Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Age

Status	Year	Sex	Sexual_orientation	Responsibility_level_ungrouped	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	16-19	35	30	28660	29430
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	20-29	755	730	29270	30660
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	30-39	620	555	29170	29430
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	40-49	780	685	29120	29260
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	50-59	1275	1135	28500	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	60-64	825	665	27990	27650
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	65+	440	305	27280	26620
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AA	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	16-19	195	190	27830	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	20-29	7310	7015	29800	28020
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	30-39	7735	6760	29630	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	40-49	8420	7130	28870	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	50-59	10780	9280	28570	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	60-64	5430	4225	28320	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	65+	2095	1515	28450	27840
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	AO	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	EO	16-19	50	50	31690	31890
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	EO	20-29	8000	7835	33590	32140
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	EO	30-39	12375	11370	33690	32140
In post	2026	Female	Heterosexual / straight	EO	40-49	12320	11055	33490	32140
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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_ungrouped	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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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.
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).