Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Function_of_post Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Asian 540 520 48380 44520
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Black 200 200 45240 43720
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Mixed 140 130 55480 54730
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Other ethnicity 45 40 53500 51820
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Undeclared 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis Unknown 35 30 46780 40060
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Analysis White 3710 3425 52630 49000
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Asian 215 210 51090 45730
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Black 125 120 48570 44500
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Mixed 80 75 53200 49290
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Other ethnicity 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Undeclared 35 30 50490 48380
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial Unknown 55 55 52430 47540
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Commercial White 2465 2325 53620 48100
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Asian 145 145 46380 44300
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Black 85 85 42940 41050
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Mixed 80 75 51030 48730
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Other ethnicity 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Undeclared 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Female Heterosexual / straight Communications Unknown 50 50 56110 50390
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About: The Civil Service Statistics data browser is a pilot project by Cabinet Office to provide access to more detailed data on the Civil Service workforce from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. We welcome feedback or comments on this project, which can be addressed to civilservicestatistics@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Of the 21 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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.
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.
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).