UK Government Organogram: Staff Roles and Senior Civil Servant Salaries

Quarterly snapshots since 2010 of organograms from UK central government departments and agencies. The data shows all staff roles and lists names and salaries for Senior Civil Servants at 2* level and above. It is published by the National Museum of the Royal Navy and other bodies under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze government department hierarchy and reporting structures based on the organogram data.
• Study salary distributions and bands for senior civil service roles based on the listed salary information.
• Track changes in public sector staffing and senior management over time based on the quarterly snapshot series.
• Benchmark organizational size and complexity across different government agencies based on the role listings.

Strengths

• Data is validated before release, suggesting a quality control process.
• Published quarterly since 2010, providing a longitudinal time series.
• Released in a reusable CSV format under an open government license (OGL-UK-3.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Museum of the Royal Navy and other UK central government departments and agencies.

Collection Method

Published organogram data as part of a UK government transparency initiative.

Time Range

Quarterly snapshots from 2010 onward.

Freshness

Published quarterly; last metadata update was 2026-04-24.

Geography

United Kingdom (UK government).