2026-27 pay uplift
Posted on Friday 16 October 2026
The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), which negotiates pay levels nationally on behalf of around 140 universities, offered a final pay offer to Trade Unions of a 2% uplift for the 2026-27 year. UCEA has advised employers to implement the pay uplift which will be applied, in its entirety, with effect from 1 August 2026.
Colleagues outside of the national framework
As in previous years, we have taken the decision to apply this increase to our professorial bands as well, even though these pay rates are not part of the framework agreement.
If you are in a professional senior management grade (Grade 9 and above), your pay cycle is different. You will not receive an increase from 1 August 2026. However, we will take consideration of these changes to the framework when setting the performance related increases that will be effective from 1 October 2026.