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.

Framework agreement single pay spine (figures are in GBP)

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24
Spine point	Salary from August 2019♦ Details	Salary from August 2020° Details	Salary from August 2021¨ Details	Salary from August 2022^ Details	Salary from August 2023 # 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	20,880
6	17,682	17,682	18,212	19,578	20,948
7	18,009	18,009	18,529	19,863	21,254
8	18,342	18,342	18,852	20,134	21,543
9	18,709	18,709	19,209	20,400	21,828
10	19,133	19,133	19,623	20,761	22,214
11	19,612	19,612	20,092	21,197	22,681
12	20,130	20,130	20,600	21,630	23,144
13	20,675	20,675	21,135	22,149	23,700
14	21,236	21,236	21,686	22,662	24,248
15	21,814	21,814	22,254	23,144	24,533
16	22,417	22,417	22,847	23,715	25,138
17	23,067	23,067	23,487	24,285	25,742
18	23,754	23,754	24,174	24,948	26,444
19	24,462	24,462	24,871	25,642	27,181
20	25,217	25,217	25,627	26,396	27,979
21	25,941	25,941	26,341	27,131	28,759
22	26,715	26,715	27,116	27,929	29,605
23	27,511	27,511	27,924	28,762	30,487
24	28,331	28,331	28,756	29,619	31,396
25	29,176	29,176	29,614	30,502	32,332
26	30,046	30,046	30,497	31,411	32,982
27	30,942	30,942	31,406	32,348	33,966
28	31,865	31,865	32,344	33,314	34,980
29	32,816	32,816	33,309	34,308	36,024
30	33,797	33,797	34,304	35,333	37,099
31	34,804	34,804	35,326	36,386	38,205
32	35,845	35,845	36,382	37,474	39,347
33	36,914	36,914	37,467	38,592	40,521
34	38,017	38,017	38,587	39,745	41,732
35	39,152	39,152	39,739	40,931	42,978
36	40,322	40,322	40,927	42,155	44,263
37	41,526	41,526	42,149	43,414	45,585
38	42,793	42,793	43,434	44,737	46,974
39	44,046	44,046	44,706	46,047	48,350
40	45,361	45,361	46,042	47,423	49,794
41	46,718	46,718	47,419	48,841	51,283
42	48,114	48,114	48,835	50,300	52,815
43	49,553	49,553	50,296	51,805	54,395
44	51,034	51,034	51,799	53,353	56,021
45	52,559	52,559	53,348	54,949	57,696
46	54,131	54,131	54,943	56,592	59,421
47	55,751	55,751	56,587	58,284	61,198
48	57,418	57,418	58,279	60,027	63,029
49	59,135	59,135	60,022	61,823	64,914
50	60,905	60,905	61,818	63,673	66,857
51	62,727	62,727	63,668	65,578	68,857

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% on all points, with up to 3.6% on points 3-21

^ 2022-23: 9% for staff on the lowest spine points, 3% for staff on or above spine point 20

# 2023-24: 8% for staff on spine points 3 to 5, 7% on spine points 6 to 14, 6% on spine points 15 to 25 and 5% on spine points 26 and above. Points 3 and 4 deleted

Last updated: 9 April 2025

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