Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_ITL2 / Region_ITL1 / Sex

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Region_ITL2 Region_ITL1 Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East (England) Female 530 470 30370 29610
In post 2026 AA/AO Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire East (England) Male 565 545 33720 32330
In post 2026 AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Female 1285 1160 30940 29610
In post 2026 AA/AO Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire South East (England) Male 1540 1520 37190 37250
In post 2026 AA/AO Cambridgeshire and Peterborough East (England) Female 860 760 29700 29030
In post 2026 AA/AO Cambridgeshire and Peterborough East (England) Male 850 800 33010 31810
In post 2026 AA/AO Cheshire North West (England) Female 645 565 30560 29610
In post 2026 AA/AO Cheshire North West (England) Male 410 390 32950 34930
In post 2026 AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South West (England) Female 385 325 27740 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Cornwall and Isles of Scilly South West (England) Male 275 265 27440 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Cumbria North West (England) Female 540 455 27300 26030
In post 2026 AA/AO Cumbria North West (England) Male 395 385 29540 26030
In post 2026 AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire East Midlands (England) Female 2245 1970 29120 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire East Midlands (England) Male 2065 1970 31760 29610
In post 2026 AA/AO Devon South West (England) Female 1240 1075 28660 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Devon South West (England) Male 1365 1300 31550 29030
In post 2026 AA/AO East Central Scotland Scotland Female 1925 1725 29160 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO East Central Scotland Scotland Male 1505 1455 29830 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber Female 980 855 30350 29030
In post 2026 AA/AO East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Yorkshire and The Humber Male 1010 955 33290 34930
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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.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).