Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Ethnicity

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Status	Year	Sex	Ethnicity	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Female	Asian	25170	23050	40170	35620
In post	2026	Female	Black	15135	14330	39190	36000
In post	2026	Female	Mixed	7125	6665	42870	37680
In post	2026	Female	Other ethnicity	1935	1815	43620	38320
In post	2026	Female	Undeclared	8475	7570	40970	36700
In post	2026	Female	Unknown	38330	35810	40150	35090
In post	2026	Female	White	208595	189740	42090	37140
In post	2026	Male	Asian	21140	20595	41150	37020
In post	2026	Male	Black	11520	11300	39360	36960
In post	2026	Male	Mixed	4840	4735	44760	39370
In post	2026	Male	Other ethnicity	1550	1500	44740	39370
In post	2026	Male	Undeclared	12690	12085	45190	40500
In post	2026	Male	Unknown	38145	37180	42170	37680
In post	2026	Male	White	162525	156790	45270	39560
In post	2026	Unknown	Asian	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Unknown	Black	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Unknown	Mixed	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Unknown	Other ethnicity	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Unknown	Undeclared	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Unknown	Unknown	645	630	49660	45410
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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.
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).