Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity

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Status	Year	Sexual_orientation	Ethnicity	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	Asian	36810	34790	38880	34470
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	Black	20620	19870	37950	35200
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	Mixed	8820	8400	41920	36790
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	Other ethnicity	2550	2435	41730	36170
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	Undeclared	3995	3735	38670	34330
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	4075	3820	41720	36430
In post	2025	Heterosexual / straight	White	301175	281580	41590	36540
In post	2025	LGBO	Asian	990	940	40740	35680
In post	2025	LGBO	Black	535	520	38850	35680
In post	2025	LGBO	Mixed	1190	1160	41000	36170
In post	2025	LGBO	Other ethnicity	290	275	43810	38040
In post	2025	LGBO	Undeclared	380	360	39650	35680
In post	2025	LGBO	Unknown	370	355	42750	37650
In post	2025	LGBO	White	25470	24765	40910	36170
In post	2025	Undeclared	Asian	2185	2015	38160	34230
In post	2025	Undeclared	Black	960	905	38100	35130
In post	2025	Undeclared	Mixed	835	790	41500	36450
In post	2025	Undeclared	Other ethnicity	430	410	45820	41750
In post	2025	Undeclared	Undeclared	13825	12950	42180	37650
In post	2025	Undeclared	Unknown	2040	1935	48110	44610

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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).
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).