Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_london / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Region_london Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 London Heterosexual / straight 70180 67260 51430 46250
In post 2025 London LGBO 6190 6070 53290 48470
In post 2025 London Undeclared 9730 9300 50930 46250
In post 2025 London Unknown 21005 20235 47630 42170
In post 2025 Outside London Heterosexual / straight 305000 284540 38610 34170
In post 2025 Outside London LGBO 22805 22085 37420 33590
In post 2025 Outside London Undeclared 33040 30345 38330 33750
In post 2025 Outside London Unknown 75610 70275 36020 31210
In post 2025 Overseas Heterosexual / straight 2265 2250 57640 56000
In post 2025 Overseas LGBO 180 180 56170 55500
In post 2025 Overseas Undeclared 315 315 55390 55500
In post 2025 Overseas Unknown 1000 995 61130 60490
In post 2025 Unknown Heterosexual / straight 600 570 44160 37500
In post 2025 Unknown LGBO 45 45 42380 35960
In post 2025 Unknown Undeclared 65 60 46380 37970
In post 2025 Unknown Unknown 1630 1620 43530 39620
Leaver CS 2025 London Heterosexual / straight 3920 [c] 47420 38780
Leaver CS 2025 London LGBO 385 [c] 46670 39440
Leaver CS 2025 London Undeclared 630 [c] 46980 38770
Leaver CS 2025 London Unknown 2500 [c] 44220 37170
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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).
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".
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).