Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity / Disability

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared disabled 4680 4315 39360 35620
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Asian Declared non-disabled 30145 28520 40460 36000
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Asian Undeclared 1565 1475 41170 36610
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Asian Unknown 3185 3070 43930 40130
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared disabled 2685 2500 39670 37020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Black Declared non-disabled 18720 18125 38850 35900
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Black Undeclared 720 680 39530 37020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Black Unknown 1615 1580 41670 37920
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Mixed Declared disabled 1565 1465 41070 37020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Mixed Declared non-disabled 6440 6130 44160 38770
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Mixed Undeclared 350 335 43230 37680
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Mixed Unknown 780 760 46270 42540
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity Declared disabled 395 365 43080 37680
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity Declared non-disabled 1895 1810 43230 38590
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity Undeclared 95 90 40500 35660
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity Unknown 260 255 47370 43690
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Declared disabled 755 690 38180 32430
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Declared non-disabled 2655 2485 40850 36590
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Undeclared 560 525 41260 37140
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Unknown 295 280 44970 42650
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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).
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.
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).