Salary Scales August 2026

Grade		Spinal Point	Annual Salary	Hourly Rate
FA 1		9/RLW	25,528	13.45
		10/RLW	25,528	13.45
FA 2		10/RLW	25,528	13.45
		11/RLW	25,528	13.45
		12/RLW	25,528	13.45
FA 3		12	26,093	13.75
		13	26,093	13.75
		14	26,320	13.87
		15	26,615	14.02
		16	27,241	14.35
FA 4		16	27,241	14.35
		17	27,865	14.68
		18	28,592	15.06
		19	29,354	15.47
		20	30,180	15.90
		21	30,986	16.33
FA 5		22	31,861	16.79
		23	32,722	17.24
		24	33,662	17.74
		25	34,630	18.25
		26	35,302	18.60
FA 6		27	36,320	19.14
		29	38,448	20.26
		31	40,704	21.45
		33	43,099	22.71
		34	44,352	23.37
		35	45,641	24.05
		36	46,970	24.75
FA 7		37	48,337	25.47
		38	49,798	26.24
		39	51,258	27.01
		40	52,788	27.81
		41	54,367	28.64
		42	55,991	29.50
		43	57,666	30.38
FA 8	FA 8 READER	44	59,390	31.29
		45	61,165	32.23
		46	62,994	33.19
		47	64,878	34.18
		49	68,817	36.26
		50	70,878	37.34
		51	72,997	38.46
FA 9		100	75,270	39.66
		101	76,649	40.38
		102	78,026	41.11
		103	79,405	41.84
		104	80,782	42.56
		105	82,161	43.29
		106	83,539	44.01
		107	84,917	44.74
		108	86,295	45.47
		109	87,674	46.19
		110	89,051	46.92
		111	90,430	47.64
		112	91,808	48.37
		113	93,186	49.10
		114	94,564	49.82
		115	95,943	50.55
		116	97,320	51.28
		117	98,699	52.00
		118	100,077	52.73
		119	101,455	53.45
		120	102,833	54.18
		121	104,212	54.91
		122	105,589	55.63
		123	106,968	56.36
		124	108,346	57.08
		125	109,724	57.81
		126	111,102	58.54
		127	112,482	59.26
		128	113,859	59.99
		129	115,238	60.72
		130	116,616	61.44
		131	117,994	62.17
		132	119,372	62.89
		133	120,750	63.62
		134	122,128	64.35
		135	123,507	65.07
		136	124,884	65.80
		137	126,263	66.52
		138	127,641	67.25
		139	129,019	67.98
		140	130,397	68.70

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. See Increment Dates for further information.

The University is not using Points:

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