Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Age / Sexual_orientation

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Status	Year	Age	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	16-19	Heterosexual / straight	615	605	28530	27840
In post	2026	16-19	LGBO	55	55	28410	28020
In post	2026	16-19	Undeclared	45	40	29540	28140
In post	2026	16-19	Unknown	370	365	27920	27840
In post	2026	20-29	Heterosexual / straight	49745	48985	36460	34140
In post	2026	20-29	LGBO	8185	8090	36360	33420
In post	2026	20-29	Undeclared	4990	4940	37770	35420
In post	2026	20-29	Unknown	23180	22835	35940	33280
In post	2026	30-39	Heterosexual / straight	92695	88820	43220	38970
In post	2026	30-39	LGBO	11145	10905	44060	39560
In post	2026	30-39	Undeclared	8825	8535	45040	41650
In post	2026	30-39	Unknown	26955	25950	42490	38420
In post	2026	40-49	Heterosexual / straight	95000	89940	46270	40800
In post	2026	40-49	LGBO	6035	5860	47570	41730
In post	2026	40-49	Undeclared	9710	9205	46530	42000
In post	2026	40-49	Unknown	20295	19085	44410	38620
In post	2026	50-59	Heterosexual / straight	97280	91875	44780	38770
In post	2026	50-59	LGBO	4030	3860	46170	39000
In post	2026	50-59	Undeclared	12880	12055	44530	38770
In post	2026	50-59	Unknown	18550	17320	43050	36870
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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 2026-07-16

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.
Year	Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
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.
	The Serious Fraud Office have not reported any data for profession, function, ethnicity, disabilty and sexual orientation due to alignment concerns with these fields with external reporting criteria. The Serious Fraud Office is currently undertaking work to ensure a robust dataset is reported for the 2027 ACSES return.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).