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Northern Ireland FE pay scales

12 December 2006

Salary information for Northern Ireland FE colleges.

For the latest bargaining and campaigning information please see: FE pay in Northern Ireland

Salary scales

Lecturer scales

Point

From 1 Sep 2022

From 1 Sep 2023

From 1 Sep 2024

From 1 Sep 2025

1 n

£24,496

£30,000£31,650£32,600

2

£28,164

£31,530£33,264£34,262

3

£30,524

£34,088£35,963£37,042

4

£33,059

£36,836£38,862£40,028

5

£35,512

£39,495£41,667£42,917

Threshold*

£2,829

£3,067£3,236£3,333

Deane**

£1,472

£1,596£1,684£1,735

* Threshold payment carried from lecturer scale, if applicable. Threshold payment carried or newly acquired on the lecturer scale
** The Deane payment is detailed below. This payment relates to staff who have been on threshold for two years or more.

(Note - pay award applied and the new rates then rounded to the nearest £1)

Principal lecturer

  Range of points on scale (£)
College size groupScale2022202320242025
E3 and higher - 5 & 6547,381 - 51,51152,361 - 56,83855,241 - 59,96456,898 - 61,763
 648,767 - 52,89953,863 - 58,34356,825 - 61,55258,530 - 63,339
Note: These scales do not show the £3,236 (September 2024) or £3,333 (September 2025) payments for lecturers on the principal lecturer scale who apply for and are awarded a threshold payment or who have carried such payment from another scale.

Heads of Department

College size groupScaleRange of points on scale 2023 (£)Range of points on scale 2024 (£)Range of points on scale 2025 (£)
 1355,339 - 59,82958,383 - 63,12060,134 - 65,014
1456,838 - 61,33059,964 - 64,70361,763 - 66,644
1558,343 - 62,81761,552 - 66,27263,399 - 68,260
FG16 - FG211659,829 - 64,29663,120 - 67,83265,014 - 69,867
1761,330 - 65,80264,703 - 69,42166,644 - 71,504
1862,817 - 67,30166,272 - 71,00368,260 - 73,133
1964,296 - 68,79667,832 - 72,58069,867 - 74,757
2065,802 - 70,29469,421 - 74,16071,504 - 76,385
2167,301 - 71,775£71,003 - 75,72373,133 - 77,995
Note: These scales do not show the £3,236 (September 2024) or £3,333 (September 2025) payments for lecturers on the principal lecturer scale who apply for and are awarded a threshold payment or who have carried such payment from another scale.

Management

Spine pointSalary 2023Salary 2024Salary 2025
1£39,606£41,784£43,038
2£40,874£43,122£44,416
3£42,137£44,455£45,789
4£43,395£45,782£47,155
5£44,667£47,124£48,538
6£45,924£48,450£49,904
7£47,185£49,780£51,273
8£48,452£51,117£52,651
9£49,724£52,459£54,033
10£50,980£53,784£55,398
11£52,361£55,241£56,898
12£53,863£56,825£58,530
13£55,339£58,383£60,134
14£56,838£59,964£61,763
15£58,343£61,552£63,399
16£59,829£63,120£65,014
17£61,330£64,703£66,644
18£62,817£66,272£68,260
19£64,296£67,832£69,867
20£65,802£69,421£71,504
21£67,301£71,003£73,133
22£68,796£72,580£74,757
23£70,294£74,160£76,385
24£71,775£75,723£77,995
25£73,277£77,307£79,626
26£74,762£78,874£81,240
27£76,265£80,460£82,874
28£77,743£82,019£84,480
29£79,251£83,610£86,118
30£80,742£85,183£87,738
31£82,225£86,747£89,349
32£83,731£88,336£90,986
33£85,220£89,907£92,604
34£86,721£91,491£94,236
35£88,194£93,045£95,836
36£89,697£94,630£97,469
Note: These scales do not show the £3,236 (September 2024) or £3,333 (September 2025) payments for lecturers on the principal lecturer scale who apply for and are awarded a threshold payment or who have carried such payment from another scale.

Part-time hourly-paid teachers

 

 

Rate per hour (£)

Category Standard of Courses

2022

2023

2024

2025

II/III

Courses above National Certificate or equivalent standard leading directly to a university degree or equivalent qualification and courses of equivalent standard but not necessarily leading to a university degree or equivalent qualification

36.75

40.53

42.76

44.04

IV

Courses above the level of the General Certificate of Secondary Education or comparable level leading directly to the National Certificate, or courses or parts of courses of a comparable standard

31.39

34.72

36.63

37.73

V

Courses other than those described above

23.05

25.68

27.09

27.91

Deane agreement

1 September 2024

All lecturers who have been on the threshold pay point for at least two years (at 1 September 2024) will receive a further award of £1,684 from 1 September 2024. This award will be consolidated and pensionable.

All lecturers who move on to the threshold point (at 1 September 2024) will receive a further award of £1,684 (or the relevant figure at that point in time) on completion of two years' service on the threshold pay point.

1 September 2025

All lecturers who have been on the threshold pay point for at least two years (at 1 September 2025) will receive a further award of £1,735 from 1 September 2025. This award will be consolidated and pensionable.

All lecturers who move on to the threshold point (at 1 September 2025) will receive a further award of £1735 (or the relevant figure at that point in time) on completion of two years' service on the threshold pay point.

Responsibility allowances

Under the Deane Agreement, it was agreed that a system of responsibility allowances could be introduced on a college-by-college basis, concurrent with the phasing out of the Senior Lecturer grade. Allowances are permanent or flexible. The permanent allowances are pensionable and consolidated, whilst the flexible allowances are non-consolidated. One responsibility allowance will be valued at £2,016 from 1 September 2024 and £2,076 from 1 September 2025.

Reorganisation allowance

Where a lecturer in a further education college is in receipt of a reorganisation allowance in accordance with the provisions of Department of Education Circular 1996/1, the value of that allowance should be uplifted by 5.5% from 1 September 2024 and 3% from 1 September 2025.

Last updated: 18 September 2025