TSP 9 - Rank Structure of the UK Regular Sources


Table 2 - UK Regular Forces: Strength of Officers by Rank and Service

								Number


		1 April		1 April	1 July	1 July	1 July		1 January		1 July
		1990		2000	2005	2006	2007		2008		2008


All Officers		42,860	¹	32,520	33,030	32,410	32,100	^p	31,650	^p	31,690	^p
	Naval Service²	10,150	¹	7,660	7,700	7,620	7,560	^p	7,480	^p	7,480	^p
	Army²	17,440		13,870	14,740	14,710	14,740	^p	14,450	^p	14,650	^p
	Royal Air Force²	15,270		10,990	10,590	10,080	9,800	^p	9,710	^p	9,560	^p

OF-10³		1		*	*	*	*		*		*
	Naval Service²	-		*	*	*	*		*		*
	Army²	-		*	*	*	*		*		*
	Royal Air Force²	1		*	*	*	*		*		*

OF-9		21		14	14	14	12	^p	12	^p	10	^p
	Naval Service²	5		4	3	3	3	^p	3	^p	2	^p
	Army²	10		7	8	8	5	^p	6	^p	5	^p
	Royal Air Force²	6		3	3	3	4	^p	3	^p	3	^p

OF-8		31		25	24	26	33	^p	32	^p	29	^p
	Naval Service²	13		9	7	9	9	^p	7	^p	6	^p
	Army²	9		8	9	9	15	^p	17	^p	17	^p
	Royal Air Force²	9		8	8	8	9	^p	8	^p	6	^p

OF-7		150		110	110	100	100	^p	97	^p	100	^p
	Naval Service²	44		32	35	34	33	^p	30	^p	33	^p
	Army²	65		47	45	39	42	^p	43	^p	44	^p
	Royal Air Force²	41		32	27	29	25	^p	24	^p	25	^p

OF-6		390		370	350	340	340	^p	350	^p	350	^p
	Naval Service²	35		92	79	78	77	^p	78	^p	74	^p
	Army²	240		180	180	180	180	^p	180	^p	180	^p
	Royal Air Force²	120		98	96	89	88	^p	94	^p	96	^p

OF-5		1,510		1,100	1,220	1,190	1,190	^p	1,180	^p	1,180	^p
	Naval Service²	430		280	300	300	290	^p	290	^p	280	^p
	Army²	660		490	590	580	600	^p	580	^p	590	^p
	Royal Air Force²	430		330	330	310	300	^p	310	^p	310	^p

OF-4		4,610		3,910	4,160	4,090	4,100	^p	4,060	^p	4,100	^p
	Naval Service²	1,320		1,050	1,090	1,090	1,110	^p	1,090	^p	1,100	^p
	Army²	1,890		1,650	1,740	1,760	1,770	^p	1,730	^p	1,800	^p
	Royal Air Force²	1,400		1,220	1,320	1,240	1,220	^p	1,240	^p	1,190	^p

OF-3		11,800		9,940	9,780	9,610	9,590	^p	9,660	^p	9,400	^p
	Naval Service²	2,650		2,420	2,360	2,320	2,300	^p	2,320	^p	2,250	^p
	Army²	5,360		4,550	4,570	4,580	4,610	^p	4,750	^p	4,530	^p
	Royal Air Force²	3,780		2,960	2,840	2,710	2,680	^p	2,590	^p	2,620	^p

OF-2		14,780		11,800	12,420	12,360	12,200	^p	11,880	^p	12,020	^p
	Naval Service²	3,300		2,800	3,070	3,020	3,000	^p	2,990	^p	2,970	^p
	Army²	5,250		4,180	4,700	4,740	4,840	^p	4,620	^p	4,920	^p
	Royal Air Force²	6,230		4,820	4,650	4,600	4,360	^p	4,270	^p	4,130	^p

OF-1 / OF (D)		9,310		5,240	4,960	4,680	4,530	^p	4,390	^p	4,490	^p
	Naval Service²	2,080		970	740	770	740	^p	680	^p	760	^p
	Army²	3,960		2,760	2,900	2,820	2,680	^p	2,510	^p	2,540	^p
	Royal Air Force²	3,270		1,510	1,320	1,090	1,110	^p	1,190	^p	1,180	^p


							Source: DASA (Quad-Service)

1.	Includes 260 female Naval Officers of unknown ranks.
2.	Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all Army statistics from 1 April 2007, and Naval Service and RAF statistics from 1 May 2007 are provisional and subject to review.
3.	There have been no personnel at NATO Rank OF-10 since April 1990.

UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded. NATO Rank is based on JPA field 'Paid Rank', if this field is blank then NATO Rank is based on JPA field 'Substantive Rank'.

There is no rank structure as such for Chaplains in the Naval Service. An equivalent rank for the purposes of this TSP is derived from length of service. Army Chaplains have a rank structure which is partly length of service based. In the RAF Chaplaincy, promotions to OF-3 and OF-4 are length of service based.

Figures less than 100 have been left unrounded so as not to obscure the data.

Due to rounding methods used, figures may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

-	denotes zero.
*	denotes not applicable.
^p	denotes provisional.