Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Ethnicity Sex Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Asian Female Heterosexual / straight 18145 16685 36720 32690
In post 2024 Asian Female LGBO 415 385 36610 32280
In post 2024 Asian Female Undeclared 1255 1125 35580 32150
In post 2024 Asian Female Unknown 1815 1575 35090 30460
In post 2024 Asian Male Heterosexual / straight 15260 14880 37200 32900
In post 2024 Asian Male LGBO 490 475 39960 35710
In post 2024 Asian Male Undeclared 765 730 36850 33020
In post 2024 Asian Male Unknown 1255 1210 36850 32210
In post 2024 Asian Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Asian Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Asian Unknown Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Asian Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Black Female Heterosexual / straight 10460 9935 36470 33980
In post 2024 Black Female LGBO 235 230 36320 32890
In post 2024 Black Female Undeclared 615 570 35750 32690
In post 2024 Black Female Unknown 820 745 36480 33980
In post 2024 Black Male Heterosexual / straight 6760 6640 37070 33980
In post 2024 Black Male LGBO 195 195 39710 34120
In post 2024 Black Male Undeclared 265 255 37180 33960
In post 2024 Black Male Unknown 460 440 37340 33980
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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.
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.
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).