Civil servants by socio-economic background and grade, 2024

A bar chart from the Institute for Government showing socio-economic background of civil servants by grade, 2024, where the share of staff with a high socio-economic background increases with grade, from 45% at AO/AA grade level to 71% in the senior civil service.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of Cabinet Office, 'Civil Service People Survey', 2024.Notes: 2024 is the most recent data available from the People Survey. AA/AO = administrative assistant/administrative officer; EO = executive officer; HEO/SEO = higher executive officer/senior executive officer; G7/6 = grades 7 & 6; SCS = senior civil service. See the Methodology for further details on handling of socio-economic background data.Get the dataEmbed Download image