Senior staff pay

We publish details of the pay for all staff earning salaries of £50,000 per annum or more.

The Local government transparency code 2015 requires the council to publish data on the number of employees whose remuneration in each year was at least £50,000.

What the data includes

This data includes:

the number of employees whose remuneration in that year was at least £50,000 in brackets of £5,000
details of remuneration and job title of certain senior employees whose salary is at least £50,000
employees whose salaries are £150,000 or more must also be identified by name
a list of responsibilities

Benefits in kind

The benefits in kind column relates solely to car expenses. Certain officers, depending upon their job role, are provided with a contribution either towards a leased car or the running costs of their own vehicle.

Pensions

The regulations governing the pension scheme are set nationally. Employees are expected to make contributions of between five per cent and 7.5 per cent into the pension fund (the more you earn the more you contribute). This employee contribution is matched by an employer contribution which is currently 12.5 per cent. New pension rules applying from 1st April 2010 mean that senior staff may be taxed on both the employer and employee contributions at the higher rate of tax.

Responsibilities

Our corporate management organisation chart (PDF) [124KB] shows the responsibilities and salary bands for senior officers.

Employees with a salary over £50,000

Uttlesford District Council had 22 employees receiving more than £50,000 remuneration for the year 2020/21 (excluding employer's pension contributions).

Remuneration band	Number of employees 2020/21
£50,000 - £54,999	6
£55,000 - £59,999	7
£65,000 - £69,999	-
£70,000 - £74,999	6
£90,000 - £94,999	-
£95,000 - £99,999	2
£115,000 - £119,999	-
£120,000 - £124,999	1
Total	22

Senior officers remuneration

Employees whose remuneration in the reported year was at least £50,000.

Data is published in the RFC 4180 open standard for CSV files as recommended by the government. You can read about this standard in the Tabular data standard profile on GOV.UK.