HE single pay spine

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 2020-21 and 2021-22 national negotations. The scales below which reflect the employers' offer are provided for information.

Framework agreement single pay spine 2017-20
	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Spine point	Salary from August 2018^ Details	Salary from August 2019^♦ Details	(Proposed) salary from August 2020^° Details	(Proposed) salary from August 2021^° Details
1	-	-	-	-
2	15,842	-	-	-
3	16,146	16,736	16,736	17,338
4	16,460	17,046	17,046	17,596
5	16,766	17,361	17,361	17,901
6	17,079	17,682	17,682	18,212
7	17,408	18,009	18,009	18,529
8	17,751	18,342	18,342	18,852
9	18,189	18,709	18,709	19,209
10	18,688	19,133	19,133	19,623
11	19,202	19,612	19,612	20,092
12	19,730	20,130	20,130	20,600
13	20,275	20,675	20,675	21,135
14	20,836	21,236	21,236	21,686
15	21,414	21,814	21,814	22,254
16	22,017	22,417	22,417	22,847
17	22,659	23,067	23,067	23,487
18	23,334	23,754	23,754	24,174
19	24,029	24,462	24,462	24,871
20	24,771	25,217	25,217	25,627
21	25,482	25,941	25,941	26,341
22	26,243	26,715	26,715	27,116
23	27,025	27,511	27,511	27,924
24	27,830	28,331	28,331	28,756
25	28,660	29,176	29,176	29,614
26	29,515	30,046	30,046	30,497
27	30,395	30,942	30,942	31,406
28	31,302	31,865	31,865	32,344
29	32,236	32,816	32,816	33,309
30	33,199	33,797	33,797	34,304
31	34,189	34,804	34,804	35,326
32	35,211	35,845	35,845	36,382
33	36,261	36,914	36,914	37,467
34	37,345	38,017	38,017	38,587
35	38,460	39,152	39,152	39,739
36	39,609	40,322	40,322	40,927
37	40,792	41,526	41,526	42,149
38	42,036	42,793	42,793	43,434
39	43,267	44,046	44,046	44,706
40	44,559	45,361	45,361	46,042
41	45,892	46,718	46,718	47,419
42	47,263	48,114	48,114	48,835
43	48,677	49,553	49,553	50,296
44	50,132	51,034	51,034	51,799
45	51,630	52,559	52,559	53,348
46	53,174	54,131	54,131	54,943
47	54,765	55,751	55,751	56,587
48	56,403	57,418	57,418	58,279
49	58,089	59,135	59,135	60,022
50	59,828	60,905	60,905	61,818
51	61,618	62,727	62,727	63,668

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

^*2017-18 settlement

The approach to bottom loading was to apply 1.7% or £365 whichever was the greatest. The 2017-18 pay settlement was presented as a set of rounded percentage increases to be applied to pay spine points 1 to 16.

^{^}2018-19 settlement

Increases of 2.0% or £425 whichever is the greater.

^♦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 settlement

Zero percent offer (Covid-19 pandemic).

Last updated: 2 August 2021

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