Shropshire Council

Pay and reward policy

As part of our ongoing commitment to publish information in accordance with the Localism Act, we routinely publish our pay and reward policy for all staff. Please refer to the links on this page for the policy detail and its associated appendices.

What are the current salary scales and hourly rates?

April 2023

Grade scp per hour (£) per annum (£)
Grade 1 2 11.59 22,366
Grade 2 3 11.79 22,737
Grade 3 4 11.98 23,114
Grade 4 5 12.18 23,500
Grade 5 6 12.38 23,893
7 12.59 24,294
Grade 6 8 12.80 24,702
9 13.02 25,119
10 13.24 25,545
11 13.47 25,979
Grade 7 12 13.69 26,421
13 not in use not in use
14 14.17 27,334
15 14.41 27,803
16 not in use not in use
17 14.91 28,770
Grade 8 18 not in use not in use
19 15.43 29,777
20 15.70 30,296
21 not in use not in use
22 16.26 31,364
Grade 9 23 16.63 32,076
24 17.12 33,024
25 17.59 33,945
Grade 10 26 18.06 34,834
27 18.53 35,745
28 19.00 36,648
Band 11 29 19.35 37,336
30 19.81 38,223
31 20.31 39,186
32 20.85 40,221
33 21.47 41,418
Band 12 34 21.98 42,403
35 22.51 43,421
36 23.03 44,428
37 23.55 45,441
38 24.08 46,464
Band 13 39 24.58 47,420
40 25.13 48,474
41 25.66 49,498
42 26.18 50,512
43 26.70 51,515
Band 14 44 27.25 52,579
45 27.80 53,638
46 28.52 55,022
47 28.87 55,704
48 29.42 56,751
Band 15 49 29.97 57,813
50 30.50 58,852
51 31.04 59,891
52 31.59 60,955
53 32.15 62,018

*scales updated for removal of SCP01 Apr 23.

NB: hourly rate calculated by dividing annual salary by 52.143 weeks (which is 365 days divided by 7) and then divided by 37 hours, then rounded to nearest 1p.