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Pay scale and pay premia information for Resident Doctors and Dentists in training.
StR Pay scale
Effective 1st April 2025
London allowance is payable to those working in London, and in spaces immediately bordering London, such as Dorking and Wickford at the following rates:
- £5,197 per annum (points 1 to 5) with effect from 1 August 2025
- £4,678 per annum (points 6 onwards) with effect from 1 August 2025
Clinical Status: non-consultant in training (Resident Doctor).
| StR Scale | £ per annum
| £ per annum
(updated Oct 2024) | £ per annum
(updated Oct 2024) | £ per annum 1st April 2025 (updated Sep 2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39,260 | 40,716 | 44,159 | 46,675 |
| 2 | 42,321 | 43,891 | 47,524 | 50,175 |
| 3 | 44,171 | 45,810 | 49,559 | 52,291 |
| 4 | 46,404 | 48,125 | 52,013 | 54,843 |
| 5 | 48,637 | 50,442 | 54,468 | 57,397 |
| 6 | 50,871 | 52,758 | 56,923 | 59,950 |
| 7 | 53,103 | 55,073 | 59,377 | 62,502 |
| 8 | 55,336 | 57,389 | 61,833 | 65,056 |
| 9 | 57,570 | 59,706 | 64,288 | 67,610 |
| 10* | *63,474 | 65,829 | 70,779 | 74,360 |
| 11* | *68,478 | 71,019 | 76,280 | 80,081 |
| 12* | *73,477 | 76,203 | 81,775 | 85,796 |
* Contribution points
Point 9 on the UCL StR pay scale is the top point of the corresponding NHS StR pay scale. Therefore, employees in receipt of NHS Banding Supplements will have these payments capped at point 9.
Resident Doctors Pay scale, including Dentists in training.
There is no automatic, annual pay progression on this scale as progression is linked to stage of training.
London allowance is payable to those working in London, and in spaces immediately bordering London, such as Dorking and Wickford at the following rates:
- £5,197 per annum up to CT2/ST2 (Nodal 3) with effect from 1 August 2025
- £4,678 per annum from CT3/ST3 (Nodal 4) onwards with effect from 1 August 2025
Clinical Status: non-consultant in training (Resident Doctor).
| Stage of NHS Training | Nodal point | £ per annum 1 April 2023 (old deal) | £ per annum 1 April 2023 (2024 pay deal- updated Oct 2024) | £ per annum 1 April 2024 (updated Oct 2024) | 1 April 2025 (updated Sep 2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY1 | 1 | 32,398 | 33,600 | 36,616 | 38,831 |
| FY2 | 2 | 37,303 | 38,687 | 42,008 | 44,439 |
| CT1 or ST1 / SpR1 | 3 | 43,923 | 46,141 | 49,909 | 52,656 |
| CT2 or ST2 / SpR2 | |||||
| CT3 or ST3 / SpR3 | 4 | 55,329 | 57,382 | 61,825 | 65,048 |
| ST4 / SpR4 | |||||
| ST5 / SpR5 | |||||
| ST6 / SpR6 | 5 | 63,152 | 65,495 | 70,425 | 73,992 |
| ST7 / SpR7 | |||||
| ST8 / SpR8 |
Notes:
- In dental specialities only, Specialty Training begins at ST1, therefore all dentists in Dental Specialty Training (ST1 onwards) going on to the JDPS scale should be placed on Nodal point 4
- Nodal point 5 was only applicable from 1 October 2020.
Pay Premia
The below pay premia may also be applicable (Resident Doctors Pay scale only).
| Name of premia | Applicable training programme | Eligibility | Full-time, annual value (£) April 2023 | Full-time, annual value (£) April 2023 (updated Oct 2024) | Full-time, annual value (£) April 2024 (updated Oct 2024) | Full-time, annual value (£) April 2025 (updated Sep 2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard to fill training programmes | General Practice | Payable to ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4 during general practice placements only. | 9,693 | 10,086 | 10,691 | 11,118 |
| Psychiatry Core Training | Payable to Psychiatry Core Trainees. | 3,941 | 4,101 | 4,347 | 4,520 | |
| Psychiatry Higher Training | 3 year higher training programme: 3,941 | 3 year higher training programme: 4,101 | 3 year higher training programme: 4,347 | 3 year higher training programme: 4,520 | ||
| 4 year higher training programme: 2,956 | 4 year higher training programme: 3,076 | 4 year higher training programme: 3,260 | 4 year higher training programme: 3,390 | |||
| Psychiatry Higher training | Payable to ST4 and above only. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | |
| Emergency Medicine | Payable to ST4 and above only. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | |
| Dual qualification – OMFS | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, as per paragraph 39-41 of Schedule 2 of the TCS | Payable to ST3 and above only. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. | Dependent on length of training programme, see table 2 below. |
| Academia | As per paragraphs 33-38 of Schedule 2 of the TCS | Upon return to training following successful completion of higher degree. | 4,729 | 4,921 | 5,216 | 5,424 |
| Histopathology | Histopathology | Payable to trainees in ST1 and above only | 4,729 | 4,921 | 5,216 | 5,424 |
| LTFT (Less than full time) allowance | N/A | All LTFT trainees under the 2016 TCS, for as long as they continue to train LTFT (unless they receive the transitional pay premium) receive £1000 | £1,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
For more information about pay premia visit the BMA webpage Understanding your payslip - junior doctors on the 2016 contract.
Table 2
| Length of training programme* | Full-time annual value (£) 2023 | Full-time annual value (£) 2024 | Full-time annual value (£) 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 7,881 | 8,693 | 9,040 |
| 4 years | 5,911 | 6,520 | 6,780 |
| 5 years | 4,729 | 5,216 | 5,424 |
| 6 years | 3,941 | 4,347 | 4,520 |
| 7 years | 3,378 | 3,726 | 3,875 |
| 8 years | 2,956 | 3,260 | 3,390 |
* This is the length of the eligible training programme as specified by the curriculum,it is not the number of years that any particular trainee has remaining on their eligible training programme. For more details, please see Pay and Conditions Circular (M&D).