Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Profession_of_post / Function_of_post / Organisation

Status Year Sexual_orientation Profession_of_post Function_of_post Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Actuary Analysis Government Actuary’s Department 115 105 94520 91640
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Actuary Commercial Government Actuary’s Department [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Analysis Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Commercial Animal and Plant Health Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Digital and Data Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Digital and Data Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Digital and Data Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Finance Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Finance Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Internal Audit Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Defence Science and Technology Laboratory [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) 110 105 71220 62030
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 30 25 89030 98430
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Maritime and Coastguard Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 70 65 74810 75650
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 990 880 59940 47260
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical No function UK Health Security Agency 205 180 121740 125460
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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).
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Three bodies did not report any professions information for their employees. These are as follows: Scottish Forestry, Forestry and Land Scotland and Serious Fraud Office.
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).