Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Parent_department

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Attorney General’s Departments 415 375 47790 39890
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Cabinet Office 190 185 58920 50190
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department for Business and Trade 85 80 43940 43280
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department for Education 120 115 57210 58190
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 560 535 43270 42680
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department for Transport 265 245 35560 32700
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department for Work and Pensions 3310 2975 35110 35620
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Department of Health and Social Care 405 390 54000 47170
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Food Standards Agency 80 75 46550 43610
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) HM Land Registry 185 160 39240 39850
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) HM Revenue and Customs 435 405 38370 37390
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) HM Treasury 65 60 39080 34910
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Home Office 1695 1545 40730 39910
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Ministry of Defence 2370 2290 41900 38640
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 125 115 55800 57890
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Ministry of Justice 6235 5845 36870 35530
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) National Crime Agency 175 170 50400 48320
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight East (England) Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills 100 95 70640 59940
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).