Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Responsibility_level_grouped / Age / Disability

Status Year Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Age Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 16-19 Declared disabled 30 30 27960 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 16-19 Declared non-disabled 225 220 28040 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 16-19 Undeclared 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 16-19 Unknown 135 130 27590 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 20-29 Declared disabled 1540 1470 29170 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 20-29 Declared non-disabled 7845 7565 29920 28020
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 20-29 Undeclared 420 400 29140 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 20-29 Unknown 4730 4555 29000 28020
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 30-39 Declared disabled 1570 1385 29110 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 30-39 Declared non-disabled 7690 6760 29900 28020
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 30-39 Undeclared 520 465 29200 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 30-39 Unknown 3440 3085 29090 28020
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 40-49 Declared disabled 1960 1630 28510 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 40-49 Declared non-disabled 8355 7065 29030 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 40-49 Undeclared 630 530 29120 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 40-49 Unknown 2635 2325 28900 28020
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 50-59 Declared disabled 3330 2805 28340 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 50-59 Declared non-disabled 10365 8920 28580 27840
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 50-59 Undeclared 990 865 29380 28020
In post 2026 Female AA/AO 50-59 Unknown 2495 2200 28700 28020
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
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.
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).