Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Age / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Parent_department Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 1180 1165 34890 31350
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 LGBO 145 145 34230 31350
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Undeclared 70 70 36110 31350
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 Unknown 440 440 35960 31030
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 1770 1680 51320 54340
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 LGBO 180 175 50760 54210
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Undeclared 105 105 51250 54210
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 Unknown 500 485 49850 49920
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 2095 1940 55540 59620
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 LGBO 120 115 58010 61000
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 Undeclared 115 110 61490 61200
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 Unknown 690 630 56540 59660
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 1890 1775 54500 57310
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 LGBO 90 85 62690 64200
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 Undeclared 95 90 55150 59710
In post 2025 Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 Unknown 800 740 55130 61200
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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).