UK Government Organogram with Senior Civil Servant Salaries, 2010-Present

Since 2010, this series provides biannual snapshots of the organizational structure and staff roles for all UK central government departments and agencies. The data includes names and salaries for Senior Civil Servants, is validated, and released in CSV format under an OGL license. Snapshots for March 31st and September 30th are published each year by the Northern Lighthouse Board.

Use Cases

• Analyzing government hierarchy and reporting structures based on the organizational chart data.
• Studying salary distributions and compensation for senior public officials based on listed salary information.
• Tracking changes in departmental staffing and organization over time based on the biannual snapshot schedule.
• Conducting comparative analysis of public sector roles and senior management across different government agencies.

Strengths

• Data is validated before release, as stated in the description.
• Biannual snapshots published on a consistent schedule (March 31st and September 30th).
• Released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, permitting reuse.
• Covers all central government departments and agencies since 2010.

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

Northern Lighthouse Board, releasing data for all UK central government departments and agencies.

Collection Method

Official organogram data published by government entities.

Time Range

2010 to present, with biannual snapshots.

Freshness

Biannual updates; last metadata update was 2026-04-30.

Geography

United Kingdom (central government).