Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Region_london / Sexual_orientation

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Region_london	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Analysis	London	Heterosexual / straight	3865	3740	61240	62100
In post	2026	Analysis	London	LGBO	480	465	57620	55810
In post	2026	Analysis	London	Undeclared	580	560	58050	54760
In post	2026	Analysis	London	Unknown	1055	1035	49990	46060
In post	2026	Analysis	Outside London	Heterosexual / straight	6075	5760	46500	43990
In post	2026	Analysis	Outside London	LGBO	730	715	43840	42670
In post	2026	Analysis	Outside London	Undeclared	740	700	45720	42710
In post	2026	Analysis	Outside London	Unknown	1455	1385	42910	39260
In post	2026	Analysis	Overseas	Heterosexual / straight	40	40	54890	58910
In post	2026	Analysis	Overseas	LGBO	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Overseas	Undeclared	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Overseas	Unknown	30	30	63930	64170
In post	2026	Analysis	Unknown	Heterosexual / straight	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Unknown	LGBO	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Unknown	Undeclared	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Unknown	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Commercial	London	Heterosexual / straight	1300	1275	68450	64820
In post	2026	Commercial	London	LGBO	105	105	66540	64820
In post	2026	Commercial	London	Undeclared	145	145	65370	62960
In post	2026	Commercial	London	Unknown	465	460	62570	62990
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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).
Region_london	Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
	Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
Function_of_post	Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
	Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
	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).