Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Profession_of_post

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Profession_of_post Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Actuary 115 105 94520 91640
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Clinical 1610 1450 69730 54710
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Commercial 5115 4920 55340 48900
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Communications 3745 3580 49820 46500
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Corporate Finance 160 155 56150 51970
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Counter Fraud 9755 9055 36950 32470
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Cyber 185 180 58770 56930
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Debt 2035 1760 29910 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Digital and Data 20695 20140 53500 49630
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Economics 2055 2015 59470 61450
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Finance 8585 8180 50350 46180
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Geography 360 340 40820 39120
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Grants 130 125 49100 44450
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Human Resources 9585 9070 47970 43930
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Inspector of Education and Training 1005 975 74740 74490
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Intelligence Analysis 2735 2605 43570 41730
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Internal Audit 565 535 57270 57030
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Knowledge and Information Management 1990 1890 42510 38640
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Legal 7635 7120 64220 64780
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Occupational Psychology 90 85 47820 41630
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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).
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Three bodies did not report any professions information for their employees. These are as follows: Scottish Forestry, Forestry and Land Scotland and Serious Fraud Office.
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).