Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Age / Sexual_orientation

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Status	Year	Sex	Age	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Female	16-19	Heterosexual / straight	290	280	28540	27840
In post	2026	Female	16-19	LGBO	40	40	28400	28020
In post	2026	Female	16-19	Undeclared	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	16-19	Unknown	150	145	28140	28020
In post	2026	Female	20-29	Heterosexual / straight	28390	27760	36170	33350
In post	2026	Female	20-29	LGBO	5090	5010	36020	33280
In post	2026	Female	20-29	Undeclared	2970	2925	37400	35200
In post	2026	Female	20-29	Unknown	12230	11970	35660	32470
In post	2026	Female	30-39	Heterosexual / straight	50895	47390	42860	38770
In post	2026	Female	30-39	LGBO	6135	5935	43130	39190
In post	2026	Female	30-39	Undeclared	4375	4140	44980	41520
In post	2026	Female	30-39	Unknown	13320	12465	41770	37680
In post	2026	Female	40-49	Heterosexual / straight	54130	49575	45210	39260
In post	2026	Female	40-49	LGBO	3050	2915	46140	40670
In post	2026	Female	40-49	Undeclared	4865	4440	45140	39540
In post	2026	Female	40-49	Unknown	10730	9695	42970	37020
In post	2026	Female	50-59	Heterosexual / straight	54705	50350	42800	37020
In post	2026	Female	50-59	LGBO	1785	1690	45480	38770
In post	2026	Female	50-59	Undeclared	6700	6075	42230	36740
In post	2026	Female	50-59	Unknown	9330	8395	40840	32800
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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).
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.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).