Pay scales for support staff

Pay scales for support staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Most support staff are employed on the local government pay scales determined by the NJC (JNC in Northern Ireland) for local government services.

Local government pay scale for support staff

 

Pay Scales 2024-25 and 2025-26

-Full time equivalent per annum (FTE)Full time equivalent per annum (FTE)
SCPApril 2024April 2025
1deleteddeleted
2 £23,656£24,413
3 £24,027£24,796
4 £24,404£25,185
5 £24,790£25,583
6 £25,183£25,989
7 £25,584£26,403
8 £25,992£26,824
9 £26,409£27,254
10 £26,835£27,694
11 £27,269£28,142
12 £27,711£28,598
13 £28,163£29,064
14 £28,624£29,540
15 £29,093£30,024
16 £29,572£30,518
17 £30,060£31,022
18 £30,559£31,537
19 £31,067£32,061
20 £31,586£32,597
21 £32,115£33,143
22 £32,654£33,699
23 £33,366£34,434
24 £34,314£35,412
25 £35,235£36,363
26 £36,124£37,280
27 £37,035£38,220
28 £37,938£39,152
29 £38,626£39,862
30 £39,513£40,777
31 £40,476£41,771
32 £41,511£42,839
33 £42,708£44,075
34 £43,693£45,091
35 £44,711£46,142
36 £45,718£47,181
37 £46,731£48,226
38 £47,754£49,282
39 £48,710£50,269
40 £49,764£51,356
41 £50,788£52,413
42 £51,802£53,460
43 £52,805£54,495

Special Educational Needs (SEN) Allowance

April 2024April 2025
£1,491£1,539

Outer London Pay Spines

Outer London pay scales 2024-25 and 2025-26

NJC for LG Services - Final pay offer 22 April 2025 = 3.20% increase on all pay points. 

Note – Pay spine point 1 deleted April 2023 

Note - London convention of rounding up to £3 multiple

SpineApr 2024Apr 2025
 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 		Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 
1deleteddeleted 
2£27,345£28,221
3£27,729£28,617
4£28,125£29,025
5£28,521£29,436
6£28,929£29,856
7£29,346£30,288
8£29,763£30,717
9£30,189£31,158
10£30,630£31,611
11£31,074£32,070
12£31,524£32,535
13£31,986£33,012
14£32,454£33,495
15£32,931£33,987
16£33,417£34,488
17£33,912£34,998
18£34,416£35,520
19£34,929£36,048
20£35,448£36,585
21£35,982£37,134
22£36,522£37,692
23£37,068£38,256
24£37,536£38,739
25£38,058£39,276
26£38,934£40,182
27£39,855£41,133
28£40,755£42,060
29£41,442£42,771
30£42,324£43,680
31£43,299£44,685
32£44,331£45,750
33£45,510£46,968
34£46,512£48,003
35£47,532£49,056
36£48,531£50,085
37£49,551£51,138
38£50,574£52,194
39£51,522£53,172
40£52,584£54,267
41£53,607£55,323
42£54,627£56,376
43£55,620£57,402
44£56,646£58,461
45£57,663£59,511
46£58,692£60,573
47£59,739£61,653
48£60,819£62,766
49£61,980£63,966
50£63,159£65,181
51£64,317£66,378
52£65,478£67,575
53£66,651£68,784
54£67,812£69,984
55£68,973£71,181
56£70,152£72,399
57£71,319£73,602
58£72,480£74,802
59£73,647£76,005
60£75,144£77,550
61£76,665£79,119
62£78,219£80,724
63£79,812£82,368
64£81,435£84,042
65£83,019£85,677

Inner London Pay Spine 2024-25 and 2025-26

NJC for LG Services - Final pay offer 22 April 2025 = 3.20% increase on all pay points. 

