Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Profession_of_post Parent_department Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Actuary Chancellor’s other departments Government Actuary’s Department 115 105 94520 91640
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Cabinet Office Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Animal and Plant Health Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rural Payments Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department for Transport Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 30 25 89030 98430
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department for Transport Maritime and Coastguard Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department for Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) 40 40 68760 79270
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department of Health and Social Care Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) 120 110 69940 62030
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department of Health and Social Care Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 70 65 74810 75650
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Department of Health and Social Care UK Health Security Agency 205 180 121740 125460
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Ministry of Defence Defence Science and Technology Laboratory [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 990 880 59940 47260
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical Welsh Government Welsh Government (excl. agencies) 140 130 56890 52560
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service 45 45 48520 44020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Attorney General’s Departments Government Legal Department [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Cabinet Office Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 130 125 69120 60930
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Cabinet Office Central Civil Service Fast Stream [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Cabinet Office Crown Commercial Service 305 295 46140 48030
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Commercial Cabinet Office Government Commercial Organisation 970 955 83640 77220
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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).