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Salary Scales

 Swansea University single spine points 3-51 (from 1st February 2023)

HERA gradePointSalary (£)
Grade 1  7 20,903
 Grade 2
 8 21,134
Disc* 21,400
Grade 3
 10 21,761
Disc* 21,197
Disc* 21,630
Grade 4      11 22,197
12 22,630
13 23,149
14 23,662
15 24,144
Disc* 24,715
Disc* 25,285
Grade 5      16 24,715
17 25,285
18 25,948
19 26,642
20 27,396
Disc 28,131
Disc 28,929
Disc 29,762
Grade 6       21 28,131
22 28,929
23 29,762
24 30,619
25 31,502
Disc* 32,411
Disc* 33,348
Disc* 34,314
Grade 7      26 32,411
27 33,348
28 34,314
29 35,308
30 36,333
Disc* 37,386
Disc* 38,474
Grade 8

       		 31 37,386
32 38,474
33 39,592
34 40,745
35 41,931
36 43,155
Disc* 44,414
Disc* 45,737
Grade 9       37 44,414
38 45,737
40 48,423
41 49,841
43 52,841
Disc* 54,421
Disc* 56,048
Disc* 57,724
Grade 10     44 54,421
45 56,048
46 57,724
47 59,450
48 61,523
49 63,059
Disc* 64,946
Disc* 66,890

Positions at Grade 10a are identified via the Business planning process for Professional Service Units and are recruited via a defined process.

HERA gradePointSalary (£)
Grade 10a
No automatic
increments    		 7 67,730
8 68,577
9 69,432
10 70,296 
11 71,173
12 72,062
13 72,958
14 73,868
15 74,787
16 75,723
17 76,664
18 77,624
19 78,592

 

*Discretionary points on the Payscale are not currently in use based on performance, however, they remain visible on the Payscale as there are colleagues who historically are on those pay points.