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Salary Scales August 2025

Grade Spinal Point   Annual Salary Hourly Rate
FA 1 9/RLW

23,915

12.60

10/RLW

23,915

12.60

FA 2 10/RLW

23,915

12.60

11

24,344

12.83

12

24,685

13.01
FA 3 12

24,685

13.01
13 25,249 13.30
14 25,804 13.60
15 26,093 13.75
16 26,707 14.07
FA 4 16 26,707 14.07
17 27,319 14.39
18 28,031 14.77
19 28,778 15.16
20 29,588 15.59
21 30,378 16.01
FA 5 22 31,236 16.46
23 32,080 16.90
24 33,002 17.39
25 33,951 17.89
26 34,610 18.23
FA 6 27 35,608 18.76
29 37,694 19.86
31 39,906 21.03
33 42,254 22.26
34 43,482 22.91
35 44,746 23.58
36 46,049 24.26
FA 7 37 47,389 24.97
38 48,822 25.72
39 50,253 26.48
40 51,753 27.27
41 53,301 28.08
42 54,893 28.92
43 56,535 29.79
FA 8 FA 8 READER 44 58,225 30.68
45 59,966 31.59
46 61,759 32.54
47 63,606 33.51
49 67,468 35.55
  50 69,488 36.61
  51 71,566 37.71
FA 9 100 73,794 38.88
101 75,146 39.59
102 76,496 40.30
103 77,848 41.02
104 79,198 41.73
105 80,550 42.44
106 81,901 43.15
107 83,252 43.86
108 84,603 44.57
109 85,955 45.29
110 87,305 46.00
111 88,657 46.71
112 90,008 47.42
113 91,359 48.13
114 92,710 48.85
115 94,062 49.56
116 95,412 50.27
117 96,764 50.98
118 98,115 51.69
119 99,466 52.41
120 100,817 53.12
121 102,169 53.83
122 103,519 54.54
123 104,871 55.25
124 106,222 55.97
125 107,573 56.68
126 108,924 57.39
127 110,276 58.10
128 111,626 58.81
129 112,978 59.52
130 114,329 60.24
131 115,680 60.95
132 117,031 61.66
133 118,382 62.37
134 119,733 63.08
135 121,085 63.80
136 122,435 64.51
137 123,787 65.22
138 125,138 65.93
139 126,489 66.64
140 127,840 67.36

RLW = Real Living Wage

See separate page for Apprentice rates

Employees normally progress by one spinal point each year until they reach the highest point in the grade.

The University is not using Points:

1 to 8, 28, 30, 32 or 48.

Grade 9 Pay Spine

Detailed Grade 9 Pay Spine below.

Spinal points at grade 9 start at 100 and continue beyond spinal point 140 in £1,332 increments.

At Grade 9, staff will not receive automatic increments. Progression on the Grade 9 pay spine will consider performance/contribution as part of the SLRS outcomes.

 

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