Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Disability Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Asian 1045 910 28680 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Black 530 470 30620 29720
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Mixed 330 295 29380 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Other ethnicity 65 55 29270 28020
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared 180 155 29170 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Unknown 120 100 28750 28020
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight AA/AO White 11000 9580 29010 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO Asian 1710 1555 34170 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO Black 940 865 35120 35620
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO Mixed 435 400 33890 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO Other ethnicity 120 110 34620 33770
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO Undeclared 300 270 33570 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO Unknown 95 85 33090 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight EO White 12890 11530 33270 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 Asian 485 475 68210 65820
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 Black 205 200 68190 65330
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 Mixed 220 215 66590 64070
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 Other ethnicity 65 60 68780 63690
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 Undeclared 60 60 71180 67610
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight G6/G7 Unknown 35 30 67640 63800
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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.
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).