Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Disability / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Function_of_post Disability Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 835 785 45080 41580
In post 2024 Analysis Declared disabled LGBO 210 205 42300 39940
In post 2024 Analysis Declared disabled Undeclared 115 105 44970 40850
In post 2024 Analysis Declared disabled Unknown 85 85 45030 41850
In post 2024 Analysis Declared non-disabled Heterosexual / straight 4905 4695 49800 45910
In post 2024 Analysis Declared non-disabled LGBO 435 430 46640 41850
In post 2024 Analysis Declared non-disabled Undeclared 370 360 48490 43820
In post 2024 Analysis Declared non-disabled Unknown 295 275 44390 40950
In post 2024 Analysis Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 160 155 46980 44610
In post 2024 Analysis Undeclared LGBO 35 35 43690 39890
In post 2024 Analysis Undeclared Undeclared 155 150 48580 45060
In post 2024 Analysis Undeclared Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown Heterosexual / straight 985 960 44390 41070
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown LGBO 95 95 41670 39940
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown Undeclared 220 215 47300 41010
In post 2024 Analysis Unknown Unknown 1245 1225 44440 41070
In post 2024 Commercial Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 650 625 47860 43580
In post 2024 Commercial Declared disabled LGBO 70 70 44880 40240
In post 2024 Commercial Declared disabled Undeclared 75 70 49240 45060
In post 2024 Commercial Declared disabled Unknown 70 65 44490 40330
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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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).