Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female 16-19 385 380 25540 24280
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female 20-29 29385 28750 33360 31200
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female 30-39 45640 42340 38890 34800
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female 40-49 50320 45905 40870 35710
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female 50-59 55975 51580 38040 32570
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female 60-64 17480 14145 34030 29500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female 65+ 5150 3820 31350 28800
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male 16-19 460 455 26180 24910
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male 20-29 22465 22340 33710 31980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male 30-39 37325 37010 39920 36060
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male 40-49 37415 36955 43340 38020
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male 50-59 43865 42860 42530 36570
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male 60-64 14910 13030 38970 33980
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male 65+ 5320 4285 37060 31200
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Male Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 16-19 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 20-29 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 30-39 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 40-49 [c] [c] [c] [c]
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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).
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.
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).