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Highest Paying Education Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Education Jobs Summary

There have been 757,642 listed Education Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	755,451	99.71 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,288	0.17 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	903	0.12 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,570 new Education Jobs posted each week, or 63,137 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,527	62,954
Contract	42	182

The busiest month for new permanent Education Jobs in the UK is March, whilst the quietest month is January.

The busiest month for new contract Education Jobs is June, and the quietest month is December.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK Education Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract Education Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed Education Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
December 2025	6,486
November 2025	6,034
October 2025	6,929
September 2025	8,932
August 2025	5,836
July 2025	6,657
June 2025	6,163
May 2025	8,159
April 2025	10,031
March 2025	14,888
February 2025	5,953
January 2025	3,733

The Highest Paying Education Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of School	178	£67,000.00	£67,750.00	£68,500.00
Head of College	4	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Headteacher	3,066	£63,565.00	£64,025.00	£64,490.00
Educational Psychologist	50	£61,430.00	£62,125.00	£62,820.00
TA	22	£60,165.00	£60,875.00	£61,585.00
Deputy Headteacher	727	£57,880.00	£57,965.00	£58,055.00
Computing Teacher	144	£53,480.00	£55,705.00	£57,925.00
Computer Teacher	152	£53,405.00	£55,505.00	£57,600.00
Assistant Headteacher	1,174	£50,710.00	£50,805.00	£50,900.00
Head of Science	26	£48,635.00	£50,715.00	£52,800.00
Academy Consultant	8	£35,835.00	£49,165.00	£62,500.00
Development Officer	51	£43,400.00	£48,295.00	£53,195.00
Economics Teacher	6	£37,990.00	£47,615.00	£57,250.00
Learning And Development Specialist	6	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Mentor	917	£44,315.00	£47,500.00	£50,680.00
Head of Maths	89	£47,205.00	£47,205.00	£47,205.00
Special Needs Teacher	2	£37,350.00	£45,300.00	£53,250.00
Head of Humanities	5	£45,000.00	£45,000.00	£45,000.00
Physical Education Teacher	10	£45,000.00	£45,000.00	£45,000.00
business teacher	13	£34,565.00	£44,680.00	£54,815.00
ASD Teacher	24	£44,665.00	£44,665.00	£44,665.00
Reception Teacher	1	£38,775.00	£44,525.00	£50,300.00
Religious Education	5	£32,400.00	£44,400.00	£56,400.00
Science Teacher	1,017	£42,895.00	£44,265.00	£45,630.00
Eyfs Teacher	14	£35,690.00	£44,150.00	£52,615.00
Physics Teacher	22	£38,145.00	£43,990.00	£49,845.00
Biology Teacher	4	£38,325.00	£43,925.00	£49,550.00
Maths Teacher	950	£41,830.00	£43,745.00	£45,665.00
Year 2 Teacher	6	£35,850.00	£43,250.00	£50,675.00
Independent School	72	£37,415.00	£43,070.00	£48,730.00
Curriculum Manager	11	£40,300.00	£42,925.00	£45,550.00
Religious Education Teacher	8	£32,615.00	£42,875.00	£53,125.00
Training Manager	64	£39,980.00	£42,820.00	£45,650.00
Design Technology Teacher	120	£39,220.00	£42,775.00	£46,330.00
Year 4 Teacher	2	£34,025.00	£42,775.00	£51,550.00
Teacher of Year 6	13	£35,225.00	£42,650.00	£50,090.00
Year 6 Teacher	13	£35,225.00	£42,650.00	£50,090.00
Design And Technology Teacher	119	£39,090.00	£42,645.00	£46,195.00
Head of English	18	£34,805.00	£42,440.00	£50,060.00
