Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

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

Status	Year	Sexual_orientation	Region_ITL2	Responsibility_level_ungrouped	Sex	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	AA	Female	70	60	28210	27650
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	AA	Male	95	95	29810	30660
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	AA	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	AO	Female	300	265	30880	29610
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	AO	Male	335	330	35420	37140
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	AO	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	EO	Female	660	590	34640	34430
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	EO	Male	485	460	36490	35620
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	EO	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	G6	Female	55	55	82240	79880
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	G6	Male	45	40	79330	79870
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	G6	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	G7	Female	150	140	66680	62700
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	G7	Male	110	105	66530	64340
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	G7	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	HEO	Female	250	235	42090	41300
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	HEO	Male	225	220	43960	42510
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	HEO	Unknown	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	SCS level	Female	15	15	[c]	[c]
In post	2026	Heterosexual / straight	Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	SCS level	Male	20	20	[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_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).