I would point out that the “maximum pay band” likely represents the Permanent Secretary, of which there is one. The context was about unequal pay amongst DIT executives. So “pays people £265k” is probably not accurate.
Maybe you think I’m being a bit pedantic (and I probably am) but I feel like the way it’s drafted right now suggests civil servants routinely get paid a lot more than they actually do. Even at the executive level, managing budgets of billions of pounds, very few senior civil servants get paid more than £200k—it’s extremely rare.
It seems like there would be some really easily available stats for salaries (histogram, means, medians).
I’m not saying you need to present this. It’s that it’s this info is unlikely to be secret, and wrong answers are easily contestable, so my sense is that your anecdotes have authority and should be trusted.
Oh I see, it really is DIT!
I would point out that the “maximum pay band” likely represents the Permanent Secretary, of which there is one. The context was about unequal pay amongst DIT executives. So “pays people £265k” is probably not accurate.
Maybe you think I’m being a bit pedantic (and I probably am) but I feel like the way it’s drafted right now suggests civil servants routinely get paid a lot more than they actually do. Even at the executive level, managing budgets of billions of pounds, very few senior civil servants get paid more than £200k—it’s extremely rare.
Edit: I was wrong, and my original instinct was correct—even the Permanent Secretary does not get paid this much. The person you’re referring to is the Chief Trade Negotiator for the United Kingdom. Data on all executive pay is here. “People” at DIT being paid more than £200k is definitively incorrect. https://data.gov.uk/dataset/7d114298-919b-4108-9600-9313e34ce3b8/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries
It seems like there would be some really easily available stats for salaries (histogram, means, medians).
I’m not saying you need to present this. It’s that it’s this info is unlikely to be secret, and wrong answers are easily contestable, so my sense is that your anecdotes have authority and should be trusted.
I’ve actually just found the data and posted it. You can see all the pay bands for everyone in the department, both junior and senior!
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/civil-service-pay