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Official support staff pay spine · 2026/27

NJC pay points 3–43

Full-time, full-year rates from 1 April 2026 (3.3% increase agreed). Show all pay points

Pay point (SCP)	Annual salary	Hourly rate
3	£25,614	£13.28
4	£26,016	£13.48
5	£26,427	£13.70
6	£26,847	£13.92
7	£27,274	£14.14
8	£27,709	£14.36
9	£28,153	£14.59
10	£28,608	£14.83
11	£29,071	£15.07
12	£29,542	£15.31
13	£30,023	£15.56
14	£30,515	£15.82
15	£31,015	£16.08
16	£31,525	£16.34
17	£32,046	£16.61
18	£32,578	£16.89
19	£33,119	£17.17
20	£33,673	£17.45
21	£34,237	£17.75
22	£34,811	£18.04
23	£35,570	£18.44
24	£36,581	£18.96
25	£37,563	£19.47
26	£38,510	£19.96
27	£39,481	£20.46
28	£40,444	£20.96
29	£41,177	£21.34
30	£42,123	£21.83
31	£43,149	£22.37
32	£44,253	£22.94
33	£45,529	£23.60
34	£46,579	£24.14
35	£47,665	£24.71
36	£48,738	£25.26
37	£49,817	£25.82
38	£50,908	£26.39
39	£51,928	£26.92
40	£53,051	£27.50
41	£54,143	£28.06
42	£55,224	£28.62
43	£56,293	£29.18

Source: NJC for Local Government Services pay agreement 2026 (Annex 1)

Councils and most maintained schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland pay support staff on this spine; each employer decides which pay points a role sits on. Annual figures are for a full-time (37-hour), all-year post — term-time and part-time staff are paid a proportion of them. Hourly rates are for a 37-hour week. Pay point 2 was removed, so the spine now starts at point 3. Academies, independent schools and private nurseries may use their own pay.

Read the official pay agreement (Local Government Association)

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Lecturer in a further education or sixth form college. Pay is set by the college.

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