Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department / Age

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Status	Year	Sex	Parent_department	Age	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	16-19	15	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	20-29	1645	1625	36010	32430
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	30-39	1890	1790	52800	56780
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	40-49	2090	1885	57580	61700
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	50-59	1820	1660	56040	60180
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	60-64	535	435	52750	46150
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	65+	135	100	49300	34280
In post	2026	Female	Attorney General’s Departments	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	20-29	1670	1665	39290	35200
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	30-39	1485	1440	54110	49680
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	40-49	1145	1100	62400	62990
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	50-59	825	800	64170	63610
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	60-64	210	190	55650	47950
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	65+	35	30	57100	41710
In post	2026	Female	Cabinet Office	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Chancellor’s other departments	16-19	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Female	Chancellor’s other departments	20-29	35	35	42110	40510
In post	2026	Female	Chancellor’s other departments	30-39	65	60	64570	65180
In post	2026	Female	Chancellor’s other departments	40-49	70	60	76450	70000
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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).
Parent_department	Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
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.
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).