Grades 1 to 8R

Annual salary	Hourly rate	Spine point	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8	Grade 8R
£76,471	£39.64	N/A									8.9
£74,144	£38.43	N/A									8.8
£71,566	£37.09	51								8.7	8.7
£69,488	£36.02	50								8.6	8.6
£67,468	£34.97	49								8.5	8.5
£65,509	£33.95	48								8.4	8.4
£63,606	£32.97	47								8.3	8.3
£61,759	£32.01	46								8.2	8.2
£59,966	£31.08	45							7.8
£58,225	£30.18	44							7.7	8.1	8.1
£56,535	£29.30	43							7.6
£54,893	£28.45	42
£53,301	£27.63	41							7.5
£51,753	£26.82	40							7.4
£50,253	£26.05	39
£48,822	£25.31	38						6.8	7.3
£47,389	£24.56	37						6.7	7.2
£46,049	£23.87	36						6.6	7.1
£44,746	£23.19	35
£43,482	£22.54	34						6.5
£42,254	£21.90	33						6.4
£41,064	£21.28	32
£39,906	£20.68	31						6.3
£38,784	£20.10	30					5.8	6.2
£37,694	£19.54	29					5.7	6.1
£36,636	£18.99	28					5.6
£35,608	£18.46	27					5.5
£34,610	£17.94	26					5.4
£33,951	£17.60	25					5.3
£33,002	£17.11	24				4.6	5.2
£32,080	£16.63	23				4.5	5.1
£31,236	£16.19	22				4.4
£30,378	£15.75	21				4.3
£29,588	£15.34	20			3.5	4.2
£28,778	£14.92	19			3.4	4.1
£28,031	£14.53	18		2.5	3.3
£27,319	£14.16	17		2.4	3.2
£26,707	£13.84	16	1.4	2.3	3.1
£26,093	£13.52	15	1.3	2.2

Contribution points (shown in blue) may be accessed by staff at the top of their grade through the Rewarding Excellence scheme. 

Hourly rates are calculated by dividing annual salary by 37 (full time contracted hours) and 52.143 (the number of weeks in the year).

Download a copy of the pay scales:

• Grades 1 to 8R pay scales (PDF , 64kb)

For managers: estimating gross salary costs

If you need to see estimated gross costs for employing someone at each grade and point, you can find these on the Finance and Payroll web pages under Information for Managers.