Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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Status	Year	Function_of_post	Responsibility_level_grouped	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Analysis	AA/AO	455	430	28070	28020
In post	2026	Analysis	EO	1495	1395	32090	32140
In post	2026	Analysis	G6/G7	4975	4750	67570	65690
In post	2026	Analysis	SCS level	310	300	97500	92070
In post	2026	Analysis	SEO/HEO	7820	7575	43330	43260
In post	2026	Commercial	AA/AO	265	240	28820	28100
In post	2026	Commercial	EO	660	630	32170	31380
In post	2026	Commercial	G6/G7	2630	2570	71100	69080
In post	2026	Commercial	SCS level	335	330	118730	113640
In post	2026	Commercial	SEO/HEO	3675	3545	44090	44450
In post	2026	Commercial	Unknown	20	20	94500	103740
In post	2026	Communications	AA/AO	295	265	27920	27600
In post	2026	Communications	EO	585	560	32240	31440
In post	2026	Communications	G6/G7	1385	1345	67500	65100
In post	2026	Communications	SCS level	140	140	103210	94810
In post	2026	Communications	SEO/HEO	2935	2835	44280	44130
In post	2026	Communications	Unknown	15	10	23960	23580
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	AA/AO	1990	1695	28490	27840
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	EO	7255	6690	33030	32140
In post	2026	Counter Fraud	G6/G7	1275	1200	66860	64620
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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.
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).