Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_grouped

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 86330 78265 26560 24480
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight EO 90560 84060 30590 29500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 57420 55395 63400 60650
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight SCS level 5565 5385 97260 88820
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight SEO/HEO 109140 104875 40640 39980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 17100 15895 32290 30210
In post 2024 LGBO AA/AO 6235 5960 26820 24560
In post 2024 LGBO EO 6235 6050 30380 29500
In post 2024 LGBO G6/G7 4355 4275 62470 59910
In post 2024 LGBO SCS level 425 420 94970 87100
In post 2024 LGBO SEO/HEO 8270 8125 39790 39390
In post 2024 LGBO Unknown 1445 1405 30660 28350
In post 2024 Undeclared AA/AO 9855 8665 25950 24280
In post 2024 Undeclared EO 10600 9665 30670 29500
In post 2024 Undeclared G6/G7 6695 6455 63660 60920
In post 2024 Undeclared SCS level 560 540 97230 89820
In post 2024 Undeclared SEO/HEO 12905 12320 40950 40200
In post 2024 Undeclared Unknown 1295 1200 34020 31580
In post 2024 Unknown AA/AO 33225 30150 26220 24800
In post 2024 Unknown EO 29030 27190 30620 29500
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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).
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.
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).