Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Organisation / Parent_department

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Status Year Function_of_post Organisation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Analysis Active Travel England Department for Transport 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Department for Business and Trade 20 20 49120 48750
In post 2026 Analysis Animal and Plant Health Agency Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 235 230 40370 38910
In post 2026 Analysis Building Digital UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 25 25 53940 49580
In post 2026 Analysis Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) Cabinet Office 190 190 58680 63350
In post 2026 Analysis Central Civil Service Fast Stream Cabinet Office 340 340 34230 35000
In post 2026 Analysis Charity Commission Charity Commission 50 45 44300 38040
In post 2026 Analysis Companies House Department for Business and Trade 35 30 46780 46800
In post 2026 Analysis Competition and Markets Authority Competition and Markets Authority 155 150 69240 66170
In post 2026 Analysis Consumer Scotland Scottish Government 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service Scottish Government 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Crown Prosecution Service Attorney General’s Departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Ministry of Defence 540 515 51690 56000
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Business and Trade (excl. agencies) Department for Business and Trade 525 515 59750 63240
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture, Media and Sport 65 65 53450 49040
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Education (excl. agencies) Department for Education 595 570 53730 52800
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Department for Energy Security and Net Zero 655 640 59920 61830
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 710 680 50970 46500
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (excl. agencies) Department for Science, Innovation and Technology 215 210 58810 62370
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Transport (excl. agencies) Department for Transport 425 410 58090 61960
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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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
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.
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).