Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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Status	Year	Region_ITL2	Sex	Sexual_orientation	Region_ITL3	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Heterosexual / straight	Bedford	390	355	36830	33560
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Heterosexual / straight	Central Bedfordshire	155	145	38940	32140
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Heterosexual / straight	Luton	295	255	33980	32140
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Heterosexual / straight	North and East Hertfordshire	325	295	40960	35620
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Heterosexual / straight	South West Hertfordshire	885	825	44760	39930
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	LGBO	Bedford	40	40	37010	36930
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	LGBO	Central Bedfordshire	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	LGBO	Luton	20	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	LGBO	North and East Hertfordshire	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	LGBO	South West Hertfordshire	40	35	42990	39160
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Undeclared	Bedford	35	35	39480	35530
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Undeclared	Central Bedfordshire	20	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Undeclared	Luton	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Undeclared	North and East Hertfordshire	35	30	40260	37020
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Undeclared	South West Hertfordshire	100	95	44040	37940
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Unknown	Bedford	55	50	37070	35260
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Unknown	Central Bedfordshire	25	25	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Unknown	Luton	50	45	32260	31650
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Unknown	North and East Hertfordshire	30	30	37210	35620
In post	2026	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Female	Unknown	South West Hertfordshire	210	200	44160	37990
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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_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.
Region_ITL3	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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
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.
Sexual_orientation	Self reported sexual orientation.
	"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
	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).