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Nottingham: senior pay and councillor allowances
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In its draft statement of accounts for 2025-26, Nottingham reports total remuneration of £234,826 for its chief executive (including employer pension contributions), a year in which the post changed hands, 16 employees paid £100,000 or more, and £1,242,000 paid in members' allowances.
Key figures
- £234,826Chief Executive, 2025-26
- 16Staff paid £100,000 or more, 2025-26
- £1,242,000Members' allowances, 2025-26
Chief Executive
Total remuneration of £234,826 in 2025-26, including employer pension contributions. Excluding pension contributions: £198,165. The post changed hands, or the figure covers part of a year, so it is not compared with the year before. The median among the 5 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £244,575.
From the accounts: Chief Executive - Sajeeda Rose ('New post holder from August 24'). 2025/26: salary, fees & allowances 198,165; pension 36,661; total 234,826. 2024/25 (part year): 130,528; 24,148; 154,676. No other chief executive line is printed for 2024/25. totalExclPension is the printed 'Salary, Fees & Allowances' line.
PDF page 78 (printed page 76), Note 4.7.4
Employees paid £50,000 or more
851 employees in 2025-26, up 25.7% on 2024-25 (677). 16 were paid £100,000 or more, 4.9 per 100,000 residents. The median among the 7 other unitary councils in England collected so far is 4.9 per 100,000.
| Band | 2025-26 | 2024-25 |
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£50,000 to £54,999Details for £50,000 to £54,999 | 358 | 280 |
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£55,000 to £59,999Details for £55,000 to £59,999 | 175 | 196 |
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£60,000 to £64,999Details for £60,000 to £64,999 | 156 | 58 |
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£65,000 to £69,999Details for £65,000 to £69,999 | 39 | 41 |
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£70,000 to £74,999Details for £70,000 to £74,999 | 24 | 17 |
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£75,000 to £79,999Details for £75,000 to £79,999 | 22 | 34 |
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£80,000 to £84,999Details for £80,000 to £84,999 | 31 | 8 |
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£85,000 to £89,999Details for £85,000 to £89,999 | 9 | 14 |
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£90,000 to £94,999Details for £90,000 to £94,999 | 13 | 13 |
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£95,000 to £99,999Details for £95,000 to £99,999 | 8 | 3 |
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£100,000 to £104,999Details for £100,000 to £104,999 | 4 | 1 |
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£105,000 to £109,999Details for £105,000 to £109,999 | 1 | 4 |
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£110,000 to £114,999Details for £110,000 to £114,999 | 1 | 2 |
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£115,000 to £119,999Details for £115,000 to £119,999 | 4 | 2 |
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£120,000 to £124,999Details for £120,000 to £124,999 | 1 | 2 |
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£125,000 to £129,999Details for £125,000 to £129,999 | 3 | 2 |
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£130,000 to £134,999Details for £130,000 to £134,999 | 0 | 0 |
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£135,000 to £139,999Details for £135,000 to £139,999 | 2 | 0 |
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Includes schools staff. Senior officers listed separately are not in these counts. From the accounts: 'A total of 851 employees (excluding senior employees) received remuneration of more than £0.050m, of which 196 are employed directly by schools. The figures do not include staff employed by academy schools'. Grand total 851 (2025/26) and 677 (2024/25). Dashes recorded as 0.
Source: Nottingham, Unaudited Statement of Accounts 2025/26 (draft), PDF page 79 (printed page 77), Note 4.7.4. Read by hand; checked 2026-09-24.
Councillors' allowances
£1,242,000 in 2025-26, up 6.1% on 2024-25 (£1,171,000), or £3.81 per resident. The median among the 7 other unitary councils in England collected so far is £3.64 per resident.
From the accounts: "Councillors' Allowances: Allowances 1.240 (2024/25 1.171); Expenses 0.002 (-); TOTAL 1.242 (1.171) £m" (PDF page 77 (printed page 75), Note 4.7.3)
What this data does and doesn't show
- Every figure is as Nottingham printed it, in accounts that have not yet been audited. Counts in the £100,000 figure are our sum of the council's bands.
- Comparisons are with the other unitary councils in England read so far; no national figure is published for England.
- The members' allowances scheme document linked in search results (gfd-c-members-allowances-scheme-v7.doc) returned 404 at the time of checking; a search snippet quotes a Basic Allowance of £15,979.08 indexed from 12 May 2025, not used because the council document could not be read. No annual allowances-paid publication was located in the time available.