Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

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Status	Year	Responsibility_level_ungrouped	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	AA	15455	13990	29030	29260
In post	2026	AO	114840	104075	30040	28020
In post	2026	EO	138850	128920	34150	32140
In post	2026	G6	24000	23100	79880	78590
In post	2026	G7	64845	62405	64540	63480
In post	2026	HEO	91600	87705	40470	39060
In post	2026	SCS level	7770	7525	104260	95540
In post	2026	SEO	74965	72220	49300	47690
In post	2026	Unknown	25505	23860	34660	31650
Leaver CS	2026	AA	1860	[c]	26720	26580
Leaver CS	2026	AO	10860	[c]	27960	27670
Leaver CS	2026	EO	8470	[c]	32630	32140
Leaver CS	2026	G6	1555	[c]	78890	77230
Leaver CS	2026	G7	3360	[c]	63900	62690
Leaver CS	2026	HEO	5080	[c]	39690	38690
Leaver CS	2026	SCS level	685	[c]	111340	101830
Leaver CS	2026	SEO	3990	[c]	48420	47290
Leaver CS	2026	Unknown	2090	[c]	36660	34750
Leaver Dept.	2026	AA	65	[c]	28230	26770
Leaver Dept.	2026	AO	1285	[c]	27360	27240
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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_ungrouped	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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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).