Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_london / Sexual_orientation

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Status	Year	Region_london	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	69800	66805	53460	48420
In post	2026	London	LGBO	6285	6160	55500	50390
In post	2026	London	Undeclared	9715	9265	53290	48160
In post	2026	London	Unknown	22010	21235	50280	44640
In post	2026	Outside London	Heterosexual / straight	311480	290445	40620	36180
In post	2026	Outside London	LGBO	24335	23555	39360	35530
In post	2026	Outside London	Undeclared	33915	31105	40630	36130
In post	2026	Outside London	Unknown	74420	69405	38030	32500
In post	2026	Overseas	Heterosexual / straight	2285	2275	59350	55580
In post	2026	Overseas	LGBO	215	215	58840	59630
In post	2026	Overseas	Undeclared	295	290	58560	56410
In post	2026	Overseas	Unknown	990	990	62580	62010
In post	2026	Unknown	Heterosexual / straight	395	375	46550	43260
In post	2026	Unknown	LGBO	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Unknown	Undeclared	30	30	39740	34850
In post	2026	Unknown	Unknown	1630	1625	43190	39620
Leaver CS	2026	London	Heterosexual / straight	4310	[c]	53520	46900
Leaver CS	2026	London	LGBO	415	[c]	52390	45950
Leaver CS	2026	London	Undeclared	665	[c]	50950	44900
Leaver CS	2026	London	Unknown	2455	[c]	49620	42970
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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".
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).