Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Region_ITL3 / Ethnicity

Status Year Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Region_ITL3 Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Asian [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Black [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Mixed [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Other ethnicity [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Babergh and Mid Suffolk White 135 130 40970 35890
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedford Asian 95 90 32320 30980
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedford Black 95 95 33250 34450
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedford Mixed 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedford Other ethnicity [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedford Undeclared 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedford Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Bedford White 455 425 36660 35130
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Asian [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Black 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Mixed 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Other ethnicity [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Undeclared 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Breckland and South Norfolk Unknown [c] [c] [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_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
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).