| Group | Senior Civil Service | Senior managers | Middle managers | Junior managers | Administrative or support grades | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Structure | Cabinet Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Director General | Director | Deputy Director | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Administrative Officer | Administrative Assistant | |||
| 1971 unified grading structure | Grade 1A | Grade 1 | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Assistant Principal or Deputy Assistant Director | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Higher Clerical Officer | Clerical Officer | Clerical Assistant | ||
| Grade (pre-1971) | Cabinet Secretary | Permanent [Under] Secretary | Deputy [Under] Secretary | Assistant Under Secretary, Under Secretary or Director General | Under Secretary or Superintendent | Assistant Secretary or Director | Senior Principal or Deputy Director | Principal or Assistant Director | |||||||
| NATO code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | N/A | ||||
Historic Grades
edit| Group | Senior Civil Service | Senior managers | Middle managers | Junior managers | Administrative or support grades | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (c. 1960)[1] | Permanent Secretary | Deputy Secretary | Under Secretary | Assistant Secretary | Principal | Assistant Principal | Principal Executive Officer | Senior Chief Executive Officer | Chief Executive Officer | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| (pre-1971) | Cabinet Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Deputy Secretary | Assistant Under Secretary | Under Secretary | Assistant Secretary | Senior Principal | Principal | Assistant Principal | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Higher Clerical Officer | Clerical Officer | Clerical Assistant |
| or | or | or | or | or | or | or | or | ||||||||
| Permanent Under Secretary | Deputy Under Secretary | Director General | Superintendent | Director | Deputy Director | Assistant Director | Deputy Assistant Director | ||||||||
| (c. 1980)[2] | Cabinet Secretary | Permanent Secretary | Deputy Secretary | Under Secretary | Assistant Secretary | Senior Principal | Principal | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Clerical Officer | Clerical Assistant | |||
| (c. 1988)[3] | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Administrative Officer | Administrative Assistant | |||||||
| (c. 1990)[4] | Grade 1 | Grade 1A | Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Assistant Principal | Senior Executive Officer | Higher Executive Officer | Executive Officer | Higher Clerical Officer | Clerical Officer | Clerical Assistant |
| Equ[4] | Admiral of the Fleet Field Marshal Marshal of the RAF | Admiral General Air Chief Marshal | Vice Admiral Lieutenant General Air Marshal | Rear Admiral Major General Air Vice Marshal | |||||||||||
- ^ "Civil Servants (Pay) (Hansard, 22 March 1960)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "Grades and Pay Scales (Hansard, 9 June 1980)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "Civil Servants (Pay) (Hansard, 27 October 1988)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ a b "Civil Servants (Hansard, 30 November 1994)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-07.