Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_london / Function_of_post / Sex / Sexual_orientation

Status Year Region_london Function_of_post Sex Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 London Analysis Female Heterosexual / straight 1775 1685 60940 62100
In post 2026 London Analysis Female LGBO 245 240 56300 53130
In post 2026 London Analysis Female Undeclared 275 260 56330 52220
In post 2026 London Analysis Female Unknown 425 415 49870 47670
In post 2026 London Analysis Male Heterosexual / straight 2090 2060 61500 62140
In post 2026 London Analysis Male LGBO 230 230 59030 61440
In post 2026 London Analysis Male Undeclared 310 300 59570 60560
In post 2026 London Analysis Male Unknown 630 620 50070 45090
In post 2026 London Analysis Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 London Analysis Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 London Commercial Female Heterosexual / straight 650 635 65100 64120
In post 2026 London Commercial Female LGBO 50 50 70080 65050
In post 2026 London Commercial Female Undeclared 75 75 57540 52250
In post 2026 London Commercial Female Unknown 225 225 58700 62990
In post 2026 London Commercial Male Heterosexual / straight 650 640 71890 65050
In post 2026 London Commercial Male LGBO 55 55 63440 64470
In post 2026 London Commercial Male Undeclared 70 70 73980 68090
In post 2026 London Commercial Male Unknown 230 230 67190 63490
In post 2026 London Commercial Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 London Commercial Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Figures on sex presented here are based on management information provided by departments, which records the ‘legal sex’ of civil servants. ‘Legal sex’ does not align with ‘sex’ as defined by The Equality Act 2010.
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).