Salary scales and allowances

Salary scales

You can download our current salary scale tables at the foot of this page. These have been agreed nationally by the relevant pay organisations, or locally by the Council.

The scales are arranged in incremental points and new employees usually start at the lowest point of the scale. If performance is satisfactory, employees normally receive an increment (rise) on 1 April each year until they reach the highest point in the scale.

Here are some salary scale examples:

  • If a job was advertised as having a salary of ‘£11,995 - £14,587 (NJC Scale 1)', the salary is the current Scale 1 band of NJC for Local Government Services salary scales. So new employees would very likely start at £11,995 pay per year for this job.
  • Another job may be advertised as ‘£27,573 - £35,079 per annum (NJC Managerial Scale 1-3)', so new employees would probably start at £27,573 pay per year. This is listed in the current NJC Managerial Scales (M1 – M3) section of the NJC salary scale table.
  • Or you may see a salary detailed as ‘£11,995 - £12,376 pro rata (Single Status Grade 1). This means the salary is based on Grade 1 of the Single Status Scale.
  • 'Pro rata' means the salary will be paid ‘in proportion' to the amount of time you actually work. For example, if you were contracted to work half the hours of a full-time post per year, the staring salary of £11,995 would be divided by 2 to get your annual pay.

Single status

The national Single Status Agreement was made between trade unions and local government in 1997 to harmonise pay for all Council staff. It has led to the introduction of new local pay scales.

Staff from various Council departments have had their roles assessed using the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Government Services job evaluation scheme. The results of these evaluations then establish if staff need to be transferred to the new Single Status pay scales.

Allowances for working outside normal hours

If an employee has to attend their place of work outside of our usual working hours they are entitled to appropriate allowances. You can download the allowances available below.

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Single status salary scale (22k)
Local government employees in jobs up to professional level are covered by the single status pay scale. These jobs might include supervision or management of staff.
National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Government Service salary scale (42k)
We have an implementation plan and are working with departments to transfer posts from NJC to local single status scales.
Local Managerial Grades (LMG) salary scale (43k)
Includes grades for managerial posts, and the higher bands for Chief Officers.
Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) salary scale (28k)
Pay scale for youth and community workers.
Soulbury Officers' salary scale (75k)
This pay scale applies to Education Improvement Professionals, Educational Psychologists (including trainees) and some Youth and Community Service Officers.
Allowances for working arrangements for former monthly paid staff (110k)
Allowances for working outside normal hours. (3 pages)
Allowances for working arrangements for former weekly paid staff (110k)
Allowances for working outside normal hours.(4 pages)