Council pay scales

Last updated: 24 November 2025

Next review: 17 March 2026

(All pay scales shown include London weighting)

Waltham Forest pay policy statements

Please note that the following Pay Policies are published in line with our statutory obligations in March of each year. For current and most up-to-date salaries scales, please refer to the pay scales mentioned below.

Council’s gender pay gap statement:

Council's gender pay gap strategy:

Gender pay gap strategy (PDF)

Council's ethnicity pay gap strategy:

Ethnicity pay gap strategy 2021 (PDF)

Officer pay scales for scales 1 to 6

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2025.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Annual Salary
Scale 1	2	£28,221
	3	£28,617
Scale 2	3	£28,617
	4	£29,025
Scale 3	5	£29,436
	6	£29,856
Scale 4	7	£30,288
	8	£30,717
	9	£31,158
	10	£31,611
	11	£32,070
Scale 5	12	£32,535
	13	£33,012
	14	£33,495
	15	£33,987
	16	£34,488
	17	*
Scale 6	18	£35,520
	19	£36,048
	20	£36,585
	21	£37,134

*Please note that spinal point 17 was removed as part of the LBWF Pay scales review in 2019.

With effect from 24 October 2023, the Council will be applying the London Living Wage supplement to all pay points below £24,683.08 per annum.

Pay scales for senior and principal officers

Pay scales effective from 1 April 2025.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Annual Salary
SO1	23	£38,256
	24	£38,739
	25	£39,276
SO2	26	£40,182
	27	£41,133
	28	£42,060
PO1	27	£41,133
	28	£42,060
	29	£42,771
	30	£43,680
PO2	29	£42,771
	30	£43,680
	31	£44,685
	32	£45,750
PO3	32	£45,750
	33	£46,968
	34	£48,003
	35	£49,056
PO4	35	£49,056
	36	£50,085
	37	£51,138
	38	£52,194
PO5	38	£52,194
	39	£53,172
	40	£54,267
	41	£55,323
PO6	40	£54,267
	41	£55,323
	42	£56,376
	43	£57,402
PO7	43	£57,402
	44	£58,461
	45	£59,511
	46	£60,573
PO8	45	£59,511
	46	£60,573
	47	£61,653
	48	£62,766
PO9	49	£63,966
	50	£65,181
	51	£66,378
	52	£67,575
PO10	53	£68,784
	54	£69,984
	55	£71,181
	56	£72,399
PO11	57	£73,602
	58	£74,802
	59	£76,005
	60	£77,550
PO12	61	£79,119
	62	£80,724
	63	£82,368
	64	£84,042
	65	£85,677

Pay scales for chief officers

Pay scales effective from 01 April 2025.

Please note that the following salaries are inclusive of the London Weighting payment.

Salary Scale	Spinal Point	Salary (per annum)
Chief Executive (CE4)	4	£238,411
	3	£232,352
	2	£226,293
	1	£220,233
Deputy Chief Executive (DCE)		£193,702
Strategic Director 1	5	£180,115
	4	£176,233
	3	£173,378
	2	£170,523
	1	£167,670
Strategic Director 2	5	£166,527
	4	£163,445
	3	£160,019
	2	£156,594
	1	£152,826
Corporate Director 1	4	£141,408
	3	£139,124
	2	£136,840
	1	£134,557
Corporate Director 2	5	£134,195
	4	£131,165
	3	£128,135
	2	£125,106
	1	£124,476
Corporate Director 3	5	£123,240
	4	£120,150
	3	£117,060
	2	£113,970
	1	£110,880
Assistant Director (AD)	5	£107,172
	4	£104,081
	3	£100,991
	2	£97,901
	1	£94,811

Soulbury employees pay scales

Soulbury Grades (EIP,YC,LA)_1.9.23 (PDF)

Soulbury_ED PSYCHS_Scale A_range B_1.9.23 (PDF)

JNC Youth and Community Workers' Pay Agreement 2025 (PDF)

Local government pay scales and terms and conditions

The pay scales and terms of employment for local government workers are set by the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Government Services (PDF)

All pay scales include London weighting.