Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex

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Status	Year	Parent_department	Sex	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Attorney General’s Departments	Female	8125	7510	51250	51540
In post	2026	Attorney General’s Departments	Male	3670	3565	54760	58200
In post	2026	Attorney General’s Departments	Unknown	610	595	50380	45470
In post	2026	Cabinet Office	Female	5370	5220	52890	44550
In post	2026	Cabinet Office	Male	4865	4805	55710	48200
In post	2026	Chancellor’s other departments	Female	225	210	65520	56440
In post	2026	Chancellor’s other departments	Male	295	290	68950	58260
In post	2026	Charity Commission	Female	260	240	43470	38040
In post	2026	Charity Commission	Male	180	175	44680	38040
In post	2026	Competition and Markets Authority	Female	490	470	70250	66170
In post	2026	Competition and Markets Authority	Male	480	475	70230	66170
In post	2026	Department for Business and Trade	Female	6095	5765	46510	42820
In post	2026	Department for Business and Trade	Male	5470	5375	50050	46750
In post	2026	Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Female	700	670	54570	54520
In post	2026	Department for Culture, Media and Sport	Male	455	455	56300	55600
In post	2026	Department for Education	Female	4935	4645	51730	47280
In post	2026	Department for Education	Male	3155	3105	53690	50490
In post	2026	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	Female	2480	2395	57840	57190
In post	2026	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	Male	2355	2330	60370	61700
In post	2026	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	Female	7615	7090	42680	39250
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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.
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).