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  • Civil Service pay

    Topics:
    • Working in the Northern Ireland Civil Service
    This section contains details of all NICS pay awards dating back to 2003. It also includes details of the 2009 equal pay settlement and the 2013 equal pay settlement for former civil servants.

    Pay awards

    • 2024/25 pay award
    • 2023 pay award
    • 2022 pay award
    • 2020/21 pay award
    • 2019 pay award
    • 2018 pay award
    • 2017 pay award
    • 2016 pay award
    • 2015 pay award
    • 2014 pay award for industrial staff
    • 2014 pay award
    • 2013 pay award for industrial staff
    • 2012-13 and 2013-14 pay award
    • 2012-13 and 2013-14 pay award for Senior Civil Service
    • 2010-11 pay award
    • 2009 pay award
    • 2006 pay award
    • 2005 pay award
    • 2004 pay award
    • 2003 pay award

    Allowances and Overtime

    • Pay bulletin - Overtime claims for net hours
    • Pay bulletin - Increase to standard on call rates

    Pay and grading review

    • NICS comprehensive pay and grading review - Industrial staff
    • NICS comprehensive pay and grading review - Agricultural Inspectorate
    • NICS comprehensive pay and grading review - non-industrial staff below the SCS

    Pay bands

    • 2007 to 2012 SCS pay bands (NICS)
    • 2012 to 2016 Special adviser pay bands

    Legal review

    • Review of NICS and CSO legal posts

    Holiday pay

    • Holiday Pay in the NICS

    Related to Civil Service pay

    Most recent publications

    • NICS Pay Bulletin - Increase in Contractual Maternity and Adoption Pay Period

      Published 1 April 2025
    • NICS Pay Bulletin - Overtime claims for net hours

      Published 3 March 2025
    See all publications in this topic

    Most recent news items

    • Archibald welcomes agreement on 2023 Civil Service pay offer

      Published 22 April 2024
    • Civil Service Pay Award to be implemented

      Published 4 June 2021
    See all news in this topic

    Access to information

    How to request information from the Department of Finance including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme.

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