Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Sex	Region_london	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Analysis	Female	London	2720	2595	58320	55810
In post	2026	Analysis	Female	Outside London	4260	3955	45230	43190
In post	2026	Analysis	Female	Overseas	35	35	55750	59750
In post	2026	Analysis	Female	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Analysis	Male	London	3255	3210	58930	57040
In post	2026	Analysis	Male	Outside London	4735	4605	46010	42820
In post	2026	Analysis	Male	Overseas	45	45	60610	62240
In post	2026	Analysis	Male	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Commercial	Female	London	1005	980	63320	62990
In post	2026	Commercial	Female	Outside London	3120	2940	49510	46060
In post	2026	Commercial	Female	Overseas	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Commercial	Female	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Commercial	Male	London	1005	995	70480	65050
In post	2026	Commercial	Male	Outside London	2415	2375	53140	48030
In post	2026	Commercial	Male	Overseas	20	20	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Commercial	Male	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Commercial	Unknown	London	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Communications	Female	London	1545	1495	55700	51540
In post	2026	Communications	Female	Outside London	1730	1610	43310	40080
In post	2026	Communications	Female	Overseas	15	15	[c]	[c]
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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).
Region_london	Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
	Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
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.
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.
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).