Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Disability / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Disability Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 AA Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 1530 1335 26720 27800
In post 2025 AA Declared disabled LGBO 210 195 27040 27840
In post 2025 AA Declared disabled Undeclared 165 145 26380 26240
In post 2025 AA Declared disabled Unknown 120 105 27080 26340
In post 2025 AA Declared non-disabled Heterosexual / straight 7325 6685 26910 27840
In post 2025 AA Declared non-disabled LGBO 490 470 27190 27840
In post 2025 AA Declared non-disabled Undeclared 565 485 26080 26240
In post 2025 AA Declared non-disabled Unknown 415 340 27160 26340
In post 2025 AA Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 545 475 27350 27840
In post 2025 AA Undeclared LGBO 55 50 27010 27840
In post 2025 AA Undeclared Undeclared 260 235 26910 26990
In post 2025 AA Undeclared Unknown 240 190 28710 27840
In post 2025 AA Unknown Heterosexual / straight 850 775 27660 26990
In post 2025 AA Unknown LGBO 45 45 27570 27800
In post 2025 AA Unknown Undeclared 65 60 26430 26240
In post 2025 AA Unknown Unknown 3010 2770 27230 27840
In post 2025 AO Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 11480 10000 27600 26340
In post 2025 AO Declared disabled LGBO 1585 1485 27820 26340
In post 2025 AO Declared disabled Undeclared 1620 1380 27510 26340
In post 2025 AO Declared disabled Unknown 915 775 27600 26640
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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).
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).