Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Disability / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_grouped

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Status Year Disability Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO 13265 11570 29060 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO 16490 14815 33500 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 7120 6790 67890 64670
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight SCS level 555 535 101700 93690
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight SEO/HEO 15345 14510 44010 43480
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown 4025 3730 35080 31650
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO AA/AO 2015 1895 29150 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO EO 2315 2210 33270 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO G6/G7 1220 1185 66430 64090
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO SCS level 80 80 98150 93760
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO SEO/HEO 2660 2590 43380 42910
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO Unknown 645 615 33310 31650
In post 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared AA/AO 1835 1570 28970 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared EO 2165 1925 33630 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared G6/G7 845 810 68300 65200
In post 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared SCS level 55 55 96300 92290
In post 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared SEO/HEO 1905 1815 43950 43520
In post 2026 Declared disabled Undeclared Unknown 350 325 36090 35130
In post 2026 Declared disabled Unknown AA/AO 1030 880 29040 28020
In post 2026 Declared disabled Unknown EO 990 865 34490 32230
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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_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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).