Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status	Year	Region_london	Sexual_orientation	Sex	Ethnicity	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Asian	8515	7930	46670	42750
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Black	6715	6365	43080	38320
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Mixed	1830	1735	51190	46320
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Other ethnicity	730	690	48260	43240
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Undeclared	585	545	44940	37950
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Unknown	475	450	53470	48520
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Female	White	20325	19100	58200	53690
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Asian	6180	6055	47740	43890
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Black	3765	3695	43690	40870
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Mixed	1230	1215	51750	46730
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Other ethnicity	480	475	49630	44590
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Undeclared	490	470	50470	45810
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Unknown	415	405	53580	48110
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Male	White	18055	17670	60210	58340
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Asian	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Black	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Mixed	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Other ethnicity	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Undeclared	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
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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).
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".
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.
Ethnicity	Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
	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).