Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Age

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Status	Year	Sexual_orientation	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	16-19	655	645	27430	26640
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	20-29	51560	50750	35240	33000
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	30-39	88520	84710	41420	37500
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	40-49	91920	86930	44200	37980
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	50-59	99300	93840	42460	36540
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	60-64	34535	28865	38720	32000
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	65+	11550	8895	36450	30980
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	LGBO	16-19	85	85	27530	26640
In post	2025	LGBO	20-29	8215	8125	35290	32460
In post	2025	LGBO	30-39	10055	9845	42130	37680
In post	2025	LGBO	40-49	5565	5400	45560	38390
In post	2025	LGBO	50-59	4005	3840	43810	37500
In post	2025	LGBO	60-64	995	850	39510	32340
In post	2025	LGBO	65+	300	235	36760	30980
In post	2025	LGBO	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2025	Undeclared	16-19	50	45	26990	26340
In post	2025	Undeclared	20-29	4930	4870	36670	34330
In post	2025	Undeclared	30-39	8300	8020	43280	38430
In post	2025	Undeclared	40-49	9425	8925	43980	38280

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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).
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).