Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Sex Ethnicity Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian AA 220 185 28120 27650
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian AO 4660 4030 28490 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian EO 6785 6120 34100 32140
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian G6 600 580 80080 79480
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian G7 2000 1925 64560 63710
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian HEO 3455 3295 40830 39790
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian SCS level 150 140 105710 94080
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian SEO 2540 2455 49000 48520
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Asian Unknown 930 865 32360 29460
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black AA 290 270 30580 30660
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black AO 2905 2685 30360 29030
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black EO 4480 4225 34460 34170
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black G6 180 180 79140 78530
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black G7 925 905 64780 63590
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black HEO 1980 1920 41200 40860
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black SCS level 50 50 102730 94110
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black SEO 1440 1410 49510 49480
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Black Unknown 1060 995 35020 31920
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Mixed AA 95 85 29190 29430
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight Female Mixed AO 915 805 29280 28010
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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.
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.
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).