Pay scales for support staff

Pay scales for support staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 

Most support staff are employed on the local government pay scales determined by the NJC (JNC in Northern Ireland) for local government services.

Local government pay scale for support staff

Pay scales 2023-24
-Full time equivalent per annum (FTE)Full time equivalent per annum (FTE)
SCPApril 2023April 2024
1Deleted wef 01 Apr 23-
2 £22,366£23,656
3 £22,737£24,027
4 £23,114£24,404
5 £23,500£24,790
6 £23,893£25,183
7 £24,294£25,584
8 £24,702£25,992
9 £25,119£26,409
10 £25,545£26,835
11 £25,979£27,269
12 £26,421£27,711
13 £26,873£28,163
14 £27,334£28,624
15 £27,803£29,093
16 £28,282£29,572
17 £28,770£30,060
18 £29,269£30,559
19 £29,777£31,067
20 £30,296£31,586
21 £30,825£32,115
22 £31,364£32,654
23 £32,076£33,366
24 £33,024£34,314
25 £33,945£35,235
26 £34,834£36,124
27 £35,745£37,035
28 £36,648£37,938
29 £37,336£38,626
30 £38,223£39,513
31 £39,186£40,476
32 £40,221£41,511
33 £41,418£42,708
34 £42,403£43,693
35 £43,421£44,711
36 £44,428£45,718
37 £45,441£46,731
38 £46,464£47,754
39 £47,420£48,710
40 £48,474£49,764
41 £49,498£50,788
42 £50,512£51,802
43 £51,515£52,805

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Allowance

Special educational needs
April 2023April 2024
£1,455£1,491

Outer London Pay Spines

NJC for LG Services - Final pay agreement £1290 on all pay points and min of 2.5% = to 5.77% on NJC SCP2 from 1 April 2024. NJC min of 2.50% on spinal points above NJC scp43. In London break point for 2.50% is higher at scp49 Outer London. 

Equivalent rate for Outer London = Increase of £1,491 up to and including spine point 48 and 2.50% for spines points 49 to 65.

Note - London convention of rounding to £3 multiple. 

Outer London pay scales 2022
SpineApr 2023Apr 2024
 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 		Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 
1deleted deleted
2£25,854 £27,345
3£26,238 £27,729
4£26,634 £28,125
5£27,030 £28,521
6£27,438 £28,929
7£27,855 £29,346
8£28,272 £29,763
9£28,698 £30,189
10£29,139 £30,630
11£29,583 £31,074
12£30,033 £31,524
13£30,495 £31,986
14£30,963 £32,454
15£31,440 £32,931
16£31,926 £33,417
17£32,421 £33,912
18£32,925 £34,416
19£33,438 £34,929
20£33,957 £35,448
21£34,491 £35,982
22£35,031 £36,522
23£35,577 £37,068
24£36,045 £37,536
25£36,567 £38,058
26£37,443 £38,934
27£38,364 £39,855
28£39,264 £40,755
29£39,951 £41,442
30£40,833 £42,324
31£41,808 £43,299
32£42,840 £44,331
33£44,019 £45,510
34£45,021 £46,512
35£46,041 £47,532
36£47,040 £48,531
37£48,060 £49,551
38£49,083 £50,574
39£50,031 £51,522
40£51,093 £52,584
41£52,116 £53,607
42£53,136 £54,627
43£54,129 £55,620
44£55,155 £56,646
45£56,172 £57,663
46£57,201 £58,692
47£58,248 £59,739
48£59,328 £60,819
49£60,468 £61,980
50£61,617 £63,159
51£62,748 £64,317
52£63,879 £65,478
53£65,025 £66,651
54£66,156 £67,812
55£67,290 £68,973
56£68,439 £70,152
57£69,579 £71,319
58£70,710 £72,480
59£71,850 £73,647
60£73,311 £75,144
61£74,793 £76,665
62£76,311 £78,219
63£77,865 £79,812
64£79,446 £81,435
65£80,994 £83,019


 

Inner London Pay Spine

NJC for LG Services - Final pay agreement £1290 on all pay points and min of 2.5% = to 5.77% on NJC SCP2 from 1 April 2024. NJC min of 2.50% on spinal points above NJC scp43. In London the break point for 2.50% is higher at scp51 for Inner London. 

Equivalent rate for Inner London = Increase of £1,575 up to and including spine point 50 and 2.50% for spines points 51 to 65.

Note - London convention of rounding to £3 multiple. 

Inner London pay spine 2022
SpineApr 2023Apr 2024
 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 		Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 
1deleted deleted
2£27,306 £28,881
3£27,711 £29,286
4£28,128 £29,703
5£28,545 £30,120
6£28,977 £30,552
7£29,412 £30,987
8£29,859 £31,434
9£30,309 £31,884
10£30,771 £32,346
11£31,242 £32,817
12£31,716 £33,291
13£32,205 £33,780
14£32,700 £34,275
15£33,204 £34,779
16£33,717 £35,292
17£34,239 £35,814
18£34,770 £36,345
19£35,313 £36,888
20£35,862 £37,437
21£36,423 £37,998
22£36,996 £38,571
23£37,575 £39,150
24£38,166 £39,741
25£38,769 £40,344
26£39,378 £40,953
27£40,005 £41,580
28£40,389 £41,964
29£41,286 £42,861
30£41,967 £43,542
31£42,855 £44,430
32£43,824 £45,399
33£44,862 £46,437
34£46,053 £47,628
35£47,043 £48,618
36£48,063 £49,638
37£49,071 £50,646
38£50,088 £51,663
39£51,099 £52,674
40£52,059 £53,634
41£53,109 £54,684
42£54,135 £55,710
43£55,158 £56,733
44£56,151 £57,726
45£57,177 £58,752
46£58,197 £59,772
47£59,220 £60,795
48£60,261 £61,836
49£61,347 £62,922
50£62,457 £64,032
51£63,582 £65,172
52£64,716 £66,336
53£65,853 £67,500
54£66,984 £68,661
55£68,136 £69,840
56£69,258 £70,992
57£70,401 £72,162
58£71,556 £73,347
59£72,669 £74,487
60£73,818 £75,666
61£75,273 £77,157
62£76,767 £78,687
63£78,270 £80,229
64£79,842 £81,840
65£81,411 £83,448

