Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

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Status	Year	Sex	Region_london	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Female	London	Heterosexual / straight	39175	36820	52330	47030
In post	2026	Female	London	LGBO	3025	2945	54010	49640
In post	2026	Female	London	Undeclared	5260	4940	51090	46310
In post	2026	Female	London	Unknown	11475	10915	49210	43690
In post	2026	Female	Outside London	Heterosexual / straight	174295	158000	39450	35000
In post	2026	Female	Outside London	LGBO	13565	13030	38760	35530
In post	2026	Female	Outside London	Undeclared	17585	15610	39020	33280
In post	2026	Female	Outside London	Unknown	38260	34620	36750	32140
In post	2026	Female	Overseas	Heterosexual / straight	970	960	58920	57150
In post	2026	Female	Overseas	LGBO	80	80	54870	55580
In post	2026	Female	Overseas	Undeclared	115	115	58280	57150
In post	2026	Female	Overseas	Unknown	510	505	62420	62110
In post	2026	Female	Unknown	Heterosexual / straight	210	200	46770	43900
In post	2026	Female	Unknown	LGBO	15	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Unknown	Undeclared	15	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Unknown	Unknown	205	200	39690	38620
In post	2026	Male	London	Heterosexual / straight	30620	29980	54910	49920
In post	2026	Male	London	LGBO	3260	3215	56900	51520
In post	2026	Male	London	Undeclared	4455	4325	55880	50870
In post	2026	Male	London	Unknown	9885	9685	51580	46080
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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".
Sex	Self reported sex.
	"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
	Figures on sex presented here are based on management information provided by departments, which records the ‘legal sex’ of civil servants. ‘Legal sex’ does not align with ‘sex’ as defined by The Equality Act 2010.
	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).