MOD-Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries: UK Government Senior Civil Servants

Organogram data from UK central government departments and agencies, published quarterly since 2010. The dataset lists all staff roles and includes names and salaries for Senior Civil Servants at the 2* grade and above. Data is validated and released in CSV format under an OGL license by the Single Source Regulations Office.

Use Cases

• Analyze organizational hierarchies and reporting structures based on the organogram chart.
• Study salary distributions and bands for senior UK civil servants based on the listed salary data.
• Track changes in government department staffing over time based on the quarterly snapshot publication schedule.
• Conduct transparency and accountability research using the validated, OGL-licensed public sector data.

Strengths

• Quarterly snapshots provide regular temporal coverage for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes specific salary and name data for Senior Civil Servants at grade 2* and above.
• Data is validated and released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and institutional bias inherent to the UK government source.

Provenance

Source

Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) and UK central government departments/agencies.

Collection Method

Published organogram data, validated and released in CSV format.

Time Range

Snapshots published quarterly from 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, and 31 December each year, with data released since 2010.

Freshness

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

Geography

United Kingdom (UK central government).