Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex / Age

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Status Year Parent_department Sex Age Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female 16-19 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female 20-29 1645 1625 36010 32430
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female 30-39 1890 1790 52800 56780
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female 40-49 2090 1885 57580 61700
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female 50-59 1820 1660 56040 60180
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female 60-64 535 435 52750 46150
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female 65+ 135 100 49300 34280
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Female Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male 16-19 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male 20-29 540 540 36390 32430
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male 30-39 845 840 52990 56780
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male 40-49 870 855 59380 62490
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male 50-59 980 960 59910 63060
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male 60-64 320 275 60260 63500
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male 65+ 115 90 61710 63500
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Male Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 16-19 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 20-29 105 105 34740 32920
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 30-39 180 180 48600 45470
In post 2026 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 40-49 140 135 55610 57880
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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.
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.
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).