United Kingdom · Fiscal year 2025

Senior Civil Service Pay Framework

Name: United Kingdom Federal Government Pay Table — 2025
Creator: Cabinet Office — Government People Group

Official 2025 pay schedule for United Kingdom federal government employees, sourced from Cabinet Office — Government People Group. Salaries shown are annual base in GBP (£) before allowances and locality adjustments.

Primary source: Cabinet Office — Government People Group →Last verified: 2026-04-21✓ Every cell on this page is human-verified against the primary source

Classification groups in the Senior Civil Service Pay Framework

United Kingdom federal employees are organized into 2 classification groups, each with multiple levels. Click any level for the full step-by-step pay table.

PERM — Permanent Secretary

1 level

PERM-SEC£174,000–£208,100

SCS — SCS Band 1

4 levels

SCS-1£81,000–£117,800 SCS-1A£81,000–£128,900 SCS-2£100,000–£162,500 SCS-3£130,000–£208,100

Notes on the Senior Civil Service Pay Framework

UK Civil Service pay below SCS (Administrative Officer through Grade 6) is set per-department with no unified national grade-step table — those are not published here.
SCS (Senior Civil Service) pay ranges ARE centrally set by the Cabinet Office and apply across all UK government departments. Published bands: Band 1 (Deputy Director), Band 1A (specialist), Band 2 (Director), Band 3 (Director General), and Permanent Secretary (tier set by Cabinet Secretary per role complexity).
Annual figures here are published min/max sterling bands. Individual pay within a band is set by department-level pay committees and Cabinet Office / Treasury approval is required above published ceilings.

Data source: Cabinet Office — Guidance on the Senior Civil Service Pay Award 2025/26

Retrieved: 2026-04-21 · Status: AUTO-VERIFIED — 10/10 cells public-ready as of 2026-04-21. Last auto-fetch by uk:cabinet-office-scs-v1.

UK Civil Service pay below SCS (Administrative Officer, Executive Officer, Higher Executive Officer, Senior Executive Officer, Grade 7, Grade 6) is set per-department with no unified national scale — not published here. SCS ranges ARE centrally set: Band 1 (Deputy Director) / Band 1A (specialist) / Band 2 (Director) / Band 3 (Director General) / Permanent Secretary (tier set by Cabinet Secretary per role).