Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Ethnicity / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1 / Responsibility_level_ungrouped

Status Year Ethnicity Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Responsibility_level_ungrouped Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) AA 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) AO 310 275 29550 27550
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) EO 495 455 34620 34430
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) G6 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) G7 80 80 67850 63650
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) HEO 155 145 41600 40860
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) SCS level 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) SEO 105 100 50060 48460
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East (England) Unknown 115 110 30730 27670
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) AA 35 30 27410 26390
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) AO 720 635 27710 27840
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) EO 860 800 32140 32140
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) G6 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) G7 90 85 62640 61950
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) HEO 325 310 38870 38770
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) SCS level 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) SEO 180 175 47490 46400
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) Unknown 125 110 31810 28950
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight London AA 175 160 30920 28630
In post 2026 Asian Heterosexual / straight London AO 1790 1615 32220 31470
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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.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
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).