Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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

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Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Asian 19940 18330 38650 34370
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Black 11940 11335 37930 35130
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Mixed 5265 4920 41190 35900
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity 1455 1365 41280 35680
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 1850 1680 37250 33170
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight Unknown 2175 1985 40960 35470
In post 2025 Female Heterosexual / straight White 168785 153505 40270 35130
In post 2025 Female LGBO Asian 460 430 38340 33770
In post 2025 Female LGBO Black 290 275 37520 34400
In post 2025 Female LGBO Mixed 675 650 39380 35130
In post 2025 Female LGBO Other ethnicity 125 120 42920 38180
In post 2025 Female LGBO Undeclared 135 125 38470 34450
In post 2025 Female LGBO Unknown 195 185 41460 37470
In post 2025 Female LGBO White 13690 13225 39650 35510
In post 2025 Female Undeclared Asian 1340 1200 37560 33830
In post 2025 Female Undeclared Black 665 615 37870 35010
In post 2025 Female Undeclared Mixed 520 485 40200 35680
In post 2025 Female Undeclared Other ethnicity 200 190 43520 37500
In post 2025 Female Undeclared Undeclared 5170 4655 39980 35680
In post 2025 Female Undeclared Unknown 1060 995 46770 43060
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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).
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.
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).