Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Ethnicity / Region_ITL2

Status Year Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Ethnicity Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Asian Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 615 570 36460 33780
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Asian Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 330 295 33540 30270
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Asian Essex 275 260 36930 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Asian Norfolk 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Asian Suffolk 70 65 36900 32400
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Black Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 395 380 34860 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Black Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 150 140 34560 30980
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Black Essex 305 290 34750 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Black Norfolk 70 65 37620 32450
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Black Suffolk 80 75 33720 32450
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Mixed Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 135 125 38180 35520
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Mixed Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 80 80 37480 34170
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Mixed Essex 70 70 35750 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Mixed Norfolk 50 50 35770 31310
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Mixed Suffolk 75 70 36960 34670
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Other ethnicity Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 35 30 36690 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Other ethnicity Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Other ethnicity Essex 35 30 35660 34330
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Other ethnicity Norfolk 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Other ethnicity Suffolk 10 10 [c] [c]
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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 2025-07-18

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_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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.
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).