Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Sex Ethnicity Disability Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 2715 2430 39090 35620
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared disabled LGBO 115 105 40620 37020
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared disabled Undeclared 195 170 38120 35620
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared disabled Unknown 115 95 38370 35000
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared non-disabled Heterosexual / straight 15990 14700 40070 35620
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared non-disabled LGBO 295 275 38710 32470
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared non-disabled Undeclared 935 830 38430 34740
In post 2026 Female Asian Declared non-disabled Unknown 945 805 37790 32140
In post 2026 Female Asian Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 820 750 40840 36300
In post 2026 Female Asian Undeclared LGBO 40 40 41070 36030
In post 2026 Female Asian Undeclared Undeclared 215 200 48940 38770
In post 2026 Female Asian Undeclared Unknown 50 40 36080 32140
In post 2026 Female Asian Unknown Heterosexual / straight 1810 1720 43420 39560
In post 2026 Female Asian Unknown LGBO 50 50 44890 42530
In post 2026 Female Asian Unknown Undeclared 115 110 46080 41150
In post 2026 Female Asian Unknown Unknown 770 725 40490 35540
In post 2026 Female Black Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 1970 1820 39650 37020
In post 2026 Female Black Declared disabled LGBO 105 100 39580 35660
In post 2026 Female Black Declared disabled Undeclared 175 160 38780 36300
In post 2026 Female Black Declared disabled Unknown 65 55 37290 35000
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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).