Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Sex / Parent_department

Status Year Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Sex Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Attorney General’s Departments 325 290 43460 33200
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Cabinet Office 110 105 55040 48610
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department for Business and Trade 55 50 39960 38320
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department for Education 75 70 52310 56350
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department for Energy Security and Net Zero [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 310 290 40530 41220
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department for Transport 60 55 32650 30150
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department for Work and Pensions 2310 1995 33150 32010
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Department of Health and Social Care 270 255 49400 45190
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Food Standards Agency 35 35 48830 45470
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female HM Land Registry 115 100 37140 30960
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female HM Revenue and Customs 200 180 35780 31540
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female HM Treasury 45 40 33970 28980
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Home Office 790 700 32890 30360
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Ministry of Defence 1165 1115 38560 36530
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 55 50 53880 54570
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Ministry of Justice 3375 3080 33700 31650
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female National Crime Agency 65 65 45820 43420
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Female Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills 65 60 65690 57500
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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.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).