Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Function_of_post Ethnicity Sex Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Female Declared disabled 45 45 46330 43530
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Female Declared non-disabled 480 460 48160 44130
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Female Undeclared 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Female Unknown 140 135 45990 43640
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Male Declared disabled 55 55 49320 46500
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Male Declared non-disabled 475 470 48880 44980
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Male Undeclared 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Male Unknown 130 130 45020 42790
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Unknown Declared disabled [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Unknown Declared non-disabled [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Unknown Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Asian Unknown Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Black Female Declared disabled 35 35 48170 43640
In post 2026 Analysis Black Female Declared non-disabled 160 160 45130 43210
In post 2026 Analysis Black Female Undeclared 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Black Female Unknown 35 35 44130 43910
In post 2026 Analysis Black Male Declared disabled 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Black Male Declared non-disabled 170 170 44340 42240
In post 2026 Analysis Black Male Undeclared 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Black Male Unknown 50 50 44780 41990
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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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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.
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.
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).