Senior staff salaries

The data includes (in part) the following information. Column names are in brackets:

• service area code (see key below): used in expenditure returns to central government (Service area)
• full time equivalent (FTE): used to measure the amount of time someone works in a role; for a full-time person the FTE is 1, for a part-time person the FTE is whatever proportion of a full-time role they work (FTE of minimum contracted hours)
• FTE salary is the base salary divided by the FTE: allows for comparisons between full and part-time staff; the basic rate is an amount before deductions for "pay as you earn" (PAYE), National Insurance, pension schemes and voluntary deductions ( FTE salary).

Key for service area codes

CORP = Corporate/Democratic
HOUS = Housing
CRSP = Culture, Recreation and Sport
ENVR = Environmental
PLAN = Planning and Development