Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Region_london Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Analysis Asian 645 630 53300 50390
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Analysis Black 205 200 49090 46410
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Analysis Mixed 170 170 58810 62030
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Analysis Other ethnicity 55 50 57790 53550
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Analysis Undeclared 35 35 59000 62360
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Analysis Unknown 35 35 59260 56190
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Analysis White 2720 2620 64320 63770
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Commercial Asian 215 215 58020 50190
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Commercial Black 105 105 56160 50340
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Commercial Mixed 40 40 59820 63010
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Commercial Other ethnicity 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Commercial Undeclared 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Commercial Unknown 40 40 70570 73900
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Commercial White 860 840 73350 69080
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Communications Asian 135 135 50530 47480
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Communications Black 90 90 46270 42830
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Communications Mixed 75 75 52990 50350
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Communications Other ethnicity 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Communications Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight London Communications Unknown 60 55 57850 61250
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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.
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).