Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Profession_of_post / Organisation / Function_of_post / Parent_department

Status Year Profession_of_post Organisation Function_of_post Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Actuary Government Actuary’s Department Analysis Chancellor’s other departments 140 130 92480 91640
In post 2026 Actuary Government Actuary’s Department Commercial Chancellor’s other departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Animal and Plant Health Agency Commercial Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Animal and Plant Health Agency Project Delivery Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Animal and Plant Health Agency Unknown Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Digital and Data Cabinet Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) No function Cabinet Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Project Delivery Cabinet Office 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Security Cabinet Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Defence Science and Technology Laboratory No function Ministry of Defence [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) Finance Department for Work and Pensions [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) Internal Audit Department for Work and Pensions 15 15 51160 44450
In post 2026 Clinical Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) No function Department for Work and Pensions 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) Project Delivery Department for Work and Pensions [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) Unknown Department for Work and Pensions 20 15 85080 86210
In post 2026 Clinical Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) Analysis Department of Health and Social Care [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) Digital and Data Department of Health and Social Care [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) Finance Department of Health and Social Care 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Clinical Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) No function Department of Health and Social Care 140 135 72460 62100
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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.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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.
Profession_of_post Professions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Three bodies did not report any professions information for their employees. These are as follows: Scottish Forestry, Forestry and Land Scotland and Serious Fraud Office.
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).