Pay scale

With effect from 1 August 2024

Spine pointGrades

Salary as at 1 August 2024

52
Grade 12 ACE points£71,818
51
 £69,757
50
 £67,757
49
 Grade 12 normal increments
£65,814
48
 £63,929
47
Grade 11 ACE points
£62,098
46
£60,321
45
£58,596
44
Grade 11 normal increments
 £56,921
43
Grade 10 ACE points
£55,295
42
£53,715
41
£52,183
40
 Grade 10 normal increments
£50,694
39
 £49,250
38
Grade 9 ACE points
£47,874
37
£46,485
36
 £45,163
35
Grade 9 normal increments
 £43,878
34
Grade 8 ACE points
£42,632
33
£41,421
32
£40,247
31
 Grade 8 normal increments
£39,105
30
 £37,999
29
Grade 7 ACE points
£36,924
28
£35,880
27
 £34,866
26
Grade 7 normal increments
 £33,882
25
Grade 6 ACE points
£33,232
24
£32,296
23
£31,387
22
 Grade 6 normal increments
£30,505
21
 £29,659
20
Grade 5 ACE points
£28,879
19
£28,081
18
 £27,344
17
Grade 5 normal increments
Grade 4 ACE points
£26,642
16
£26,038
15
£25,433
14
Grade 4 normal increments
£25,148
13*
 £24,600
12*
 £24,089
11*
 £24,089

*With effect from April 2024, these points 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£14.94
 £13.03
 6£16.68
 £14.56
 7£18.64
 £16.27
 8£21.31
 £18.60
 9£23.91
 £20.86
 10£27.61
 £24.09
 11£31.00
 £27.05
 12£34.81
 £30.37

Rates of pay for associate lecturers


For new ALsFor those who were engaged last year
Annual rate£37,999£39,105
Basic rate£23.33£24.01
Comprehensive rate£49.24£50.67

Associate researcher starting rates

Grade Basic hourly rateActual rate
6£14.56£16.85
7£16.27
£18.83
8£18.60
£21.53
9£20.86
£24.71
10£24.09
£28.54
11£27.05
£32.04

Notice periods

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

Updated October 2024