"Figure 3: UK Civil Service employment by responsibility level, 2008 to 2017","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. With the exception of the Senior Civil Service level, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level. 2. This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level. 3. Headcount totals used for calculating this figure are based on known responsibility level." "Unit","%" "","" "Responsibility level 1,2","Administrative Officers and Assistants","Executive Officers","Senior and Higher Executive Officers","Grades 6 and 7","Senior Civil Service" "2008","48.7","25.0","19.0","6.3","0.9" "2009","47.9","25.2","19.3","6.7","0.9" "2010","46.8","25.5","19.7","7.0","1.0" "2011","47.1","25.0","19.9","7.1","0.9" "2012","45.6","25.9","20.3","7.3","1.0" "2013","44.2","26.0","20.9","7.8","1.0" "2014","40.9","26.4","22.9","8.6","1.1" "2015","39.9","26.2","23.5","9.3","1.2" "2016","37.9","27.0","24.1","9.7","1.2" "2017","36.9","27.3","24.4","10.2","1.3"