Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Disability Sexual_orientation Sex Responsibility_level_grouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Female AA/AO 8040 6710 28500 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Female EO 10555 9195 33150 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Female G6/G7 4220 3975 67450 64620
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Female SCS level 315 300 99380 92800
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Female SEO/HEO 9240 8620 43650 43130
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Female Unknown 3190 2940 35070 32390
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Male AA/AO 5225 4860 29910 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Male EO 5935 5620 34120 32140
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Male G6/G7 2895 2810 68530 65510
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Male SCS level 240 235 104760 94650
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Male SEO/HEO 6105 5890 44560 43860
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Male Unknown 830 785 35120 31650
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown AA/AO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown EO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown G6/G7 [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown SCS level [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown SEO/HEO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO Female AA/AO 1150 1070 29200 27840
In post 2026 Declared disabled LGBO Female EO 1320 1250 33290 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_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.
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.
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).