Civil Service Statistics data browser (2026)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Responsibility_level_grouped / Disability / Ethnicity

Status Year Sexual_orientation Responsibility_level_grouped Disability Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Asian 1045 910 28680 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Black 530 470 30620 29720
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Mixed 330 295 29380 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Other ethnicity 65 55 29270 28020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Undeclared 180 155 29170 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled Unknown 120 100 28750 28020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared disabled White 11000 9580 29010 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Asian 6955 6325 29080 28020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Black 5995 5790 32880 31670
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Mixed 1265 1170 30630 28020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Other ethnicity 415 390 30990 29610
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Undeclared 630 570 29990 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled Unknown 460 405 29840 28020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Declared non-disabled White 47060 42505 30160 28020
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Asian 325 290 28690 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Black 200 180 31920 30140
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Mixed 80 75 30860 28520
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Other ethnicity 25 20 [c] [c]
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 120 110 29030 27840
In post 2026 Heterosexual / straight AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 40 30 30200 28020
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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_grouped 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_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).