Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Disability / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Disability Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Asian 4160 3830 37620 34120
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Black 2465 2305 38040 35680
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Mixed 1480 1385 39540 35570
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Other ethnicity 370 340 40650 35680
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Undeclared 710 655 36550 31490
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Unknown 350 315 37620 31540
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled White 44760 40855 38570 33180
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Asian 27980 26475 38760 34470
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Black 15875 15365 37700 34840
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Mixed 6195 5900 42320 37300
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Other ethnicity 1790 1715 41630 36010
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Undeclared 2500 2340 38900 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Unknown 1660 1525 41030 36010
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled White 221755 207800 42130 37160
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Asian 1385 1315 40120 35510
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Black 660 620 39220 35680
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Mixed 330 315 41840 36170
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Other ethnicity 95 90 39830 35130
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Undeclared 490 465 38730 34570
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Unknown 140 130 41120 37340
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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).
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.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).