Public Sector Salary Scales
The level of salaries paid for many jobs in the arts sector is governed by central pay scales, with national negotiations between employers’ associations and unions determining the salaries that will be paid for different levels of responsibility. These pay scales are significant in the arts sector, as they are often used as a guide by other subsidised and voluntary arts organisations, and by non-governmental bodies.
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Local authorities
Education
The National Health Service
The Arts Councils
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Local Authorities
Pay scales in local authorities in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are determined by NJC Local Government Salary Scales. Download a table showing the latest published pay scales.
In arts and cultural services, job titles and gradings can vary dramatically between Authorities. Arts Assistants tend to be graded somewhere between scale 4 and scale 6, Arts Officers are probably SO1 and SO2 (Senior Officer) in smaller authorities, and P1 to P3 (Principal Officer) in larger ones. Visit Working in the arts for a local authority to read a former Principal Arts officer's account of the grading and pay issues facing those working in the arts for local authorities, and the latest salary survey by nalgao, the National Association of Local Government Arts Officers, which represents local government arts interests.
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Local Government Employers (LGE) represent local authority employer interests on pay, pensions and employment issues to central government, government agencies, trades unions, and European institutions.
In Scotland, COSLA, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, is the representative voice of Scottish local government and also acts as the employers’ association on behalf of all Scottish councils.
Local Authority employees are represented in negotiations with employers’ associations by Unison , which makes separate arrangements in Scotland (Unison).
Education
The range of pay scales in the education sector is determined through national negotiations between the Government and a number of Unions. Different scales are in place for schools, further education and higher education, as well as for youth and community support workers. Single scales sometimes cover both England and Wales, but in general, separate scales are in place for Scotland and Northern Ireland. For more information on pay scales in education, see the following websites:
TeacherNet
Includes recent editions of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document and its associated guidance, along with other publications relating to the annual pay cycle. This site includes a ‘Teachers' pay calculator’.
NUT
Is both a professional association and a trade union. It campaigns for better pay and improved conditions for teachers - membership is open only to fully qualified teachers.
NASUWT
Is the largest union representing teachers and headteachers throughout the UK.
UCU (The University and College Union)
Represents more than 120,000 academics, lecturers, trainers, instructors, researchers, managers, administrators, computer staff, librarians and postgraduates in universities, colleges, prisons, adult education and training organisations across the UK.
ATL (The Association of Teacher and Lecturers)
Represents 160,000 members – teachers, lecturers, headteachers and support staff, and is affiliated to the TUC.
The NHS
The salaries of some hospital-based workers in the arts in health sector are governed by NHS salary scales, but research by the London Arts in Heath Forum found no consistency about rates of pay for arts co-ordinators who, in London, tended to be in bands 6 or 8, earning anything between £22,000 and £36,000 a year.
Acute Trusts also sometimes have arts co-ordinators, most of whom are part-time, and earn from £28,000 rising to £45,000 (pro rata) depending on their experience and the scale of the arts projects they are managing. Most people working in this sector are not represented by a union but if they were it would be Unison (England and Wales) or Unison (Scotland).
The Arts Councils
As the UK’s dedicated arts funding and Lottery distribution bodies, the UK’s four Arts Councils tend to reflect salaries in the wider public sector. Their salary scales are broadly similar to each other, though there are some differences between Arts Council England, Arts Council Northern Ireland, Scottish Arts Council and the Arts Council of Wales.
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