HE single pay spine

15 March 2019

The nationally agreed single pay spine covers the majority of HE institutions within the UK. Please check with your branch or regional office if you have any queries.

Please note, UCU remains in dispute over the 2022-23 national negotations. The scales below which reflect the employers' offer are provided for information.

Framework agreement single pay spine 2019-22
	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Spine point	Salary from August 2019^♦ Details	Salary from August 2020^° Details	Salary from August 2021^¨ Details	Salary from August 2022^{^} Details
1	-	-	-	-
2	-	-	-	-
3	16,736	16,736	17,338	18,898
4	17,046	17,046	17,596	19,092
5	17,361	17,361	17,901	19,333
6	17,682	17,682	18,212	19,578
7	18,009	18,009	18,529	19,863
8	18,342	18,342	18,852	20,134
9	18,709	18,709	19,209	20,400
10	19,133	19,133	19,623	20,761
11	19,612	19,612	20,092	21,197
12	20,130	20,130	20,600	21,630
13	20,675	20,675	21,135	22,149
14	21,236	21,236	21,686	22,662
15	21,814	21,814	22,254	23,144
16	22,417	22,417	22,847	23,715
17	23,067	23,067	23,487	24,285
18	23,754	23,754	24,174	24,948
19	24,462	24,462	24,871	25,642
20	25,217	25,217	25,627	26,396
21	25,941	25,941	26,341	27,131
22	26,715	26,715	27,116	27,929
23	27,511	27,511	27,924	28,762
24	28,331	28,331	28,756	29,619
25	29,176	29,176	29,614	30,502
26	30,046	30,046	30,497	31,411
27	30,942	30,942	31,406	32,348
28	31,865	31,865	32,344	33,314
29	32,816	32,816	33,309	34,308
30	33,797	33,797	34,304	35,333
31	34,804	34,804	35,326	36,386
32	35,845	35,845	36,382	37,474
33	36,914	36,914	37,467	38,592
34	38,017	38,017	38,587	39,745
35	39,152	39,152	39,739	40,931
36	40,322	40,322	40,927	42,155
37	41,526	41,526	42,149	43,414
38	42,793	42,793	43,434	44,737
39	44,046	44,046	44,706	46,047
40	45,361	45,361	46,042	47,423
41	46,718	46,718	47,419	48,841
42	48,114	48,114	48,835	50,300
43	49,553	49,553	50,296	51,805
44	51,034	51,034	51,799	53,353
45	52,559	52,559	53,348	54,949
46	54,131	54,131	54,943	56,592
47	55,751	55,751	56,587	58,284
48	57,418	57,418	58,279	60,027
49	59,135	59,135	60,022	61,823
50	60,905	60,905	61,818	63,673
51	62,727	62,727	63,668	65,578

Spine point values have been rounded, but are calculated on an unrounded basis from year-to-year.

♦2019-20 settlement:
Tapered increases weighted toward the bottom points, from 3.65% (point 3) to 1.8% (point 17 up). Point 2 deleted.

°2020-21:
Zero% (Covid-19 pandemic).

¨2021-22:
1.5%

^2022-23:
9% for the lowest pay point, tapering to 3 percent for all staff at or above point 20

Last updated: 28 September 2023

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