UK Government Organogram: Staff Roles and Senior Civil Servant Salaries

UK central government departments and agencies publish organogram data showing all staff roles, with names and salaries listed for Senior Civil Servants. The data is released in validated CSV format under an OGL license, with snapshots taken on March 31st and September 30th each year since 2010. The Department for International Trade is listed as the publishing organization for this record.

Use Cases

• Analyze the hierarchical structure of UK government departments based on the organogram data.
• Study salary distributions and transparency for Senior Civil Servants.
• Track changes in government staffing and organization over time using the biannual snapshots.

Strengths

• Data is validated and released in a standard CSV format for reuse.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, permitting open use.
• Provides a consistent time series with biannual snapshots 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 or source bias inherent to the UK government reporting.

Provenance

Source

Department for International Trade (listed organization); data is released by all UK central government departments and agencies.

Collection Method

Official government reporting and validation.

Time Range

Snapshots available from 2010 onward.

Freshness

Snapshots are published biannually, with data from March 31st and September 30th released by June 6th and December 6th, respectively.

Geography

United Kingdom (central government departments and agencies).