Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Disability / Ethnicity / Sexual_orientation

Status Year Sex Disability Ethnicity Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Asian Heterosexual / straight 2715 2430 39090 35620
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Asian LGBO 115 105 40620 37020
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Asian Undeclared 195 170 38120 35620
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Asian Unknown 115 95 38370 35000
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Black Heterosexual / straight 1970 1820 39650 37020
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Black LGBO 105 100 39580 35660
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Black Undeclared 175 160 38780 36300
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Black Unknown 65 55 37290 35000
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Mixed Heterosexual / straight 1035 950 40620 36740
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Mixed LGBO 255 240 39590 36130
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Mixed Undeclared 150 135 38940 35630
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Mixed Unknown 60 55 42030 35750
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Other ethnicity Heterosexual / straight 230 210 42740 37060
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Other ethnicity LGBO 40 40 46270 42440
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Other ethnicity Undeclared 40 35 40850 37020
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Other ethnicity Unknown 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 400 355 36850 32140
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Undeclared LGBO 55 50 39920 37020
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Undeclared Undeclared 840 730 38540 32800
In post 2026 Female Declared disabled Undeclared Unknown 115 95 39340 35590
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
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.
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.
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).