Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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

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Status Year Sex Age Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female 16-19 Heterosexual / straight 325 320 27420 26640
In post 2025 Female 16-19 LGBO 60 55 27920 26690
In post 2025 Female 16-19 Undeclared 35 30 26790 26340
In post 2025 Female 16-19 Unknown 160 155 26320 26470
In post 2025 Female 20-29 Heterosexual / straight 29250 28575 35050 32460
In post 2025 Female 20-29 LGBO 5035 4970 34880 32460
In post 2025 Female 20-29 Undeclared 2850 2805 36470 34170
In post 2025 Female 20-29 Unknown 12260 11985 34170 31210
In post 2025 Female 30-39 Heterosexual / straight 48685 45230 41080 37160
In post 2025 Female 30-39 LGBO 5445 5275 40980 37470
In post 2025 Female 30-39 Undeclared 4045 3820 43250 38580
In post 2025 Female 30-39 Unknown 12715 11795 39240 35020
In post 2025 Female 40-49 Heterosexual / straight 52605 48095 43220 37500
In post 2025 Female 40-49 LGBO 2780 2650 44070 37980
In post 2025 Female 40-49 Undeclared 4670 4250 42800 37500
In post 2025 Female 40-49 Unknown 10865 9755 40500 34330
In post 2025 Female 50-59 Heterosexual / straight 55875 51440 40530 34580
In post 2025 Female 50-59 LGBO 1730 1640 42810 36430
In post 2025 Female 50-59 Undeclared 6905 6265 39480 33760
In post 2025 Female 50-59 Unknown 10225 9155 38360 31210
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).