Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity

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Status	Year	Sexual_orientation	Ethnicity	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Asian	39570	37380	40640	36350
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Black	23740	22885	39150	36550
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Mixed	9140	8695	43780	38770
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Other ethnicity	2645	2520	43520	38770
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Undeclared	4265	3980	40710	36500
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	3965	3710	42610	37530
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	White	300635	280725	43720	38770
In post	2026	LGBO	Asian	1060	1015	42370	37020
In post	2026	LGBO	Black	600	580	39910	35920
In post	2026	LGBO	Mixed	1270	1230	42770	38060
In post	2026	LGBO	Other ethnicity	290	280	45820	40970
In post	2026	LGBO	Undeclared	400	375	41640	37020
In post	2026	LGBO	Unknown	360	350	44130	38910
In post	2026	LGBO	White	26890	26125	42830	37910
In post	2026	Undeclared	Asian	2390	2205	40790	35720
In post	2026	Undeclared	Black	1040	975	40480	36960
In post	2026	Undeclared	Mixed	890	845	43690	38570
In post	2026	Undeclared	Other ethnicity	325	305	47240	40300
In post	2026	Undeclared	Undeclared	14155	13220	44580	39560
In post	2026	Undeclared	Unknown	2030	1920	50050	46200
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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).
Ethnicity	Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
	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).