Pay scale

With effect from 1 March 2025

Spine pointGrades

Salary as at 1 March 2025

52
Grade 12 ACE points£72,691
51
 £70,579
50
 £68,529
49
 Grade 12 normal increments
£66,537
48
 £64,605
47
Grade 11 ACE points
£62,728
46
£60,907
45
£59,139
44
Grade 11 normal increments
 £57,422
43
Grade 10 ACE points
£55,755
42
£54,136
41
£52,566
40
 Grade 10 normal increments
£51,039
39
 £49,559
38
Grade 9 ACE points
£48,149
37
£46,735
36
 £45,413
35
Grade 9 normal increments
 £44,128
34
Grade 8 ACE points
£42,882
33
£41,671
32
£40,497
31
 Grade 8 normal increments
£39,355
30
 £38,249
29
Grade 7 ACE points
£37,174
28
£36,130
27
 £35,116
26
Grade 7 normal increments
 £34,132
25
Grade 6 ACE points
£33,482
24
£32,546
23
£31,637
22
 Grade 6 normal increments
£30,805
21
 £29,959
20
Grade 5 ACE points
£29,179
19
£28,381
18
 £27,644
17
Grade 5 normal increments
Grade 4 ACE points
£26,942
16
£26,338
15
£25,733
14
Grade 4 normal increments
£25,448
13*
 £24,900
12*
 £24,344
11*
 £24,089

*With effect from April 2024, this point were uplifted in line with the Oxford Living Wage, which is £12.49 per hour.  This equates to an annual salary of £24,089 and a casual rate of £14.31. 

(Normal increments: light grey; ACE points salary points: dark grey)

Rate of pay for casual and variable hours staff

Grade Casual hourly rateVariable hours starting rate
 4£14.31 £12.49
 5£15.12
 £13.19
 6£16.86
 £14.71
 7£18.79
 £16.40
 8£21.46
 £18.73
 9£24.06
 £20.99
 10£27.76
 £24.22
 11£31.22
 £27.25
 12£35.13
 £30.65

Rates of pay for associate lecturers


For new ALsFor those who were engaged last year
Annual rate£38,249£39,335
Basic rate£23.49£24.16
Comprehensive rate£49.56£51.00

Associate researcher starting rates

Grade Basic hourly rateActual rate
6£14.71£17.03
7£16.40
£18.98
8£18.73
£21.68
9£20.99
£24.87
10£24.22
£28.70
11£27.25
£32.28

Notice periods

Notice periods
Spine points up to 291 month
Spine points 30 - 472 months
Grade 12 and above3 months

Updated February 2025