29 545 530 27550 25630
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Mixed 30-39 420 380 28000 25190
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Mixed 40-49 305 280 27270 24800
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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.
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).