Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Disability Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled AA/AO 8040 6710 28500 27840
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled EO 10555 9195 33150 32140
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled G6/G7 4220 3975 67450 64620
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled SCS level 315 300 99380 92800
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled SEO/HEO 9240 8620 43650 43130
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Unknown 3190 2940 35070 32390
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled AA/AO 33930 29375 29080 27840
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled EO 39295 35345 33420 32140
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled G6/G7 24355 23050 68540 65780
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled SCS level 2250 2145 100960 93510
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled SEO/HEO 45980 43330 44150 43780
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Unknown 10205 9480 34810 31650
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared AA/AO 1800 1530 28850 27840
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared EO 1935 1745 33600 32140
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared G6/G7 965 925 68020 64660
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared SCS level 85 85 102550 91940
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared SEO/HEO 2110 1995 44450 43770
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Unknown 390 360 35340 31650
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Unknown AA/AO 2925 2605 28830 28020
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Unknown EO 3785 3580 35280 32740
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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.
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).