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Police Negotiating Board for Scotland: circular 2026-03 - senior officers pay
Circular setting out the Police Negotiating Board for Scotland (PNBS) agreement on the pay of senior officers for 2025/26 and 2026/27, factoring in the inflation guarantee for 2025/26.
Memorandum
The pay of the senior officers was increased by 4% from 1 April 2025 and 3.5% from 1 April 2026, as set out below. These have been adjusted to incorporate the inflation guarantee (IG) payment of an additional 0.4% for the 2025/26 pay period.
Assistant Chief Constables’ Pay
| Pay Point |
With effect from 1 April 2025 |
With effect from 1 April 2025 (IG adjusted) |
With effect from 1 April 2026 (IG adjusted) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £157,889 | £158,496 | £164,043 |
| 2 | £164,008 | £164,639 | £170,401 |
| 3 | £167,680 | £168,325 | £174,216 |
Deputy Chief Constables’ Pay
|
With effect from 1 April 2025 |
With effect from 1 April 2025 (IG adjusted) | With effect from 1 April 2026 (IG adjusted) |
|---|---|---|
| £221,930 | £222,783 | £230,580 |
Chief Constable’s Pay
|
With effect from 1 April 2025 |
With effect from 1 April 2025 (IG adjusted) | With effect from 1 April 2026 (IG adjusted) |
|---|---|---|
| £270,960 | £272,002 | £281,522 |
Contact
Email: PNBS@gov.scot