Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Parent_department	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Analysis	Attorney General’s Departments	Heterosexual / straight	5	5	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Attorney General’s Departments	LGBO	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Attorney General’s Departments	Undeclared	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Attorney General’s Departments	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Cabinet Office	Heterosexual / straight	110	110	59910	64120
In post	2026	Analysis	Cabinet Office	LGBO	15	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Cabinet Office	Undeclared	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Cabinet Office	Unknown	380	375	36820	35000
In post	2026	Analysis	Chancellor’s other departments	Heterosexual / straight	165	155	81410	76850
In post	2026	Analysis	Chancellor’s other departments	LGBO	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Chancellor’s other departments	Undeclared	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Chancellor’s other departments	Unknown	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Charity Commission	Heterosexual / straight	35	35	44080	38040
In post	2026	Analysis	Charity Commission	LGBO	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Charity Commission	Undeclared	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Charity Commission	Unknown	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Competition and Markets Authority	Heterosexual / straight	125	120	71020	66170
In post	2026	Analysis	Competition and Markets Authority	LGBO	15	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Competition and Markets Authority	Undeclared	20	20	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Department for Business and Trade	Heterosexual / straight	385	380	59020	61850
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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 2026-07-16

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.
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.
	The Serious Fraud Office have not reported any data for profession, function, ethnicity, disabilty and sexual orientation due to alignment concerns with these fields with external reporting criteria. The Serious Fraud Office is currently undertaking work to ensure a robust dataset is reported for the 2027 ACSES return.
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.
	The Serious Fraud Office have not reported any data for profession, function, ethnicity, disabilty and sexual orientation due to alignment concerns with these fields with external reporting criteria. The Serious Fraud Office is currently undertaking work to ensure a robust dataset is reported for the 2027 ACSES return.
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).