NJC support staff Fringe Area Allowances

Allowances
Area20232024
Inner Fringe Area Allowance£988 £1.013
Outer Fringe Area Allowance  £689 £706

Sixth Form Colleges

NJC support staff salary spine

The pay award for support staff in sixth form colleges has been agreed by Unison, the recognised union.  It is differentiated between academised and non-academised colleges as follows:   

Academised colleges: 

From 1 September 2024 onwards

  • Increases of between 5.8% to 6.7% on the lowest four pay points
  • An increase of 5.5% on all other pay points
  • A 5.5% increase on all relevant allowances, (including London weighting and fringe allowances).

Non-academised colleges: 

From 1 September 2024 - 1 April 2025

  • Increases between 4.2% to 5.6% on lowest six pay points
  • An increase of 3.5% on all other pay points
  • A 3.5% increase on all relevant allowances

From 1 April 2025

All support staff move on to revised pay scale equating to an increase of between 5.8% and 6.7% on the lowest four pay points, and an increase of 5.5% on all other pay points of the 2023/24 NJC pay rates and all relevant allowances, (including London weighting and fringe allowances)

NJC circular on 24/25 pay

Pay spines
NJC
Pay
Point		Current 1st March 2024New 1st September 2024 (Sixth Form Colleges only)**New Hourly RateNew 1st April 2025 (SFCs only)**New 1st September 2024 
(16 – 19 academies)		New Hourly Rate
3£22,312£23,561£12.21£23,807£12.34
5£22,736£23,941£12.41£24,191£12.54
6£23,162£24,320£12.61£24,575£12.74
7£23,585£24,705£12.81£24,953£12.93
8£24,010£25,090£13.01£25,330£13.13
9£24,442£25,469£13.20£25,786£13.37
10£25,276£26,161£13.56£26,666£13.82
11£26,097£27,010£14.00£27,532£14.27
12£26,927£27,869£14.45£28,408£14.73
13£27,747£28,718£14.89£29,273£15.17
14£28,549£29,548£15.32£30,119£15.61
15£29,346£30,373£15.74£30,960£16.05
16£30,288£31,348£16.25£31,954£16.56
17£31,219£32,311£16.75£32,936£17.07
18£32,259£33,388£17.31£34,033£17.64
19£33,325£34,492£17.88£35,158£18.22
20£34,391£35,595£18.45£36,283£18.81
21£35,451£36,692£19.02£37,401£19.39
``£36,417£37,691£19.54£38,420£19.92
23£37,385£38,693£20.06£39,441£20.44
24£38,353£39,695£20.58£40,462£20.97
25£39,321£40,697£21.10£41,484£21.50
26£40,287£41,697£21.61£42,503£22.03
27£41,257£42,701£22.13£43,526£22.56
28£42,222£43,700£22.65£44,544£23.09
29£43,289£44,804£23.22£45,670£23.67
30£44,354£45,907£23.80£46,794£24.26
31£45,416£47,006£24.37£47,914£24.84
32£46,481£48,108£24.94£49,038£25.42
33£47,644£49,312£25.56£50,264£26.05
34£48,706£50,411£26.13£51,385£26.64
35£49,865£51,610£26.75£52,607£27.27
36£51,025£52,811£27.38£53,832£27.90
37£52,191£54,017£28.00£55,061£28.54
38£53,351£55,219£28.62£56,286£29.18
39£54,511£56,419£29.25£57,509£29.81
40£55,703£57,653£29.88£58,767£30.46
41£56,920£58,912£30.54£60,051£31.13
42£58,163£60,199£31.20£61,362£31.81
43£59,435£61,515£31.89£62,704£32.50
44£60,733£62,859£32.58£64,073£33.21
45£62,062£64,234£33.30£65,475£33.94
46£63,418£65,637£34.02£66,906£34.68
47£64,803£67,071£34.77£68,368£35.44
48£66,222£68,540£35.53£69,864£36.21
49£67,669£70,038£36.30£71,391£37.01
50£69,150£71,570£37.10£72,953£37.82
51£70,662£73,135£37.91£74,548£38.64
52£72,209£74,737£38.74£76,181£39.49
53£73,790£76,372£39.59£77,848£40.35
54£75,403£78,042£40.45£79,550£41.24
55£77,054£79,751£41.34£81,292£42.14

NB: NJC hourly rate calculated by dividing annual salary by 52.14 weeks and then divided by 37 hours (Lilac Book standard working week)

** Sixth Form Colleges not in receipt of the Government’s targeted funding for pay provided for September 2024.

London weighting
Effective Date1st Sept 2024 (6FC only)**1st April 2025 (6FC only)**1st Sept 2024 16-19 academies only
Inner London£4,787 £4,879 
Outer London£3,190 £3,252 
Fringe£1,265 £1,289 
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Pay agreement for 2024/25

The recognised local government unions (Unison, GMB and Unite) have agreed with the employers (the Local Government Association) on this year’s pay round.

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