Northern Ireland FE pay scales

Salary scales for Northern Ireland FE colleges.

For the latest department head and management spines, or principal and director scales and all further notes, please see the lecturers' award circular [168kb] and the principals and deputy directors' award circular [188kb].

Please note the 2014 scales are the latest salaries provided by Colleges Northern Ireland.

PRINCIPAL LECTURER
College size grouping	Scale	Range of points on scale (£) 2013	Range of points on scale (£) 2014
E3 and higher - 5 & 6	5	43,690 - 47,498	43,734 - 47,545
	6	44,968 - 48,777	45,013 - 48,826
Note: These scales do not show the £2,612 (2014) payment 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
Category	Standard of courses	Rate per hour (£) 2013	Rate per hour (£) 2013
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	35.67	35.67
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	30.47	30.47
V	Courses other than those described above	22.37	22.37

Last updated: 3 April 2017

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