Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Analysis	15055	14450	50880	46750
In post	2026	Commercial	7585	7335	55320	48740
In post	2026	Communications	5355	5155	49550	46180
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	16790	15525	38600	37020
In post	2026	Debt	8555	7755	30560	28020
In post	2026	Digital and Data	33145	32245	52030	47670
In post	2026	Finance	9790	9380	50440	46410
In post	2026	Grants	2100	1965	34270	29990
In post	2026	Internal Audit	660	630	56010	52700
In post	2026	Legal	13940	13060	55600	59680
In post	2026	No function	360975	335900	39710	35530
In post	2026	People	12015	11375	46550	42000
In post	2026	Project Delivery	19310	18640	52770	47540
In post	2026	Property	10165	9740	44130	39090
In post	2026	Security	11320	11000	43060	38930
In post	2026	Unknown	31055	29650	49290	43930
Leaver CS	2026	Analysis	880	[c]	47730	41300
Leaver CS	2026	Commercial	530	[c]	56670	47990
Leaver CS	2026	Communications	480	[c]	46440	41990
Leaver CS	2026	Counter Fraud	785	[c]	34120	32140
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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.
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).