Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Sexual_orientation / Region_london / Parent_department

Status Year Region_ITL1 Sexual_orientation Region_london Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Attorney General’s Departments 425 385 45140 38630
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Cabinet Office 215 205 56490 48610
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department for Business and Trade 95 90 42830 44440
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department for Education 110 105 54090 56350
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department for Energy Security and Net Zero [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 565 540 41100 41220
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department for Transport 245 225 34350 31250
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department for Work and Pensions 3415 3065 33460 32100
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Department of Health and Social Care 425 405 51620 45190
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Food Standards Agency 85 80 44730 42010
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London HM Land Registry 185 160 37240 38430
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London HM Revenue and Customs 410 380 37310 35990
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London HM Treasury 70 65 37360 33450
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Home Office 1620 1490 33640 30430
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Ministry of Defence 2465 2385 39860 37330
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 125 115 53050 54530
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Ministry of Justice 6180 5785 35020 34170
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London National Crime Agency 145 140 45630 43420
In post 2025 East (England) Heterosexual / straight Outside London Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills 80 80 69140 57500
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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.
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).