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

Since 2010, this series provides biannual snapshots of the organizational structure and staff roles across all UK central government departments and agencies. The data, published by entities like the British Transport Police Authority, includes names and salaries for Senior Civil Servants. Files are released in validated CSV format under an Open Government License.

Use Cases

• Analyzing government departmental structure and hierarchy based on the organogram data.
• Studying salary distributions and compensation for senior civil servants based on the listed salary information.
• Tracking changes in government staffing and organization over time based on the biannual snapshot schedule.

Strengths

• Biannual snapshots published consistently since 2010, providing longitudinal coverage.
• Data is validated and released in a reusable, machine-readable CSV format.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license, facilitating reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Salary and role details appear to be provided only for Senior Civil Servants, not all staff.

Provenance

Source

UK central government departments and their agencies, published via data.gov.uk guidance.

Collection Method

Officially released and validated organogram data.

Time Range

2010 to present, with biannual snapshots as of 31st March and 30th September.

Freshness

Snapshots are published biannually (by 6th June and 6th December); last metadata update was 2026-04-30.

Geography

United Kingdom (UK central government).