Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Function_of_post

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Analysis 8275 7935 51550 47460
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Commercial 5600 5410 53380 46790
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Communications 3345 3210 47890 44680
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 11730 10855 37700 35680
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Debt 4845 4315 29230 26640
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Digital and Data 19155 18625 49910 45890
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Finance 8480 8030 46650 42610
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Grants Management 1750 1615 32360 28800
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 505 475 53930 50920
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Legal 9515 8895 53660 57030
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight No function 231580 215985 38280 34170
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight People 8725 8250 45490 41470
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Project Delivery 17495 16740 50400 45830
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Property 6145 5900 43680 39250
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Security 7395 7185 40440 37170
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 33495 31205 42150 35200
In post 2025 LGBO Analysis 1010 990 47990 44110
In post 2025 LGBO Commercial 395 385 51050 45290
In post 2025 LGBO Communications 350 345 48720 44980
In post 2025 LGBO Counter Fraud 735 710 36630 33670
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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).
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.
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).