Salary scales

The Queen Mary salary scale for grades 1-7 is updated in accordance with cost-of-living increases that have been collectively agreed between the Universities and Colleges Employers’ Association (UCEA) and the Trade Unions.

Each job in Queen Mary is placed on a pay grade, according to a fair and objective job evaluation process. Pay progression within each grade 1-7 is via an automatic increment each year in August until your pay reaches the top of the automatic incremental zone (the ‘yellow’ section of the grade). Any further pay progression (in the ‘purple’ section of the grade) is considered via the annual Staff Bonus Scheme.

In January 2024, a number of changes were made to grade 1 and 2 of the Queen Mary Pay scale. The starting salaries for both grade 1 and grade 2 were increased, uplifting the starting salary for both grades by 3 pay points respectively. Additionally, the top point of grade 1 was increased enabling colleagues in grade one to see an increase in pay progression over time.

The Queen Mary salary scales effective from 1st January 2024 are here:

QMUL Salary Scale Jan 2024 [XLS 39KB]

Teaching Assistant - Grade 4

Teaching Assistant Job Profile - Jan 18 [DOC 66KB]

Incremental criteria	Grade	Spine Point	FTE Annual Salary (Jan 2024)	Hourly Rate (Jan 2024)
Automatic	4	27	£38,165	£20.91
Automatic	4	28	£39,180	£21.47
Automatic	4	29	£40,223	£22.04
Automatic	4	30	£41,300	£22.63
Automatic	4	31	£42,405	£23.24
Automatic	4	32	£43,548	£23.86
Automatic	4	33	£44,722	£24.51
Subject to SBS criteria	4	34	£45,932	£25.17
Subject to SBS criteria	4	35	£47,178	£25.85
Subject to SBS criteria	4	36	£48,463	£26.56

Teaching Fellow - Grade 5

Teaching Fellow Job Profile Jan 18 [DOC 58KB]

Incremental criteria	Grade	Spine Point	FTE Annual Salary (Jan 2024)	Hourly Rate (Jan 2024)
Automatic	5	31	£42,405	£23.24
Automatic	5	32	£43,548	£23.86
Automatic	5	33	£44,722	£24.51
Automatic	5	34	£45,932	£25.17
Automatic	5	35	£47,178	£25.85
Automatic	5	36	£48,463	£26.56
Automatic	5	37	£49,785	£27.28
Subject to SBS criteria	5	38	£51,174	£28.04
Subject to SBS criteria	5	39	£52,549	£28.80
Subject to SBS criteria	5	40	£53,994	£29.59

TATF Time Allocation Model

TATF Allocation Model [DOC 22KB]

The TATF Time Allocation model, created through consultation with Schools and UCU, is designed to be a guide for the academic year in support of creating a broadly consistent experience across the population of Teaching Associates and Teaching Fellows. It is a guide only and there is nothing here which is intended to be either definitive or contractual. The model lists the variety of activities that Schools have indicated they engage Teaching Associates and Teaching Fellows for. However, the existence of an activity does not in any way oblige a School to use TAs and TFs for that activity. Variations to these generic guidelines have been agreed with individual Schools, in consultation with HR, where their particular teaching model differs from the generic. You may wish to request your School’s specific model directly from your School’s administrator.

Demonstrators - Grade 3

Demonstrators have been assimilated to Grade 3 of the QMUL Pay spine from 1st September 2017. The job profile is below

Demonstrator Job Profile [DOC 59KB]

Incremental criteria	Grade	Spine Point	FTE Annual Salary (Jan 2024)	Hourly Rate (Jan 2024)
Automatic	3a	19	£31,421	£17.22
Automatic	3a	20	£32,220	£17.66
Automatic	3a	21	£32,999	£18.08

Incremental

criteria

Grade

Spine

Point

FTE Annual Salary

(Jan 2024)

Hourly Rate

(Jan 2024)

Automatic

3a

19

£31,421

£17.22

Automatic

3a

20

£32,220

£17.66

Automatic

3a

21

£32,999

£18.08

Hon. Clinical Consultant (Old) Payscale for staff holding honorary consultant contract (pre-2003 contract)

