Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Female Analysis Asian 430 415 44500 41070
In post 2024 Female Analysis Black 175 170 41250 39390
In post 2024 Female Analysis Mixed 135 130 45740 42970
In post 2024 Female Analysis Other ethnicity 60 55 46660 43820
In post 2024 Female Analysis Undeclared 70 65 46660 42210
In post 2024 Female Analysis Unknown 495 480 44170 40950
In post 2024 Female Analysis White 3395 3175 47360 43080
In post 2024 Female Commercial Asian 220 215 46870 41790
In post 2024 Female Commercial Black 150 150 44560 40380
In post 2024 Female Commercial Mixed 85 80 48990 44100
In post 2024 Female Commercial Other ethnicity 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Commercial Undeclared 105 100 50010 44860
In post 2024 Female Commercial Unknown 385 375 42200 38760
In post 2024 Female Commercial White 3195 3030 47990 43080
In post 2024 Female Communications Asian 150 145 41530 39390
In post 2024 Female Communications Black 75 75 39680 37720
In post 2024 Female Communications Mixed 80 75 46800 43010
In post 2024 Female Communications Other ethnicity 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Female Communications Undeclared 60 55 40420 36240
In post 2024 Female Communications Unknown 465 450 46920 44500
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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.
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.
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).