Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 13265 11570 29060 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 62780 57155 30310 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 3515 3110 29940 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 5680 5255 29910 28400
In post 2026 AA/AO LGBO Declared disabled 2015 1895 29150 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO LGBO Declared non-disabled 3915 3765 30360 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO LGBO Undeclared 405 385 29820 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO LGBO Unknown 405 395 29210 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Declared disabled 1835 1570 28970 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Declared non-disabled 5030 4400 29140 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 2140 1920 29950 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 555 505 29610 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Unknown Declared disabled 1030 880 29040 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Unknown Declared non-disabled 4800 3955 29130 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Unknown Undeclared 795 655 32450 31320
In post 2026 AA/AO Unknown Unknown 22115 20650 29740 28020
In post 2026 EO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 16490 14815 33500 32140
In post 2026 EO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 69305 64390 33990 32140
In post 2026 EO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 3635 3375 34490 32140
In post 2026 EO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 7360 7065 36160 34140
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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.
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.
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).