Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1

Status Year Sex Parent_department Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight East (England) 320 285 46100 37620
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) 250 225 44570 38000
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight London 1995 1840 61270 63850
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight North East (England) 195 175 44630 38000
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight North West (England) 665 615 46450 43500
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight South East (England) 400 370 49380 45600
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight South West (England) 240 210 51550 56510
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Wales 240 225 45930 44180
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight West Midlands (England) 355 330 47000 44510
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Yorkshire and The Humber 570 530 49260 45020
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO East (England) 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO East Midlands (England) 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO London 115 110 60070 63190
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO North East (England) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO North West (England) 35 30 43460 38000
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO South East (England) 35 35 42570 34280
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO South West (England) 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Wales 5 5 [c] [c]
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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.
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).