Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Disability / Ethnicity

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Disability Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared disabled Asian 1215 1055 28690 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared disabled Black 640 565 30490 29720
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared disabled Mixed 485 435 29360 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared disabled Other ethnicity 95 85 29560 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared disabled Undeclared 715 625 29390 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared disabled Unknown 505 450 29440 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared disabled White 14495 12700 28980 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Asian 8090 7300 29070 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Black 6480 6235 32790 31470
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Mixed 1540 1420 30580 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Other ethnicity 500 465 30810 29570
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Undeclared 1865 1645 29370 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Unknown 1510 1335 29240 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Declared non-disabled White 56535 50875 30050 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Asian 445 395 28910 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Black 295 265 32830 31470
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Mixed 140 130 30430 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Other ethnicity 40 35 31330 29430
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 1270 1155 29940 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 310 265 30590 29410
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).