Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Region_london / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation

Status Year Region_ITL1 Region_london Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London AA/AO Heterosexual / straight 4770 4400 31740 29720
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London AA/AO LGBO 350 330 32120 30660
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London AA/AO Undeclared 540 485 30680 29110
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London AA/AO Unknown 990 910 30710 29430
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London EO Heterosexual / straight 4875 4470 35210 34090
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London EO LGBO 305 290 35280 33280
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London EO Undeclared 630 565 35550 34870
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London EO Unknown 875 790 34600 32470
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London G6/G7 Heterosexual / straight 1345 1280 69270 64930
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London G6/G7 LGBO 70 65 69610 64930
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London G6/G7 Undeclared 185 175 68410 64220
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London G6/G7 Unknown 260 240 67300 64140
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SCS level Heterosexual / straight 105 105 104930 94240
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SCS level LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SCS level Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SCS level Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SEO/HEO Heterosexual / straight 4000 3815 45090 43260
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SEO/HEO LGBO 230 225 43700 42510
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SEO/HEO Undeclared 525 490 44770 43700
In post 2026 East (England) Outside London SEO/HEO Unknown 675 650 42660 41710
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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".
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.
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).