Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Disability / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Disability Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 56800 51945 40390 35620
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO 8940 8575 40450 36100
In post 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared 7165 6495 39900 35530
In post 2026 Declared disabled Unknown 3810 3445 40300 35140
In post 2026 Declared non-disabled Heterosexual / straight 282690 265665 43430 38470
In post 2026 Declared non-disabled LGBO 17820 17370 43830 38590
In post 2026 Declared non-disabled Undeclared 21620 19910 42990 37910
In post 2026 Declared non-disabled Unknown 17095 15140 40610 34880
In post 2026 Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 13510 12570 41730 37020
In post 2026 Undeclared LGBO 1630 1580 40940 36950
In post 2026 Undeclared Undeclared 11170 10460 45280 40110
In post 2026 Undeclared Unknown 2005 1780 40540 37030
In post 2026 Unknown Heterosexual / straight 30960 29715 45330 41990
In post 2026 Unknown LGBO 2475 2430 44880 41640
In post 2026 Unknown Undeclared 4000 3830 48260 44060
In post 2026 Unknown Unknown 76140 72885 41240 36590
Leaver CS 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 3810 [c] 39280 32140
Leaver CS 2026 Declared disabled LGBO 530 [c] 38930 32140
Leaver CS 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared 520 [c] 38820 32140
Leaver CS 2026 Declared disabled Unknown 655 [c] 39850 35150
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
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.
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.
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.
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).