Visionaries

More information on BBC salaries, from COO Caroline Thomson.   Lists of 462 unnamed staff classified as "Senior Managers" have been published, with details of their salary bands, by division.  It's not the whole story on pay, because it's perfectly possible to earn big salaries whilst apparently at a lower grade - but the emerging picture will cause tension between divisions.

Journalism, which includes Sport, boasts 31% of the total BBC Senior Manager Posts - that's only top of the twenty or so whose exact salaries are regularly published.  30 of these additional managers have packages worth more than £100k.

Vision, however, fights back. Despite only having 20 per cent of the Senior Manager graded staff, a remarkable 73 of them have packages worth over £100k.   Compare that with poor old Audio and Music - 6 per cent of the Senior Manager Universe, and only 9 on deals of more than £100k.   BBC North has 4.5% of the Senior Manager grades, but manages to get 14 on deals of more than £100k. 

Operations (which now includes HR and Marketing) and The Executive Unit are bundled together and record a healthy 19 per cent of the Senior Managers, with 30 packages above £100k. That's all on top of the 32 identified individuals whose full salaries and expenses get published. 

Future Media & Technology, about to be separated again, get 7% of the SM posts, with 21 on deals above £100k. Finance and Business has 8.7% of the SM posts, and 20 on £100k packages.