Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA Female 5240 4520 24390 24970
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA Male 5485 5175 24940 25420
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AA Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AO Female 42480 36720 25730 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AO Male 33125 31855 28240 25000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight AO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight EO Female 52660 47475 30270 29500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight EO Male 37900 36585 31030 29500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight EO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight G6 Female 8015 7600 73670 72120
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight G6 Male 8010 7830 74330 73050
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight G6 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight G7 Female 21380 20335 58970 58000
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight G7 Male 20015 19625 59660 58710
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight G7 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight HEO Female 33205 31300 36590 35870
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight HEO Male 27580 26925 37330 36280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight HEO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight SCS level Female 2745 2620 94890 87420
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight SCS level Male 2820 2770 99560 90000
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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_ungrouped 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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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).