Grade C02 - Clinical Professor (Honorary Consultant pre 2003) - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade C12 - Clinical Academic (Honorary Consultant pre 2003) - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade	Spinal Point	FTE Annual Salary 01 April 2022	FTE Annual Salary 01 April 2023
C02 / C12	19	£73,367	£77,769
C02 / C12	20	£78,617	£83,334
C02 / C12	21	£83,868	£88,900
C02 / C12	22	£89,117	£94,464
C02 / C12	23	£95,104	£100,810

Hon Clinical Consultant (First Appt) Payscale for staff holding consultant contracts whose first appointment as an NHS consultant was on or after 1 February 2004

Grade C11R - New Reader First Appointment HCC - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade C11SL - New Senior Lecturer First Appointment HCC - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade C11P - New Professor First Appointment HCC - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade	Old Spinal Point	New Spinal Point	FTE Annual Salary 1 Apr 2023	FTE Annual Salary 1 Mar 2024
C11R / C11SL / C11P	1	1.0	£93,666	£99,532
C11R / C11SL / C11P	2	1.0	£96,599	£99,532
C11R / C11SL / C11P	3	1.0	£99,532	£99,532
C11R / C11SL / C11P	4	2.1	£102,465	£105,390
C11R / C11SL / C11P	5	2.2	£105,390	£108,390
C11R / C11SL / C11P	5	3.0	£105,390	£118,884
C11R / C11SL / C11P	6	3.0	£112,356	£118,884
C11R / C11SL / C11P	7	4.0	£119,323	£131,964
C11R / C11SL / C11P	8	4.0	£126,281	£131,964

Hon. Clinical Consultant (Transfer) Payscale for staff holding honorary consultant contract whose first appointment as an NHS consultant was on or before 31 January 2004

Grade C10R - New Reader Grade for Transferring HCCs - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade C10SL - New Senior Lecturer Grade for Transferring HCCs - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade C10P - New Professor Grade for Transferring HCCs - FTE based on 40h/week

Grade	Old Spinal Point	New Spinal Point	FTE Annual Salary 1 Apr 2023	FTE Annual Salary 1 Mar 2024
C10R / C10SL / C10P	1	1.0	£93,666	£99,532
C10R / C10SL / C10P	2	1.0	£94,398	£99,532
C10R / C10SL / C10P	3	1.0	£95,130	£99,532
C10R / C10SL / C10P	4	1.0	£95,868	£99,532
C10R / C10SL / C10P	5	1.0	£96,599	£99,532
C10R / C10SL / C10P	6	1.0	£98,063	£99,532
C10R / C10SL / C10P	7	1.0	£99,532	£99,532
C10R / C10SL / C10P	8	2.1	£102,465	£105,390
C10R / C10SL / C10P	9	2.2	£103,927	£108,390
C10R / C10SL / C10P	10	2.2	£105,390	£108,390
C10R / C10SL / C10P	11	3.0	£112,356	£118,884
C10R / C10SL / C10P	12	4.0	£119,323	£131,964
C10R / C10SL / C10P	13	4.0	£126,281	£131,964

Clinical Academic Payscale for Clinical academics below the level of consultant (pre 2009 scale) and Senior Lecturer / Reader Scale

Grade C32 - Clinical Lecturer - FTE based on 35h/week

Grade C34 - Clinical Dentist - FTE based on 35h/week

Grade	Spinal Point	FTE Annual Salary 1 April 2022	FTE Annual Salary 1 April 2023
C32 / C34	1	£35,254	£38,619
C32 / C34	2	£37,000	£40,470
C32 / C34	3	£38,746	£42,321
C32 / C34	4	£40,492	£44,171
C32 / C34	5	£42,598	£46,404
C32 / C34	6	£44,705	£48,637
C32 / C34	7	£46,812	£50,871
C32 / C34	8	£48,918	£53,103
C32 / C34	9	£51,025	£55,336
C32 / C34	10	£56,502	£61,142
C32 / C34	11	£61,042	£65,955
C34 (Clin Dentist) only	12	£65,584	£70,769

Grade C15 - Clinical Reader - FTE based on 35h/week

Grade C13 - Clinical Senior Lecturer - FTE based on 35h/week

Grade	Spinal Point	FTE Annual Salary 1 April 2022	FTE Annual Salary 1 April 2023
C15 / C13	13	£56,502	£61,142
C15 / C13	14	£61,042	£65,955
C15 / C13	15	£65,584	£70,769
C15 / C13	16	£70,130	£75,588
C15 / C13	17	£75,922	£81,727
C15 / C13	18	£79,927	£85,973