Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Responsibility_level_grouped / Region_london / Age

Status	Year	Responsibility_level_ungrouped	Responsibility_level_grouped	Region_london	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	London	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	London	20-29	160	160	32460	34800
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	London	30-39	165	160	33920	34800
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	London	40-49	220	205	33040	34800
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	London	50-59	315	300	32340	32190
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	London	60-64	215	200	31070	29570
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	London	65+	210	170	30260	28630
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Outside London	16-19	95	90	28130	29430
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Outside London	20-29	2280	2220	29100	30660
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Outside London	30-39	2235	2110	29160	29260
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Outside London	40-49	2260	2095	29020	29260
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Outside London	50-59	3685	3400	28790	28430
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Outside London	60-64	2375	1975	28290	27770
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Outside London	65+	1215	890	27690	27650
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Unknown	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Unknown	20-29	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Unknown	30-39	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Unknown	40-49	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Unknown	50-59	5	5	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	AA	AA/AO	Unknown	60-64	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
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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.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped	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_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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".
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).