Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Sexual_orientation / Age / Ethnicity

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Age Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Asian 45 45 29190 28020
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Black 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Mixed 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Other ethnicity [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Undeclared [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 Unknown 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 16-19 White 215 210 28340 27840
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Asian 4555 4440 34830 32140
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Black 2045 2005 34890 32690
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Mixed 1175 1150 37110 34570
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Other ethnicity 255 250 36470 34230
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Undeclared 165 160 35050 32180
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 Unknown 330 325 36010 32140
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 20-29 White 19860 19425 36570 33860
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Asian 5905 5455 40990 37020
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Black 3850 3710 38260 35620
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Mixed 1670 1555 44240 39560
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Other ethnicity 465 440 44510 40280
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Undeclared 405 380 40950 37020
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight 30-39 Unknown 560 530 43360 38600
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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).
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.
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. "Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
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.
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).