The tables below list the basic pay scales for Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors in Scotland for 2017-2018 and information on certain closed grades.
The full details for pay scales are available to download in the 2017-2018 pay circular.
Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors on 2008 contract
Pay point |
Associate specialist |
Specialty doctor |
0 |
54,238 |
38,685 |
1 |
58,598 |
41,993 |
2 |
62,957 |
46,293 |
3 |
68,713 |
48,597 |
4 |
73,703 |
51,918 |
Threshold 1 |
5 |
75,773 |
55,226 |
6 |
78,474 |
58,608 |
7 |
81,175
|
61,991 |
Threshold 2 |
8 |
83,876 |
65,374 |
9 |
86,577 |
68,756 |
10 |
89,281 |
72,140 |
Closed grades
Information on closed grades has been included for practitioners who were placed on these scales prior to them being closed.
No further practitioners should be placed on these pay scales.
Associate Specialists on 1997 contract
Level |
£ per annum |
Min |
39,616 |
1 |
43,813 |
2 |
48,008 |
3 |
52,204 |
4 |
56,400 |
5 |
60,596
|
6 |
66,136 |
7 |
70,939
|
Discretionary points |
8 |
72,932 |
9 |
75,531 |
10 |
78,131 |
11 |
80,731
|
12 |
83,331 |
13 |
85,933 |
Staff Grade doctors on pre-2008 contract
Level |
£ per annum |
Min |
35,840 |
1 |
38,685 |
2 |
41,529 |
3 |
44,375 |
4 |
47,220 |
5 |
50,570
|
(optional) discretionary points
|
6 |
52,909 |
7 |
55,754 |
8 |
58,599
|
9 |
61,444 |
10 |
64,289 |
11 |
67,135 |
The full details for pay scales are available to download in the 2017-2018 pay circular.