Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status	Year	Disability	Ethnicity	Sex	Sexual_orientation	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Female	Heterosexual / straight	2715	2430	39090	35620
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Female	LGBO	115	105	40620	37020
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Female	Undeclared	195	170	38120	35620
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Female	Unknown	115	95	38370	35000
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Male	Heterosexual / straight	1965	1885	39740	35620
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Male	LGBO	105	100	42430	38820
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Male	Undeclared	115	110	38270	35860
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Male	Unknown	105	100	40570	37680
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Unknown	Heterosexual / straight	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Unknown	LGBO	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Unknown	Undeclared	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Asian	Unknown	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Female	Heterosexual / straight	1970	1820	39650	37020
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Female	LGBO	105	100	39580	35660
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Female	Undeclared	175	160	38780	36300
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Female	Unknown	65	55	37290	35000
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Male	Heterosexual / straight	710	685	39720	37020
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Male	LGBO	60	60	44020	37020
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Male	Undeclared	35	35	38100	32930
In post	2026	Declared disabled	Black	Male	Unknown	25	25	[c]	[c]
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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).
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.
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).