Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Heterosexual / straight 366115 343875 38870 34300
In post 2024 LGBO 26970 26235 38660 34240
In post 2024 Undeclared 41915 38840 38990 34510
In post 2024 Unknown 107840 101175 36230 31510
Leaver CS 2024 Heterosexual / straight 22205 [c] 35930 29500
Leaver CS 2024 LGBO 1695 [c] 34460 29500
Leaver CS 2024 Undeclared 2820 [c] 36040 30920
Leaver CS 2024 Unknown 12865 [c] 33960 28880
Leaver Dept. 2024 Heterosexual / straight 16020 [c] 44850 41060
Leaver Dept. 2024 LGBO 1925 [c] 44070 40780
Leaver Dept. 2024 Undeclared 2015 [c] 43700 39940
Leaver Dept. 2024 Unknown 7840 [c] 43300 39480
New entrant CS 2024 Heterosexual / straight 35660 [c] 31920 29500
New entrant CS 2024 LGBO 4195 [c] 31020 29500
New entrant CS 2024 Undeclared 2790 [c] 33010 29500
New entrant CS 2024 Unknown 20685 [c] 30720 28000

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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).
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).