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Pay rates

Current pay rates

 

Wholetime firefighter rates of pay

Grey
Wholetime rates of pay from 1 July 2025
Role Basic annual pay £ Basic hourly rate £ Overtime rate £
Firefighter development 30,384 13.87 20.81
Firefighter competent 38,881 17.75 26.63
Crew manager development 41,322 18.87 28.31
Crew manager competent 43,104 19.68 29.52
Watch manager development 44,038 20.11 30.17
Watch manager competent A 45,260 20.67 31.01
Watch manager competent B 48,202 22.01 33.02
Station manager development 50,135 22.89 34.34
Station manager competent A 51,642 23.58 35.37
Station manager competent B 55,301 25.25 37.88
Group manager development 57,743 26.37 not applicable
Group manager competent A 59,476 27.16 not applicable
Group manager competent B 64,013 29.23 not applicable
Area manager development 67,792 30.96 not applicable
Area manager competent A 69,823 31.88 not applicable
Area manager competent B 74,360 33.95 not applicable

 

 

On-call firefighter rates of pay

Grey
From 1 July 2025
Role Full annual retainer £ Hourly rate for work undertaken £ Disturbance payment per call-out £
Firefighter development 4,558 13.87 5.12
Firefighter competent 5,832 17.75 5.12
Crew manager development 6,198 18.87 5.12
Crew manager competent 6,466 19.68 5.12
Watch manager development 6,606 20.11 5.12
Watch manager competent A 6,789 20.67 5.12
Watch manager competent B 7,230 22.01 5.12

The rates in the table above are nationally agreed but most of our on-call stations use a local pay scheme called 'Pay for Availability'.
Read more about Pay for Availability.

 

Fire control rates of pay

Grey
From 1 July 2025
Fire control role Basic annual £ Basic hourly rate £ Overtime rate
Firefighter development 28,865 13.18 19.77
Firefighter competent 36,937 16.87 25.31
Crew manager development 39,256 17.93 26.90
Crew manager competent 40,949 18.70 28.05
Watch manager development 41,836 19.10 28.65
Watch manager competent A 42,997 19.63 29.45
Watch manager competent B 45,792 20.91 31.37
Station manager development 47,628 21.75 32.63
Station manager competent A 49,060 22.40 33.60
Station manager competent B 52,536 23.99 35.99
Group manager development 54,856 25.05 not applicable
Group manager competent A 56,502 25.80 not applicable
Group manager competent B 60,812 27.77 not applicable
 

Support staff rates of pay

Grey
Support staff rates of pay from 1 April 2025
Grade Scale point Basic annual £ Basic hourly £
1 2 24,413 12.65
2 4 25,185 13.05
2 5 25,583 13.26
2 6 25,989 13.47
3 8 26,824 13.90
3 9 27,254 14.13
3 11 28,142 14.59
3 12 28,598 14.82
4 14 29,540 15.31
4 15 30,024 15.56
4 17 31,022 16.08
4 19 32,061 16.62
5 22 33,699 17.47
5 23 34,434 17.85
5 24 35,412 18.35
5 25 36,363 18.85
6 27 38,220 19.81
6 28 39,152 20.29
6 29 39,862 20.66
6 30 40,777 21.14
7 32 42,839 22.20
7 33 44,075 22.85
7 34 45,091 23.37
7 35 46,142 23.92
8 37 48,226 25.00
8 38 49,282 25.54
8 39 50,269 26.06
8 40 51,356 26.62
9 42 53,460 27.71
9 43 54,495 28.25
9 44 55,798 28.92
9 45 57,416 29.76
10 47 60,184 31.20
10 48 61,573 31.92
10 49 62,956 32.63
10 50 64,173 33.26
11 52 66,681 34.56
11 53 67,971 35.23
11 54 69,287 35.91
11 55 70,630 36.60