Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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Status	Year	Sex	Ethnicity	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Female	Asian	16-19	60	55	29200	28020
In post	2026	Female	Asian	20-29	5345	5220	35080	32140
In post	2026	Female	Asian	30-39	6690	6185	41080	37020
In post	2026	Female	Asian	40-49	6730	6025	42610	37020
In post	2026	Female	Asian	50-59	4460	4085	42290	37020
In post	2026	Female	Asian	60-64	1260	1020	39080	35560
In post	2026	Female	Asian	65+	635	455	35810	32140
In post	2026	Female	Asian	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Black	16-19	15	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Black	20-29	2350	2305	35050	33230
In post	2026	Female	Black	30-39	4235	4080	38500	35620
In post	2026	Female	Black	40-49	3285	3100	41250	37020
In post	2026	Female	Black	50-59	3100	2950	41570	37020
In post	2026	Female	Black	60-64	1625	1455	39430	36300
In post	2026	Female	Black	65+	530	420	36020	34290
In post	2026	Female	Black	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Mixed	16-19	15	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Mixed	20-29	1715	1680	37070	35000
In post	2026	Female	Mixed	30-39	2210	2075	44310	39570
In post	2026	Female	Mixed	40-49	1605	1485	47660	41710
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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).
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.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).