Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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Status Year Function_of_post Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Analysis AA Heterosexual / straight 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis AA LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis AA Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis AA Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis AO Heterosexual / straight 255 240 28080 28020
In post 2026 Analysis AO LGBO 40 40 27850 28020
In post 2026 Analysis AO Undeclared 30 30 28740 28020
In post 2026 Analysis AO Unknown 110 100 28020 28020
In post 2026 Analysis EO Heterosexual / straight 960 890 32070 32140
In post 2026 Analysis EO LGBO 105 105 31670 31480
In post 2026 Analysis EO Undeclared 135 130 32060 32140
In post 2026 Analysis EO Unknown 290 270 32330 32240
In post 2026 Analysis G6 Heterosexual / straight 905 860 80890 79050
In post 2026 Analysis G6 LGBO 65 65 81010 79480
In post 2026 Analysis G6 Undeclared 100 95 80140 77220
In post 2026 Analysis G6 Unknown 115 105 77760 76460
In post 2026 Analysis G7 Heterosexual / straight 2665 2550 63500 63350
In post 2026 Analysis G7 LGBO 295 285 63400 62980
In post 2026 Analysis G7 Undeclared 335 320 64260 63800
In post 2026 Analysis G7 Unknown 490 470 63110 63110
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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.
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.
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).