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Hourly pay scales 2020/21

Hourly pay 2020/21 for staff under the NHS terms and conditions of service.
Agenda for change

1 April 2020

This page contains the figures for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (Agenda for Change) pay and allowances from 1 April 2020, broken down into hourly rates.

The table below shows the values of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (Agenda for Change) hourly pay from 1 April 2020. All efforts have been made to ensure these rates match those contained in the ESR system, but hourly figures are shown for illustrative purposes only. Full details of pay arrangements are available in the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook.

Spine points are no longer used since the 2018 changes to the NHS terms and conditions of service, but for ease of reference the table below contains the previous spine point that corresponds to the new pay structure value.

* Does not include the one off consolidated payment. Please refer to annex 2 table 10b for further information.


Band

Previous spine point

Minimum years of experience

2021/21 hourly rate (£)

Band 1

2

< 1 year

9.21

Band 1

3

1+ years

9.21

Band 2

2

< 1 year

9.21

Band 2

3

1 - 2 years

9.21

Band 2

4

2 - 3 years

9.89

Band 2

5

3 - 4 years

9.89

Band 2

6

4 - 5 years

9.89

Band 2

7

5 - 6 years

9.89

Band 2

8

6+ years

9.89

Band 3

6

< 1 year

10.09

Band 3

7

1 - 2 years

10.09

Band 3

8

2 - 3 years

10.81

Band 3

9

3 - 4 years

10.81

Band 3

10

4 - 5 years

10.81

Band 3

11

5 - 6 years

10.81

Band 3

12

6+ years

10.81

Band 4

11

< 1 year

11.20

Band 4

12

1 - 2 years

11.20

Band 4

13

2 - 3 years

11.20

Band 4

14

3 - 4 years

12.35

Band 4

15

4 - 5 years

12.35

Band 4

16

5 - 6 years

12.35

Band 4

17

6+ years

12.35

Band 5

16

< 1 year

12.74

Band 5

17

1 - 2 years

12.74

Band 5

18

2 - 3 years

13.79

Band 5

19

3 - 4 years

13.79

Band 5

20

4 - 5 years

14.02

Band 5

21

5 - 6 years

14.02

Band 5

22

6 - 7 years

15.66

Band 5

23

7+ years

15.66

Band 6

21

< 1 year

16.04

Band 6

22

1 - 2 years

16.04

Band 6

23

2 - 3 years

16.97

Band 6

24

3 - 4 years

16.97

Band 6

25

4 - 5 years

16.97

Band 6

26

5 - 6 years

17.28

Band 6

27

6 - 7 years

19.38

Band 6

28

7 - 8 years

19.38

Band 6

29

8+ years

19.38

Band 7

26

<1 year

19.89

Band 7

27

1 - 2 years

19.89

Band 7

28

2 - 3 years

20.91

Band 7

29

3 - 4 years

20.91

Band 7

30

4 - 5 years

20.91

Band 7

31

5 - 6 years

21.34

Band 7

32

6 - 7 years

21.34

Band 7

33

7 - 8 years

22.76

Band 7

34

8+ years

22.76

Band 8a

33

<1 year

23.40

Band 8a

34

1 - 2 years

23.40

Band 8a

35

2 - 3 years

23.40

Band 8a

36

3 - 4 years

23.40*

Band 8a

37

4 - 5 years

23.40*

Band 8a

38

5+ years

26.42

Band 8b

37

<1 year

27.19

Band 8b

38

1 - 2 years

27.19

Band 8b

39

2 - 3 years

27.19

Band 8b

40

3 - 4 years

27.19*

Band 8b

41

4 - 5 years

27.19*

Band 8b

42

5+ years

31.71

Band 8c

41

<1 year

32.60

Band 8c

42

1 - 2 years

32.60

Band 8c

43

2 - 3 years

32.60

Band 8c

44

3 - 4 years

32.60*

Band 8c

45

4 - 5 years

32.60*

Band 8c

46

5+ years

37.67

Band 8d

45

<1 year

38.82

Band 8d

46

1 - 2 years

38.82

Band 8d

47

2 - 3 years

38.82

Band 8d

48

3 - 4 years

38.82*

Band 8d

49

4 - 5 years

38.82*

Band 8d

50

5+ years

44.88

Band 9

49

<1 year

46.54

Band 9

50

1 - 2 years

46.54

Band 9

51

2 - 3 years

46.54

Band 9

52

3 - 4 years

46.54*

Band 9

53

4 - 5 years

46.54*

Band 9

54

5+ years

53.66