Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

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Status Year Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 180 170 26680 26340
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight EO 790 745 30880 30980
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 3195 3045 65870 63630
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight SCS level 230 225 96220 89680
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight SEO/HEO 3880 3745 42440 42610
In post 2025 Analysis Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis LGBO AA/AO 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis LGBO EO 90 85 30290 30160
In post 2025 Analysis LGBO G6/G7 315 305 64540 61910
In post 2025 Analysis LGBO SCS level 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis LGBO SEO/HEO 575 565 41710 41920
In post 2025 Analysis LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Undeclared AA/AO 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Undeclared EO 105 100 30330 30980
In post 2025 Analysis Undeclared G6/G7 410 390 65860 64100
In post 2025 Analysis Undeclared SCS level 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Analysis Undeclared SEO/HEO 555 540 42610 42550
In post 2025 Analysis Unknown AA/AO 45 45 26050 26240
In post 2025 Analysis Unknown EO 140 135 31040 30980
In post 2025 Analysis Unknown G6/G7 540 520 64670 64000
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).