Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Disability / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Sexual_orientation / Sex

Status Year Disability Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Heterosexual / straight Female 775 650 28500 29260
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Heterosexual / straight Male 740 675 28960 29260
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA LGBO Female 145 135 28940 29260
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA LGBO Male 90 85 29130 29260
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Undeclared Female 90 75 28820 27770
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Undeclared Male 65 60 28370 27770
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Undeclared Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Unknown Female 60 45 28110 27770
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Unknown Male 55 50 29000 27770
In post 2026 Declared disabled AA Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO Heterosexual / straight Female 7265 6060 28500 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO Heterosexual / straight Male 4485 4185 30060 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO LGBO Female 1005 930 29240 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO LGBO Male 780 745 29090 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO Undeclared Female 1005 815 28350 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled AO Undeclared Male 675 615 29990 27840
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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).
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).