Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 655 645 27430 26640
In post 2025 16-19 LGBO 85 85 27530 26640
In post 2025 16-19 Undeclared 50 45 26990 26340
In post 2025 16-19 Unknown 370 360 26510 26640
In post 2025 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 51560 50750 35240 33000
In post 2025 20-29 LGBO 8215 8125 35290 32460
In post 2025 20-29 Undeclared 4930 4870 36670 34330
In post 2025 20-29 Unknown 23320 22960 34320 31500
In post 2025 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 88520 84710 41420 37500
In post 2025 30-39 LGBO 10055 9845 42130 37680
In post 2025 30-39 Undeclared 8300 8020 43280 38430
In post 2025 30-39 Unknown 25510 24460 39900 36010
In post 2025 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 91920 86930 44200 37980
In post 2025 40-49 LGBO 5565 5400 45560 38390
In post 2025 40-49 Undeclared 9425 8925 43980 38280
In post 2025 40-49 Unknown 20225 18945 41970 36320
In post 2025 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 99300 93840 42460 36540
In post 2025 50-59 LGBO 4005 3840 43810 37500
In post 2025 50-59 Undeclared 13345 12505 41770 36060
In post 2025 50-59 Unknown 19915 18530 40600 34210
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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 2025-07-16

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.
Five 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, United Kingdom Statistics Authority, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland.
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.
Age Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).