Note – Pay spine point 1 deleted April 2023

 Note - London convention of rounding up to £3 multiple

SpineApr 2024Apr 2025
 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 		Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) 
per annum 
1deleteddeleted
2£28,881£29,808
3£29,286£30,225
4£29,703£30,654
5£30,120£31,086
6£30,552£31,530
7£30,987£31,980
8£31,434£32,442
9£31,884£32,907
10£32,346£33,384
11£32,817£33,870
12£33,291£34,359
13£33,780£34,863
14£34,275£35,373
15£34,779£35,892
16£35,292£36,423
17£35,814£36,963
18£36,345£37,509
19£36,888£38,070
20£37,437£38,637
21£37,998£39,216
22£38,571£39,807
23£39,150£40,404
24£39,741£41,013
25£40,344£41,637
26£40,953£42,264
27£41,580£42,912
28£41,964£43,308
29£42,861£44,235
30£43,542£44,937
31£44,430£45,852
32£45,399£46,854
33£46,437£47,925
34£47,628£49,155
35£48,618£50,175
36£49,638£51,228
37£50,646£52,269
38£51,663£53,319
39£52,674£54,360
40£53,634£55,353
41£54,684£56,436
42£55,710£57,495
43£56,733£58,551
44£57,726£59,574
45£58,752£60,633
46£59,772£61,686
47£60,795£62,742
48£61,836£63,816
49£62,922£64,938
50£64,032£66,084
51£65,172£67,260
52£66,336£68,460
53£67,500£69,660
54£68,661£70,860
55£69,840£72,075
56£70,992£73,266
57£72,162£74,472
58£73,347£75,696
59£74,487£76,872
60£75,666£78,090
61£77,157£79,629
62£78,687£81,207
63£80,229£82,797
64£81,840£84,459
65£83,448£86,121

NJC support staff Fringe Area Allowances 2024-25 and 2025-26

Area20242025 
Inner Fringe Area Allowance£1.013£1,045
Outer Fringe Area Allowance £706£729

Sixth Form Colleges

NJC support staff salary spine

 NJC for staff in Sixth Form Colleges have agreed the following pay agreement for 2025-26:

 From 1 September 2025 

  • An across-the-board increase of 4% on all NJC pay points
  • A 4% increase in all relevant allowances

Read NJC Circular on 25/26 pay 

NJC 

Pay 

Point 

Current 

1st September 

2024/1st April 

2025 

Current 

Hourly Rate 

New Pay 

Rates 

1st September 2025 

New 

Hourly Rate 

3 23807 12.34 24759 12.83 
5 24191 12.54 25159 13.04 
6 24575 12.74 25558 13.25 
7 24953 12.93 25951 13.45 
8 25330 13.13 26343 13.66 
9 25786 13.37 26818 13.90 
10 26666 13.82 27733 14.38 
11 27532 14.27 28634 14.84 
12 28408 14.73 29544 15.31 
13 29273 15.17 30444 15.78 
14 30119 15.61 31324 16.24 
15 30960 16.05 32199 16.69 
16 31954 16.56 33232 17.23 
17 32936 17.07 34253 17.76 
18 34033 17.64 35395 18.35 
19 35158 18.22 36564 18.95 
20 36283 18.81 37734 19.56 
21 37401 19.39 38897 20.16 
22 38420 19.92 39957 20.71 
23 39441 20.44 41019 21.26 
24 40462 20.97 42081 21.81 
25 41484 21.50 43143 22.36 
26 42503 22.03 44203 22.91 
27 43526 22.56 45267 23.46 
28 44544 23.09 46326 24.01 
29 45670 23.67 47497 24.62 
30 46794 24.26 48665 25.23 
31 47914 24.84 49831 25.83 
32 49038 25.42 50999 26.44 
33 50264 26.05 52275 27.10 
34 51385 26.64 53440 27.70 
35 52607 27.27 54711 28.36 
36 53832 27.90 55985 29.02 
37 55061 28.54 57263 29.68 
38 56286 29.18 58537 30.34 
39 57509 29.81 59810 31.00 
40 58767 30.46 61117 31.68 
41 60051 31.13 62453 32.37 
42 61362 31.81 63817 33.08 
43 62704 32.50 65212 33.80 
44 64073 33.21 66636 34.54 
45 65475 33.94 68094 35.30 
46 66906 34.68 69582 36.07 
47 68368 35.44 71102 36.86 
48 69864 36.21 72659 37.66 
49 71391 37.01 74247 38.49 
50 72953 37.82 75871 39.33 
51 74548 38.64 77530 40.19 
52 76181 39.49 79228 41.07 
53 77848 40.35 80962 41.97 
54 79550 41.24 82732 42.88 
55 81292 42.14 84544 43.82

 

NB: NJC hourly rate calculated by dividing annual salary by 52.14 weeks and then divided by 37 hours (Lilac Book standard working week)

 

Effective Date 1st Sept 2024/ 1st April 2025 1st Sept 2025 
Inner London       £4,879 £5,074 
Outer London       £3,252 £3,382 
Fringe       £1,289 £1,341
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