We have kept colleagues informed in recent weeks about the progress of the 2024/25 national pay negotiations. The Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) has now advised employers that pay negotiations have concluded, and that participating Higher Education institutions – including Southampton – should proceed to implement the pay outcome.
The pay outcome provides for overall increases of between 2.5% and 5.3% to the spinal points we use at Southampton.
Implementation will be staged, as follows:
- From this month, backdated to 1 August 2024, the full-time equivalent values of all Level 1 to 7 spine points will increase by £900, relative to their 1 August 2023 values. Those in Level 1a have already received part of this uplift as a consequence of the University honouring the Living Wage Foundation hourly rate of £12 per hour since 1 January 2024.
- With effect from 1 March 2025, further uplifts will apply, such that the full-time equivalent values of spine points 10 to 22 will increase by a further £300, spine points 23 to 37 will increase by a further £250, and spine points 38 and upwards will receive a sum, variable by pay point, which results in an overall uplift of 2.5% when the two stages of the award are combined.
You can see the effect of these changes on the University’s pay scales here.
You can read the full detail of this year’s negotiations on UCEA’s website.