Senior Civil Service pay

Senior Civil Service – Pay arrangements

Sir David Normington Report – Senior Civil Service Workforce and Reward Strategy (Word doc, 392KB)

Guidance and performance management forms

  • Guidance for approval of senior pay - June 2010 [PDF 180KB, 15 pages]
    Revised guidance on packages for high earners. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury confirmed, on 24 May 2010, that he will continue to approve pay and remuneration levels at and above a defined threshold for all Civil Service appointments and appointments to public sector bodies which are subject to ministerial approval. The threshold is set at £142,500 from 24 May 2010. The Chief Secretary’s approval will continue to be required for all bonus payments of £50,000 and above that are subject to ministerial sign-off.
  • Guide to managing performance in the Senior Civil Service 2011-12 Word version | PDF version
  • Performance agreement form 2011-12 Word version | PDF version
  • The HR practitioners guide for SCS reward, benefits and recruitment 2010/11 [Word 367KB, 18 page]

Senior Salaries Review Body – Reports on Senior Salaries

The Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB)[External website] provides independent advice to the Government on the remuneration of:

  • the judiciary
  • senior civil servants
  • senior officers of the armed forces
  •   some Very Senior Managers (VSMs) in the National Health Service

Appointments are made by the Prime Minister.

The Review Body publish annual reports on senior salaries [External website].

Government evidence given to the SSRB for the 34th report on Senior Salaries 2012

Professional Skills for Government

The Professional Skills for Government programme (PSG) has been designed to help staff in all areas of the civil service develop the skills and experience needed to design and deliver 21st century services; this will have a particular effect on theSCS as the competence framework is intended to evolve into a simple leadership behavioural framework for everyone, which will be an integral part of the PSGrequirements.

SCS performance management and reward