Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Parent_department / Age

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Parent_department Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 16-19 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 20-29 1180 1165 34890 31350
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 30-39 1770 1680 51320 54340
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 40-49 2095 1940 55540 59620
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 50-59 1890 1775 54500 57310
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 60-64 505 430 53190 57310
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 65+ 155 125 52460 57160
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 16-19 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 20-29 1045 1040 43290 40160
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 30-39 2015 1970 53950 56070
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 40-49 1885 1835 62110 61740
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 50-59 1650 1605 63280 61740
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 60-64 390 350 58940 55400
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 65+ 100 85 58690 40160
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Chancellor’s other departments 16-19 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Chancellor’s other departments 20-29 65 65 41740 39520
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Chancellor’s other departments 30-39 95 95 67500 64270
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Chancellor’s other departments 40-49 115 105 75520 70510
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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).