Bus operator Stagecoach has made known its hourly pay rates. Simply visit each of its operations using its website and apply to work for that depot. Here an hourly pay rate is usually given. Often a weekly or annual rate is quoted rather than an hourly pay rate, but basing this on a 39 hour week we've worked out an hourly rate for that depot/group.
Below are our findings - a massed group of depots and hourly pay rates after 1 year's continuous service unless stated otherwise. Of course, with such league tables there is a top-payer and a bottom-payer - in this case Oxford and Devon, though importantly this table does NOT take into account terms and conditions at each depot. For example Peterborough while appearing to not fair particularly well at £8 p/h receive time-and-a-half after 2100hrs and are only stopped up to 52 mins per day, whereas Cambridge seem to fair better at £9.15 p/h yet are stopped 90 mins per day if the duty spreadover is greater than 9:30.
We like to think that it is, if nothing else, the first national compilation of one operator's pay rates. No doubt Union officials will find it a useful tool for reference when entering into pay negotiations. Beware: pay rates are only correct as at today.
| DEPOT/GROUP | HOURLY RATE | NOTE(S) |
| | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | 9.19 | |
| | £8.60 | |
| Arbroath | £8.39 | |
| Ardrossan | £8.39 | After 6 months |
| | £8.45 | After 6 months |
| | £8.45 | After 6 months |
| Ballater | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | £9.17 | |
| | £9.00 | |
| Blairgowrie | £8.39 | |
| | £9.15 | |
| | £9.36 | See NOTE A |
| | £8.22 | |
| | £8.50 | |
| | £8.50 | After 6 months |
| | £7.92 | |
| | £7.50 | After 12 weeks |
| | £8.45 | After 6 months |
| | £8.39 | |
| | £8.55 | |
| | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | £9.00 | |
| Forfar | £8.39 | |
| Fraserburgh | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | £9.36 | See NOTE A |
| Grimsby-Cleethorpes | £8.15 | |
| Hartlepool & Teeside | £7.95 | See NOTE B |
| | £8.03 | |
| | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | £8.66 | After 6 months |
| | £8.45 | After 6 months |
| | £8.63 | |
| | £7.75 | |
| Macduff | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | £9.00 | |
| | £8.20 | |
| Mintlaw | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| Montrose | £8.39 | |
| | £7.69 | See NOTE C |
| | £9.00 | |
| | £8.63 | |
| | £10.35 | Tube £11.22, NX £10.90 |
| | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | £8.00 | NX £8.20 |
| Peterhead | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| | £8.55 | |
| Preston & Lancashire | £7.92 | |
| | £8.63 | |
| | £7.69 | See NOTE C |
| Stonehaven | £8.20 (after 2yrs) | £7.19 (1–2yrs) |
| Stranraer | £8.45 | After 6 months |
| | £8.63 | |
| Stroud, Wye & Dean | £8.75 | See NOTE D |
| | £7.69 | See NOTE C |
| | £9.86 | See NOTE E |
| | £8.98 | |
| Worksop | £8.20 | |
| | £8.51 | |
NOTE A–Gloucester & Cheltenham quote an annual salary of £19,000 rather than an hourly rate. Basing this on a 39 hour week, the hourly rate works out at £9.36.
NOTE B–Hartlepool & Teeside quote a weekly payment of £310 rather than an hourly rate. Basing this on a 39 hour week, the hourly rate works out at £7.95.
NOTE C–Newcastle,
NOTE D–Stroud, Wye & Dean quote an annual salary of £17,750 rather than an hourly rate. Basing this on a 39 hour week, the hourly rate works out at £8.75.
