Salary scales

Single pay scales

Our University, like most other UK universities, is signed up to a national framework that negotiates and agrees our single pay spine. The current pay scale has 11 grades and 53 spinal points. Each position is associated with a grade and subsequent pay points on the pay scale.

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University of Essex pay structure
Column one shows the spine point number. The other columns show the annual salary and hourly rate.
Spine point Salary Hourly rate
53£72,974£38.88
52£70,919£37.78
51£68,857£36.68
50£66,857£35.62
49£64,914£34.58
48£63,029£33.58
47£61,198£32.60
46£59,421£31.66
45£57,696£30.74
44£56,021£29.84
43£54,395£28.98
42£52,815£28.14
41£51,283£27.32
40£49,794£26.53
39£48,350£25.76
38£46,974£25.02
37£45,585£24.28
36£44,263£23.58
35£42,978£22.90
34£41,732£22.23
33£40,521£21.59
32£39,347£20.96
31£38,205£20.35
30£37,099£19.76
29£36,024£19.19
28£34,980£18.63
27£33,966£18.09
26£32,982£17.57
25£32,332£17.22
24£31,396£16.73
23£30,487£16.24
22£29,605£15.77
21£28,759£15.32
20£27,979£14.91
19£27,181£14.48
18£26,444£14.09
17£25,742£13.71
16£25,138£13.39
15£24,533£13.07
14£24,248£12.92
13£23,700£12.63
12£23,144£12.33
11£22,681£12.08
10£22,214£11.83
9£21,828£11.63
8£21,543£11.48
7£21,475£11.44
6£21,475£11.44
5£21,475£11.44
4Not usedNot used
3Not usedNot used
2Not usedNot used
1Not usedNot used