Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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Status	Year	Parent_department	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Attorney General’s Departments	12405	11670	52250	55980
In post	2026	Cabinet Office	10235	10030	54230	47670
In post	2026	Chancellor’s other departments	515	500	67460	57460
In post	2026	Charity Commission	445	420	43970	38040
In post	2026	Competition and Markets Authority	970	945	70240	66170
In post	2026	Department for Business and Trade	11565	11145	48190	44680
In post	2026	Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1155	1125	55250	54580
In post	2026	Department for Education	8090	7750	52500	49000
In post	2026	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	4830	4725	59070	58940
In post	2026	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	13315	12670	43580	42670
In post	2026	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	8515	8210	53930	50240
In post	2026	Department for Transport	16610	15490	39470	31600
In post	2026	Department for Work and Pensions	96930	87220	35770	32140
In post	2026	Department of Health and Social Care	10705	10305	54600	47890
In post	2026	Estyn	140	130	72510	89790
In post	2026	Food Standards Agency	1590	1535	45480	42910
In post	2026	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	8890	8735	56750	52870
In post	2026	HM Land Registry	7150	6410	38160	32120
In post	2026	HM Revenue and Customs	75500	70450	40640	37680
In post	2026	HM Treasury	2765	2685	60090	60670
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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.
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).