Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Region_ITL2 / Sex / Region_ITL1

Status Year Parent_department Region_ITL2 Sex Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female East (England) 150 135 45680 34280
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Male East (England) 55 55 56140 62820
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Female South East (England) 110 100 47270 39890
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Male South East (England) 40 35 53540 50000
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Female East (England) 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Male East (England) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cheshire Female North West (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cheshire Male North West (England) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Female South West (England) 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Male South West (England) 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cumbria Female North West (England) 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Cumbria Male North West (England) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Female East Midlands (England) 240 220 44270 38000
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Male East Midlands (England) 115 115 44480 43800
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Devon Female South West (England) 75 65 42930 38000
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Devon Male South West (England) 50 45 48480 44340
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Female Yorkshire and The Humber 70 60 40760 32430
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Male Yorkshire and The Humber 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Essex Female East (England) 185 165 47670 39890
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Essex Male East (England) 55 55 48570 39890
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).