Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Age Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Asian 55 50 28150 26640
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Black 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Mixed 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Other ethnicity [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 White 245 240 27170 26620
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Asian 4330 4215 33750 30980
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Black 1810 1780 34010 32620
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Mixed 1205 1180 35790 33660
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Other ethnicity 275 270 36050 33860
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Undeclared 150 145 35820 33450
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Unknown 355 345 35210 32490
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 White 21125 20640 35340 32620
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Asian 5450 5045 39390 35680
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Black 3115 2985 37590 34920
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Mixed 1595 1480 42730 37650
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Other ethnicity 420 400 42910 38330
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Undeclared 370 340 38880 34610
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Unknown 530 495 43240 37770
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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 2025-07-18

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.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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).