Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL3 / Region_london

Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Region_ITL3 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Outside London 205 190 29900 29260
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Angus and Dundee City Outside London 715 665 28190 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Antrim and Newtownabbey Outside London 85 85 28100 28400
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Ards and North Down Outside London 95 90 28080 28400
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Outside London 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Babergh and Mid Suffolk Outside London 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Barking & Dagenham and Havering London 55 45 30420 29920
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Barnet London 135 115 30170 29720
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Barnsley Outside London 240 200 27740 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire Outside London 905 835 29670 28900
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bedford Outside London 245 230 34080 35750
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Belfast Outside London 515 470 27870 28020
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire East Outside London 100 90 29690 29030
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Berkshire West Outside London 375 355 39350 36850
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bexley and Greenwich London 590 565 37600 39510
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Birmingham Outside London 2575 2330 27610 26670
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Blackburn with Darwen Outside London 50 40 27970 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Blackpool Outside London 920 805 27810 27840
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Outside London 120 105 26770 25580
In post 2026 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Bradford Outside London 895 795 27690 28020
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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_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".
Region_ITL3 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 3 divides into counties, unitary authorities, or districts in England (some grouped), groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland, groups of districts in Northern Ireland.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).