Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sexual_orientation

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Analysis	Heterosexual / straight	9985	9545	52240	48030
In post	2026	Analysis	LGBO	1210	1185	49330	45660
In post	2026	Analysis	Undeclared	1325	1265	51120	47430
In post	2026	Analysis	Unknown	2540	2455	46120	42630
In post	2026	Commercial	Heterosexual / straight	5305	5115	55780	48950
In post	2026	Commercial	LGBO	360	355	53700	48030
In post	2026	Commercial	Undeclared	505	475	53070	48380
In post	2026	Commercial	Unknown	1415	1390	54820	48550
In post	2026	Communications	Heterosexual / straight	3485	3340	49630	46280
In post	2026	Communications	LGBO	380	380	48670	45480
In post	2026	Communications	Undeclared	420	405	48680	45140
In post	2026	Communications	Unknown	1065	1030	49960	46200
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	Heterosexual / straight	11825	10940	38580	36030
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	LGBO	810	780	37930	35620
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	Undeclared	1475	1325	39130	37020
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	Unknown	2685	2480	38590	37520
In post	2026	Debt	Heterosexual / straight	4730	4225	31030	28020
In post	2026	Debt	LGBO	485	465	30490	28020
In post	2026	Debt	Undeclared	525	470	30710	28020
In post	2026	Debt	Unknown	2820	2595	29770	28020
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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).
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).