Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

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Status	Year	Sex	Sexual_orientation	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	16-19	290	280	28540	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	20-29	28390	27760	36170	33350
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	30-39	50895	47390	42860	38770
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	40-49	54130	49575	45210	39260
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	50-59	54705	50350	42800	37020
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	60-64	20020	16095	38360	32140
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	65+	6220	4535	35340	32140
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	16-19	40	40	28400	28020
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	20-29	5090	5010	36020	33280
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	30-39	6135	5935	43130	39190
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	40-49	3050	2915	46140	40670
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	50-59	1785	1690	45480	38770
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	60-64	470	395	39870	32420
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	65+	115	85	37630	32140
In post	2026	Female	LGBO	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Undeclared	16-19	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Undeclared	20-29	2970	2925	37400	35200
In post	2026	Female	Undeclared	30-39	4375	4140	44980	41520
In post	2026	Female	Undeclared	40-49	4865	4440	45140	39540
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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).
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.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).