Annual pay scales 2020/21 [Archived] (2025)

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Annual pay scales 2020/21 for staff under the NHS terms and conditions of service.

Agenda for change

1 April 2020

Annual pay scales 2020/21 [Archived] (5)

This page contains the figures for the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (Agenda for Change) pay and allowances from 1 April 2020.

The table below shows the values of the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service (Agenda for Change) pay points from 1 April 2020. Full details of the pay arrangements are available in the NHS terms and conditions of service handbook.

Spine points are no longer used following 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.

Additional guidance is available which describes how to read a pay journey from the pay scales.

*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

2020/21 annual value (£)

Band 1

2

< 1 year

18,005

Band 1

3

1+ years

18,005

Band 2

2

< 1 year

18,005

Band 2

3

1 - 2 years

18,005

Band 2

4

2 - 3 years

19,337

Band 2

5

3 - 4 years

19,337

Band 2

6

4 - 5 years

19,337

Band 2

7

5 - 6 years

19,337

Band 2

8

6+ years

19,337

Band 3

6

< 1 year

19,737

Band 3

7

1 - 2 years

19,737

Band 3

8

2 - 3 years

21,142

Band 3

9

3 - 4 years

21,142

Band 3

10

4 - 5 years

21,142

Band 3

11

5 - 6 years

21,142

Band 3

12

6+ years

21,142

Band 4

11

< 1 year

21,892

Band 4

12

1 - 2 years

21,892

Band 4

13

2 - 3 years

21,892

Band 4

14

3 - 4 years

24,157

Band 4

15

4 - 5 years

24,157

Band 4

16

5 - 6 years

24,157

Band 4

17

6+ years

24,157

Band 5

16

< 1 year

24,907

Band 5

17

1 - 2 years

24,907

Band 5

18

2 - 3 years

26,970

Band 5

19

3 - 4 years

26,970

Band 5

20

4 - 5 years

27,416

Band 5

21

5 - 6 years

27,416

Band 5

22

6 - 7 years

30,615

Band 5

23

7+ years

30,615

Band 6

21

< 1 year

31,365

Band 6

22

1 - 2 years

31,365

Band 6

23

2 - 3 years

33,176

Band 6

24

3 - 4 years

33,176

Band 6

25

4 - 5 years

33,176

Band 6

26

5 - 6 years

33,779

Band 6

27

6 - 7 years

33,779

Band 6

28

7 - 8 years

37,890

Band 6

29

8+ years

37,890

Band 7

26

<1 year

38,890

Band 7

27

1 - 2 years

38,890

Band 7

28

2 - 3 years

40,894

Band 7

29

3 - 4 years

40,894

Band 7

30

4 - 5 years

40,894

Band 7

31

5 - 6 years

41,723

Band 7

32

6 - 7 years

41,723

Band 7

33

7 - 8 years

44,503

Band 7

34

8+ years

44,503

Band 8a

33

<1 year

45,753

Band 8a

34

1 - 2 years

45,753

Band 8a

35

2 - 3 years

45,753

Band 8a

36

3 - 4 years

*45,753

Band 8a

37

4 - 5 years

*45,753

Band 8a

38

5+ years

51,668

Band 8b

37

<1 year

53,168

Band 8b

38

1 - 2 years

53,168

Band 8b

39

2 - 3 years

53,168

Band 8b

40

3 - 4 years

*53,168

Band 8b

41

4 - 5 years

*53,168

Band 8b

42

5+ years

62,001

Band 8c

41

<1 year

63,751

Band 8c

42

1 - 2 years

63,751

Band 8c

43

2 - 3 years

63,751

Band 8c

44

3 - 4 years

*63,751

Band 8c

45

4 - 5 years

*63,751

Band 8c

46

5+ years

73,664

Band 8d

45

<1 year

75,914

Band 8d

46

1 - 2 years

75,914

Band 8d

47

2 - 3 years

75,914

Band 8d

48

3 - 4 years

*75,914

Band 8d

49

4 - 5 years

*75,914

Band 8d

50

5+ years

87,754

Band 9

49

<1 year

91,004

Band 9

50

1 - 2 years

91,004

Band 9

51

2 - 3 years

91,004

Band 9

52

3 - 4 years

*91,004

Band 9

53

4 - 5 years

*91,004

Band 9

54

5+ years

104,927

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