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Salary Scales March 2025

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

23,028

12.13

10

23,414

12.34

FA 2 10

23,414

12.34

11

23,881

12.58

12

24,344

12.83

FA 3 12

24,344

12.83

13

24,900

13.12

14

25,448

13.41

15

25,733

13.56

16

26,338

13.88

FA 4 16

26,338

13.88

17

26,942

14.19

18

27,644

14.56

19

28,381

14.95

20

29,179

15.37

21

29,959

15.78

FA 5 22

30,805

16.23

23

31,637

16.67

24

32,546

17.15

25

33,482

17.64

26

34,132

17.98

FA 6 27

35,116

18.50

29

37,174

19.59

31

39,355

20.73

33

41,671

21.96

34

42,882

22.59

35

44,128

23.25

36

45,413

23.93

FA 7 37

46,735

24.62

38

48,148

25.37

39

49,559

26.11

40

51,039

26.89

41

52,565

27.69

42

54,135

28.52

43

55,755

29.38

FA 8 FA 8 READER 44

57,422

30.25

45

59,138

31.16

46

60,907

32.09

47

62,728

33.05

49

66,537

35.06

  50

68,528

36.11

  51

70,578

37.19

FA 9 100 72,775 38.34
101 74,108 39.05
102 75,440 39.75
103 76,773 40.45
104 78,105 41.15
105 79,438 41.85
106 80,770 42.56
107 82,103 43.26
108 83,435 43.96
109 84,768 44.66
110 86,100 45.36
111 87,433 46.07
112 88,765 46.77
113 90,098 47.47
114 91,430 48.17
115 92,763 48.87
116 94,095 49.58
117 95,428 50.28
118 96,760 50.98
119 98,093 51.68
120 99,425 52.38
121 100,758 53.09
122 102,090 53.79
123 103,423 54.49
124 104,755 55.19
125 106,088 55.89
126 107,420 56.60
127 108,753 57.30
128 110,085 58.00
129 111,418 58.70
130 112,750 59.40
131 114,083 60.11
132 115,415 60.81
133 116,748 61.51
134 118,080 62.21
135 119,413 62.92
136 120,745 63.62
137 122,078 64.32
138 123,410 65.02
139 124,743 65.72
140 126,075 66.43

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.