Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_ungrouped / Sex / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL2

Status Year Responsibility_level_ungrouped Sex Sexual_orientation Region_ITL2 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 70 60 28210 27650
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 135 120 28900 30660
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 100 90 29330 30660
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Cheshire 50 40 28900 30660
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Cumbria 35 30 29140 30660
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 150 130 29270 30660
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Devon 80 75 28060 27650
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight East Central Scotland 105 95 27660 27050
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 120 110 29430 30660
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Eastern Scotland 190 170 27800 27650
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Essex 55 40 27230 25010
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 55 50 28860 30230
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Greater Manchester 120 105 28270 29630
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Hampshire and Isle of Wight 260 190 27290 27650
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 85 75 29590 30660
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Highlands and Islands 75 60 27900 27650
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Inner London - East 75 65 31840 29570
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Inner London - West 120 110 32200 30950
In post 2026 AA Female Heterosexual / straight Kent 135 125 29110 30660
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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_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_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.
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).