Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Attorney General’s Departments 5230 4805 52710 56240
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Cabinet Office 3130 3010 56200 50190
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Chancellor’s other departments 180 170 65630 55230
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Charity Commission 160 145 43640 38040
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Competition and Markets Authority 395 380 70860 66170
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Business and Trade 3875 3655 47110 43290
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Culture, Media and Sport 475 450 56570 58880
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Education 3905 3665 51790 47280
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 1660 1595 58910 58940
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5635 5230 42780 39250
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 2585 2440 51710 47970
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Transport 4840 4355 38980 31130
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department for Work and Pensions 47055 40900 35210 32140
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Department of Health and Social Care 4395 4175 53480 47170
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Estyn 75 70 66330 83740
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Food Standards Agency 575 555 47190 43610
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 2635 2555 55630 51000
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female HM Land Registry 2500 2165 38530 32120
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female HM Revenue and Customs 23960 21650 41430 37680
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female HM Treasury 980 935 57980 58430
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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.
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).