Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Attorney General’s Departments 5630 5220 46340 42650
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Cabinet Office 3910 3765 51660 44500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Chancellor’s other departments 160 150 61280 51570
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Charity Commission 160 150 41890 35090
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Competition and Markets Authority 460 440 64140 60480
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Business and Trade 3290 3105 42590 39810
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Culture, Media and Sport 415 390 52920 55360
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Education 4120 3890 46820 43330
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 1520 1465 51210 51570
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5720 5320 39010 35860
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1750 1645 50340 51930
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 2035 1915 45690 42030
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Transport 5025 4525 35510 28700
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Work and Pensions 43910 38335 31400 29500
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Department of Health and Social Care 4235 4015 48950 43780
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Estyn 70 65 59850 71760
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Food Standards Agency 580 565 43150 40120
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 2540 2465 50840 45930
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female HM Land Registry 2455 2150 34740 29480
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight Female HM Revenue and Customs 22700 20505 37840 35980
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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).