Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Function_of_post / Sex / Parent_department

Status Year Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Sex Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Attorney General’s Departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Cabinet Office 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Chancellor’s other departments 70 65 78300 76130
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Charity Commission 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Competition and Markets Authority 60 55 69200 63630
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Business and Trade 125 120 53040 49680
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Culture, Media and Sport 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Education 235 220 52490 51140
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 160 155 57810 60090
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 395 365 45720 41650
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 65 60 55210 58780
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Transport 130 125 55690 55920
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department for Work and Pensions 445 400 42320 37500
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Department of Health and Social Care 250 240 54680 54990
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Estyn [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Food Standards Agency 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 65 65 58050 57060
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female HM Land Registry 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female HM Revenue and Customs 265 245 54780 50300
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis Female HM Treasury 65 60 54060 49210
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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 2025-07-17

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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).