Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Age

Explore further: Parent_department, Organisation, Responsibility_level_ungrouped, Region_london, Region_ITL1, Region_ITL2, Region_ITL3, Profession_of_post, Function_of_post, Sex, Ethnicity, Disability, Sexual_orientation

Status	Year	Responsibility_level_grouped	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	AA/AO	16-19	820	805	27820	27840
In post	2026	AA/AO	20-29	27065	26375	30030	28020
In post	2026	AA/AO	30-39	26730	24975	30930	28020
In post	2026	AA/AO	40-49	24380	22070	30230	28020
In post	2026	AA/AO	50-59	29580	26610	29480	28020
In post	2026	AA/AO	60-64	15210	12325	28960	27840
In post	2026	AA/AO	65+	6510	4905	28770	27840
In post	2026	EO	16-19	185	185	31770	31480
In post	2026	EO	20-29	23035	22730	33680	32140
In post	2026	EO	30-39	33515	32035	34310	32140
In post	2026	EO	40-49	29340	27495	34300	32140
In post	2026	EO	50-59	33860	31555	34300	32140
In post	2026	EO	60-64	14040	11345	34030	32140
In post	2026	EO	65+	4875	3580	33820	32140
In post	2026	G6/G7	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	G6/G7	20-29	4900	4880	63380	62900
In post	2026	G6/G7	30-39	25580	24970	66500	64140
In post	2026	G6/G7	40-49	27780	26845	69330	67270
In post	2026	G6/G7	50-59	23395	22715	70640	68290
In post	2026	G6/G7	60-64	5750	4955	70930	68380
Note:
Data has been truncated to 20 rows, please download the data to view the remaining rows

Download the data

About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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.
Age	Age in 10 year bands. Age is calculated as at the reference date in each year (31st March), so entrants or leavers may have been up to one year younger at the date of exit or entry.
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).