Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Analysis	16-19	70	70	30800	29880
In post	2026	Analysis	20-29	4445	4420	43900	42240
In post	2026	Analysis	30-39	4845	4695	52570	50000
In post	2026	Analysis	40-49	3080	2900	56510	55920
In post	2026	Analysis	50-59	1900	1800	55180	50470
In post	2026	Analysis	60-64	525	425	50320	43350
In post	2026	Analysis	65+	190	145	45650	39560
In post	2026	Commercial	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Commercial	20-29	1060	1060	42120	38410
In post	2026	Commercial	30-39	2055	2005	51500	47600
In post	2026	Commercial	40-49	1970	1905	58750	51380
In post	2026	Commercial	50-59	1825	1780	63040	57700
In post	2026	Commercial	60-64	535	470	57070	49540
In post	2026	Commercial	65+	135	110	56370	49540
In post	2026	Communications	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Communications	20-29	945	935	41960	40970
In post	2026	Communications	30-39	1745	1700	50760	48390
In post	2026	Communications	40-49	1350	1275	53920	49470
In post	2026	Communications	50-59	960	925	49970	45400
In post	2026	Communications	60-64	270	245	47920	43900
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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).
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.
	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.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).