What the borough council pays its staff, from what it publishes: its pay multiplier, the senior posts in its statement of accounts, and how many staff were paid over £50,000.
The pay multiplier
How the highest salary compares with others, as the council states
it. The page is headed “Pay multiplier 2024/25”; its browser title says “The council's pay multiplier for the financial year 2023/24”. The council's page, read
12 October 2026.
Reference point
Annual salary
Ratio to the highest paid
Lowest paid full time council employee
£25,223
1:5.1
Most common salary paid to council employee (the mode)
£37,280
1:3.4
Midpoint between the highest and lowest salaries - pay multiple (the median)
£33,699
1:3.7
Average salary (the mean)
£35,841
1:3.5
Senior posts
From Note 20, “Employee remuneration”, of the council's
Financial Report and Statement of Accounts 2024-25.
Figures are £ thousands, as the accounts give them, and include returning officer
fees where they apply. The accounts name posts, not people.
2024-25
Post
Salary, fees and allowances
Compensation for loss of office
Benefits in kind
Pension contributions
Total
Chief Executive
83
55
8
17
162
Interim Chief Executive
19
0
0
3
22
Chief Finance Officer (S151 Officer)
88
0
0
18
106
Deputy Chief Executive/Director of Place
95
0
0
19
114
Chief Legal Officer - Solicitor to the Council
83
0
0
17
100
Property and Commercial Assets Manager
71
0
0
14
85
Head of People and Business Support
67
0
0
0
67
Head of Environment and Operations
77
0
0
16
93
Head of Housing
80
0
0
16
96
Head of Community and Regulatory Services
79
0
0
16
95
Head of Strategic Programmes
77
0
0
16
93
Total (the accounts' own)
818
55
8
151
1,032
2023-24
Post
Salary, fees and allowances
Compensation for loss of office
Benefits in kind
Pension contributions
Total
Chief Executive
121
0
8
26
154
Chief Finance Officer (S151 Officer)
83
0
0
17
100
Deputy Chief Executive/Director of Place
78
0
0
16
94
Chief Legal Officer - Solicitor to the Council
81
0
0
16
97
Property and Commercial Assets Manager
68
0
0
14
82
Head of People and Business Support
66
0
0
0
66
Head of Environment and Operations
73
0
0
15
87
Head of Housing
46
0
0
9
55
Head of Community and Regulatory Services
73
0
0
15
88
Head of Strategic Programmes
73
0
0
15
88
Total (the accounts' own)
760
0
8
143
911
Note 21 of the same accounts: “The Council terminated the contracts of 2 employees in 2024-25, incurring costs of £122,477.”
Staff paid over £50,000
How many employees' pay fell in each band, from Note 20. The
accounts count pay, taxable expenses and benefits, and compensation, not employer
pension contributions. Bands with nobody in either year are left out. These come from the council's draft accounts, Unaudited Draft Financial Statement 2025-26, not yet audited. Their senior posts table prints 2024-25 twice and has no table for the newer year, so the senior posts above come from the audited accounts.
Band
2024-25
2025-26
£50,000 - £54,999
11
8
£55,000 - £59,999
8
11
£60,000 - £64,999
4
4
£65,000 - £69,999
3
2
£70,000 - £74,999
0
1
£75,000 - £79,999
2
1
£80,000 - £84,999
0
1
All
bands (the accounts' own)
28
28
The pay policy statement
The newest pay policy statement the council publishes is
Pay Policy statement 2020/2021. Its page
says: “The Pay Policy statement is currently being updated.” (read 12 October 2026).