Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Disability

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 54290 49680 38480 33730
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 277750 261115 41500 36350
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 13110 12215 40090 35680
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 32895 31620 42470 37860
In post 2025 LGBO Declared disabled 8070 7745 38750 34530
In post 2025 LGBO Declared non-disabled 17050 16620 41960 36790
In post 2025 LGBO Undeclared 1490 1445 39260 35220
In post 2025 LGBO Unknown 2605 2565 41590 37330
In post 2025 Undeclared Declared disabled 6740 6105 38100 33550
In post 2025 Undeclared Declared non-disabled 21510 19845 40910 35680
In post 2025 Undeclared Undeclared 10540 9875 42370 37820
In post 2025 Undeclared Unknown 4365 4200 45560 41750
In post 2025 Unknown Declared disabled 3915 3535 38050 32890
In post 2025 Unknown Declared non-disabled 18360 16200 38500 32370
In post 2025 Unknown Undeclared 2770 2490 42690 36170
In post 2025 Unknown Unknown 74200 70900 38830 34170
Leaver CS 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 3465 [c] 35310 30980
Leaver CS 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 15100 [c] 39050 31700
Leaver CS 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 850 [c] 36360 30980
Leaver CS 2025 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 2405 [c] 39410 33200
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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).
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).