Pay bands in job offers

[TunMahla]

Hi, I am currently looking at NHS and civil service jobs and their associated pay, e.g. £35,895 - £43,847. Is the pay range given the band at which you will start and you will progress up annually? So in the above example, I will always start at £35,895 and I cannot negotiate to start at e.g. £40,000?

Can't comment on NHS, but on CS you start at the bottom of the scale

Ylas a new starter you will almost always in the civil service start at the minimum in your grade. There is discretion to push for higher within the band, but there needs to be a very strong business case to get this signed off

You will usually start at the bottom of the grade and in civil service at least the bands increase in pay rates upon annual review so effectively you will stay at the bottom of the band but that value increases annually. It is possible to negotiate but in my experience it is very exceptional

So in answer to your question - you can try to negotiate, but you'd have to be an exceptional candidate, and they cant go above the maximum pay scale for the grade

I'm in local government and everyone starts at the bottom of the band, moving up in increments over 5-7 years depending on the grade.

Not all CS departments have annual incremental increases...............

I'm in CS. It starts at the bottom. Have always worked up to the top of each pay grade via annual increases.

I was offered an NHS job and despite the recruiting manager acknowledging I should be paid far higher than the base of the pay because I had no NHS employment history there was literally nothing they could do until I was in role.

I was assured that within 12 months I'd likely be on the pay that matches my skills and experience, but that was too large a punt for me to take...I couldn't drop £10k a year on a promise, not with a viable job that's not under risk (with a final salary pension too).

I'm still really disappointed about it, so trying to realign my finances just in case the job comes up again because I'd really love to do it even though the top of the pay band is slightly lower than current salary.

Thanks all for your informative replies!

I started at the top of a pay scale once but only because they were fairly desperate

NHS here. They will start you on the lowest point of the band and you increment up over a few years. My husband negotiated midpoint of a band once but he was super experienced and he could see ice to the eskimos. I've worked in the NHS for years and he's the only person I've heard of succeeding.

Depends on your experience. MIL worked for nhs in previous role and negotiated a very good package due to level of experience as nurse in private sectors