Civil Service Statistics data browser (2025)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Function_of_post / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sex Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2025 Female Analysis Asian 530 515 47830 43260
In post 2025 Female Analysis Black 200 195 44250 42020
In post 2025 Female Analysis Mixed 190 180 50650 47460
In post 2025 Female Analysis Other ethnicity 50 50 50290 45140
In post 2025 Female Analysis Undeclared 105 95 48390 44590
In post 2025 Female Analysis Unknown 530 510 48740 45240
In post 2025 Female Analysis White 4105 3840 50560 46810
In post 2025 Female Commercial Asian 265 255 50900 44460
In post 2025 Female Commercial Black 160 155 46320 42030
In post 2025 Female Commercial Mixed 105 100 51550 46270
In post 2025 Female Commercial Other ethnicity 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2025 Female Commercial Undeclared 115 110 50340 46790
In post 2025 Female Commercial Unknown 400 385 44030 39230
In post 2025 Female Commercial White 3210 3045 51160 46210
In post 2025 Female Communications Asian 170 165 43670 42480
In post 2025 Female Communications Black 85 85 41830 39660
In post 2025 Female Communications Mixed 90 85 48640 46730
In post 2025 Female Communications Other ethnicity 30 30 51330 48100
In post 2025 Female Communications Undeclared 75 70 45010 43590
In post 2025 Female Communications Unknown 500 485 50400 46730
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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 2025-07-16

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.
Five organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, United Kingdom Statistics Authority, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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.
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).