Salary Scales April 2025

Grade		Spinal Point	Annual Salary	Hourly Rate
FA 1		9/RLW	23,915	12.60
FA 1		10/RLW	23,915	12.60
FA 2		10/RLW	23,915	12.60
		11	24,344	12.83*
		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

RLW = Real Living Wage

* until 31/7/25

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.