Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female Analysis Heterosexual / straight 3930 3680 50900 47160
In post 2025 Female Analysis LGBO 550 535 46910 43650
In post 2025 Female Analysis Undeclared 500 475 49570 45140
In post 2025 Female Analysis Unknown 730 700 46800 43150
In post 2025 Female Commercial Heterosexual / straight 3110 2955 50790 45680
In post 2025 Female Commercial LGBO 190 190 50900 42380
In post 2025 Female Commercial Undeclared 305 285 50160 46790
In post 2025 Female Commercial Unknown 665 645 47750 42290
In post 2025 Female Communications Heterosexual / straight 2145 2025 47250 44110
In post 2025 Female Communications LGBO 175 170 46160 42230
In post 2025 Female Communications Undeclared 240 230 46420 43590
In post 2025 Female Communications Unknown 520 495 49570 46200
In post 2025 Female Counter Fraud Heterosexual / straight 6430 5780 36540 34330
In post 2025 Female Counter Fraud LGBO 375 360 36070 33500
In post 2025 Female Counter Fraud Undeclared 735 630 36240 31210
In post 2025 Female Counter Fraud Unknown 1625 1445 35480 34090
In post 2025 Female Debt Heterosexual / straight 3060 2605 29260 26640
In post 2025 Female Debt LGBO 195 185 28620 26640
In post 2025 Female Debt Undeclared 300 255 28490 26640
In post 2025 Female Debt Unknown 1300 1130 28220 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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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.
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).