{ "name": "NHS Northern Ireland nursing & midwifery wage rates", "profession": "Nursing & midwifery", "professionCode": "nursing", "code": "nhs-ni", "region": "NHS Northern Ireland", "country": "United Kingdom", "currency": "GBP", "pageUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/nhs-ni/", "dataUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/nhs-ni/data.json", "catalogUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/data.json", "publisher": "MyRoster", "publisherUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au", "lastModified": "2026-09-06", "license": "Free for personal reference. Quote rates with credit to MyRoster (https://myrosterapp.com.au) and a link to the relevant wage page. Any other reuse (republishing, apps, datasets) requires permission — contact hello@myrosterapp.com.au.", "attribution": "Wage data compiled by MyRoster (https://myrosterapp.com.au) from the official award / enterprise agreement listed in each dataset's sourceUrls. Credit MyRoster and link to pageUrl when quoting.", "rateNotes": "hourly / weekly / annual figures are derived from each agreement's source amounts (see sourceFrequency) using its fullTimeHoursPerWeek and weeksPerYear (52.1667 unless the payroll convention differs, e.g. 52.17857 = 365.25 ÷ 7). Base rates only — penalties, allowances and overtime are listed separately.", "app": { "name": "MyRoster", "description": "MyRoster calculates take-home pay for shift workers from these rates — penalties, allowances, overtime, tax and super — on iOS and Android.", "website": "https://myrosterapp.com.au" }, "agreements": [ { "agreementName": "NHS Agenda for Change — Northern Ireland", "agreementStatus": "Current", "datasetCode": "nhs-ni", "region": "NHS Northern Ireland", "country": "United Kingdom", "currency": "GBP", "fullTimeHoursPerWeek": 37.5, "weeksPerYear": 52.16666667, "sourceFrequency": "annual", "effectiveDates": [ "2025-04-01" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://jobs.hscni.net/information/8/pay-bands-in-health-social-care" ], "roles": [ { "title": "Band 1", "description": "Entry support role (closed to new entrants)", "band": "Band 1", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 24465, "hourly": 12.51, "weekly": 468.98 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 2", "description": "Healthcare / nursing assistant", "band": "Band 2", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 24465, "hourly": 12.51, "weekly": 468.98 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 3", "description": "Senior healthcare assistant / nursing associate (trainee)", "band": "Band 3", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 24937, "hourly": 12.75, "weekly": 478.03 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 26598, "hourly": 13.6, "weekly": 509.87 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 4", "description": "Nursing associate / assistant practitioner", "band": "Band 4", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 27485, "hourly": 14.05, "weekly": 526.87 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 30162, "hourly": 15.42, "weekly": 578.19 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 5", "description": "Registered Nurse / Midwife (newly registered → experienced)", "band": "Band 5", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 31049, "hourly": 15.87, "weekly": 595.19 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 33487, "hourly": 17.12, "weekly": 641.92 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 37796, "hourly": 19.32, "weekly": 724.52 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 6", "description": "Senior / Charge Nurse, specialist practitioner", "band": "Band 6", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 38682, "hourly": 19.77, "weekly": 741.51 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 40823, "hourly": 20.87, "weekly": 782.55 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 46580, "hourly": 23.81, "weekly": 892.91 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 7", "description": "Advanced Nurse / Ward Manager / team leader", "band": "Band 7", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 47810, "hourly": 24.44, "weekly": 916.49 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 50273, "hourly": 25.7, "weekly": 963.7 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 54710, "hourly": 27.97, "weekly": 1048.75 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 8a", "description": "Advanced clinical / matron (entry)", "band": "Band 8a", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 55690, "hourly": 28.47, "weekly": 1067.54 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 58487, "hourly": 29.9, "weekly": 1121.16 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 62682, "hourly": 32.04, "weekly": 1201.57 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 8b", "description": "Matron / head of nursing", "band": "Band 8b", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 64455, "hourly": 32.95, "weekly": 1235.56 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 68631, "hourly": 35.08, "weekly": 1315.61 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 74896, "hourly": 38.29, "weekly": 1435.71 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 8c", "description": "Senior nurse manager", "band": "Band 8c", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 76965, "hourly": 39.34, "weekly": 1475.37 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 81652, "hourly": 41.74, "weekly": 1565.21 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 88682, "hourly": 45.33, "weekly": 1699.97 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 8d", "description": "Deputy director of nursing", "band": "Band 8d", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 91342, "hourly": 46.69, "weekly": 1750.96 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 96941, "hourly": 49.55, "weekly": 1858.29 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 105337, "hourly": 53.85, "weekly": 2019.24 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Band 9", "description": "Director of nursing / very senior manager", "band": "Band 9", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Entry", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 109179, "hourly": 55.81, "weekly": 2092.89 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Intermediate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 115763, "hourly": 59.18, "weekly": 2219.1 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Top", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "annual": 125637, "hourly": 64.22, "weekly": 2408.38 } ] } ] } ], "allowances": [ { "name": "On-call allowance", "description": "Uplifted 3.6% for 2025/26. Section 2.", "unit": "per session", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "amount": 31.85 } ] }, { "name": "Sleep-in allowance", "description": "Uplifted 3.6% for 2025/26.", "unit": "per session", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "amount": 41.5 } ] }, { "name": "Meals allowance", "description": "Recommended national subsistence rate. Annex 14.", "unit": "per 24h", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "amount": 20 } ] } ], "penalties": [ { "name": "Saturday & weekday nights (Bands 4–9)", "rate": "+30%", "description": "Enhancement on basic pay for Saturdays (00:00–24:00) and weekday nights 20:00–06:00." }, { "name": "Sundays & public holidays (Bands 4–9)", "rate": "+60%", "description": "Enhancement on basic pay for Sundays and public holidays (00:00–24:00)." }, { "name": "Unsocial hours (Bands 1–3)", "rate": "+35% to +94%", "description": "NI follows the England unsocial-hours table exactly." }, { "name": "Overtime (Bands 1–7)", "rate": "150%", "description": "Time and a half above 37.5 hrs/week; double time on public holidays." } ], "notes": [ "NHS Northern Ireland rates come from circular HSC (AfC) 06/2025 — effective 1 April 2025 (+3.6%). This is the latest confirmed NI scale; the 2026/27 award is not yet issued.", "No High Cost Area Supplement applies in NI. Unsocial-hours enhancements follow the England table exactly.", "Standard full-time week = 37.5 hours; hourly = annual ÷ 52.143 ÷ 37.5. All figures in GBP.", "Source: Agenda for Change pay bands for HSC Northern Ireland, published by HSCNI — https://jobs.hscni.net/information/8/pay-bands-in-health-social-care" ] } ] }