Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_london / Ethnicity

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Status	Year	Region_london	Ethnicity	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	London	Asian	17605	16715	46930	42790
In post	2026	London	Black	12120	11595	43260	39490
In post	2026	London	Mixed	4075	3935	51100	46250
In post	2026	London	Other ethnicity	1590	1530	49640	44360
In post	2026	London	Undeclared	4650	4415	51420	46310
In post	2026	London	Unknown	17330	16835	51610	46750
In post	2026	London	White	50440	48435	58160	53080
In post	2026	Outside London	Asian	28460	26685	36580	32140
In post	2026	Outside London	Black	14425	13920	35810	32140
In post	2026	Outside London	Mixed	7740	7315	39420	35530
In post	2026	Outside London	Other ethnicity	1835	1730	38900	35000
In post	2026	Outside London	Undeclared	16350	15075	41100	37460
In post	2026	Outside London	Unknown	57430	54430	37790	32480
In post	2026	Outside London	White	317905	295355	41030	36930
In post	2026	Overseas	Asian	210	210	58970	57510
In post	2026	Overseas	Black	90	90	56690	57500
In post	2026	Overseas	Mixed	140	140	59550	59270
In post	2026	Overseas	Other ethnicity	55	55	57600	59390
In post	2026	Overseas	Undeclared	155	150	59900	58910
In post	2026	Overseas	Unknown	745	740	61090	61000
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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).
Region_london	Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
	Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
Ethnicity	Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
	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).