Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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

Status Year Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Region_london Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Attorney General’s Departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Cabinet Office 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Chancellor’s other departments 140 135 80090 74430
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Charity Commission [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Competition and Markets Authority 110 105 71780 66020
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Business and Trade 200 195 58670 64020
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Culture, Media and Sport 40 40 58590 61710
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Education 165 155 55790 51140
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 315 310 60570 64210
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 230 220 53970 59800
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 90 90 60980 63040
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Transport 215 205 57730 61080
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department for Work and Pensions 170 165 55390 52640
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Department of Health and Social Care 260 250 59640 59970
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Food Standards Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 105 100 59910 60500
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London HM Land Registry 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London HM Revenue and Customs 285 275 59910 59920
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London HM Treasury 145 140 56310 58910
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight London Home Office 300 290 57220 51340
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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 2025-07-16

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.
Five organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, United Kingdom Statistics Authority, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland.
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.
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.
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.
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).