Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Function_of_post Parent_department Sex Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Female Crown Prosecution Service [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Female Government Legal Department [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Male Crown Prosecution Service [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Male Government Legal Department [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Cabinet Office Female Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 85 85 55920 60610
In post 2026 Analysis Cabinet Office Female Central Civil Service Fast Stream 135 135 34220 35000
In post 2026 Analysis Cabinet Office Male Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 105 105 60950 64120
In post 2026 Analysis Cabinet Office Male Central Civil Service Fast Stream 205 205 34240 35000
In post 2026 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments Female Government Actuary’s Department 80 70 82410 91640
In post 2026 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments Female National Savings and Investments 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments Male Government Actuary’s Department 105 100 83020 76850
In post 2026 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments Male National Savings and Investments 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Charity Commission Female Charity Commission 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Charity Commission Male Charity Commission 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Competition and Markets Authority Female Competition and Markets Authority 70 65 69570 66170
In post 2026 Analysis Competition and Markets Authority Male Competition and Markets Authority 85 85 68990 66170
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Female Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Female Companies House 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Female Department for Business and Trade (excl. agencies) 235 230 59080 61230
In post 2026 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Female The Insolvency Service 20 15 [c] [c]
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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.
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.
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).