What was interesting is the the DG of the BBC gets £700k. I would have thought this should have been more equitable to senior officers and the Prime Minister (£188k), rather than so high - given that we all (have to) fund the BBC. It should therefore attract a salary more like those of public servants (police, forces etc.), rather than the CEO of the biggest banks.
I expect the justification there is to provide a comparable salary to whoever's in charge of ITV.
edited to add: .. and isn't CDS' pay set to equate to MoD's top Sir Humphrey (or is it Sir Kev) - I must say I too thought it was less than £200k - the argument still holds tho'
Supposed to match the Cabinet Secretary and the Lord Chancellor IIRC.