Geography Teacher	48	£35,180.00	£42,425.00	£49,660.00
Higher Education	12	£37,980.00	£42,235.00	£46,485.00
Year 3 Teacher	1	£34,825.00	£42,025.00	£49,225.00
Classroom Teacher	6	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
Key Stage 3 Teacher	3	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
English Teacher	822	£40,400.00	£41,795.00	£43,190.00
History Teacher	10	£33,875.00	£41,725.00	£49,560.00
Key Stage 1 Teacher	6	£32,800.00	£41,700.00	£50,615.00
Engineering Lecturer	12	£36,950.00	£41,625.00	£46,290.00
Primary School Teacher	33	£37,080.00	£41,580.00	£46,080.00
Teacher of Year 4	5	£32,850.00	£41,575.00	£50,300.00
DT Teacher	150	£38,050.00	£41,525.00	£45,000.00
Re Teacher	5	£36,005.00	£41,515.00	£47,025.00
Support Staff	315	£39,470.00	£41,350.00	£43,225.00
Psychology Teacher	8	£32,290.00	£41,140.00	£49,990.00
IT Teacher	14,204	£39,325.00	£41,130.00	£42,935.00
Key Stage 2 Teacher	16	£35,950.00	£40,925.00	£45,915.00
Food Technology	59	£39,485.00	£40,860.00	£42,235.00
Training Specialist	39	£37,825.00	£40,805.00	£43,795.00
SEN Teacher	3,722	£40,010.00	£40,685.00	£41,360.00
Assessor	2,146	£38,605.00	£40,465.00	£42,325.00
Drama Teacher	15	£31,650.00	£40,375.00	£49,075.00
EYFS Class Teacher	2	£31,650.00	£40,375.00	£49,075.00
French Teacher	6	£31,650.00	£40,375.00	£49,075.00
Spanish Teacher	3	£31,650.00	£40,375.00	£49,075.00
Secondary Teacher	147	£38,990.00	£40,210.00	£41,425.00
Head of PE	16	£40,000.00	£40,000.00	£40,000.00
Computer Science Teacher	65	£36,955.00	£39,970.00	£42,975.00
PE Teacher	137	£37,530.00	£39,950.00	£42,365.00
Design Teacher	143	£37,050.00	£39,605.00	£42,160.00
Cover Teacher	138	£39,330.00	£39,330.00	£39,330.00
Art Teacher	250	£38,740.00	£39,315.00	£39,890.00
Food Technology Teacher	30	£36,415.00	£38,685.00	£40,950.00
ICT Teacher	98	£37,355.00	£38,545.00	£39,730.00
Primary School	504	£33,800.00	£38,450.00	£43,100.00
Development Coach	29	£37,400.00	£38,420.00	£39,440.00
Primary Class Teacher	11	£37,165.00	£38,375.00	£39,580.00
QTS	69	£34,140.00	£38,350.00	£42,555.00
Science Specialist	10	£38,000.00	£38,000.00	£38,000.00
Humanities Teacher	189	£37,100.00	£37,940.00	£38,780.00
Secondary School	558	£34,175.00	£37,805.00	£41,425.00
Art & Design Teacher	51	£37,245.00	£37,740.00	£38,230.00
English Lecturer	2	£33,775.00	£37,650.00	£41,525.00
ESOL Lecturer	2	£33,775.00	£37,650.00	£41,525.00
Sports Lecturer	2	£33,775.00	£37,650.00	£41,525.00
Electrical Engineering Lecturer	5	£30,750.00	£37,625.00	£44,500.00
Teaching	14,802	£35,915.00	£37,380.00	£38,840.00
Early Years Teacher	31	£33,290.00	£37,355.00	£41,430.00
Teacher of Year 5	2	£30,550.00	£37,350.00	£44,175.00
Year 5 Teacher	2	£30,550.00	£37,350.00	£44,175.00
PSHE Teacher	25	£37,315.00	£37,315.00	£37,315.00
IT Lecturer	165	£33,235.00	£37,060.00	£40,880.00
Music Teacher	66	£30,395.00	£37,025.00	£43,660.00
Training	21,868	£34,875.00	£36,920.00	£38,960.00
Lecturer	154	£32,725.00	£36,740.00	£40,750.00
Head of Department	10	£35,135.00	£36,635.00	£38,135.00
Class Teacher	773	£34,605.00	£36,560.00	£38,505.00
SEND Teacher	274	£35,615.00	£36,490.00	£37,365.00
Nursery Manager	828	£35,085.00	£36,415.00	£37,740.00
School Management	69	£34,770.00	£36,210.00	£37,645.00
Autism Teacher	20	£36,100.00	£36,100.00	£36,100.00
Qualified Teacher Status	44	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
Chemistry Teacher	2	£28,700.00	£34,725.00	£40,775.00
School Business Manager	29	£34,000.00	£34,625.00	£35,250.00
Trainer	484	£32,955.00	£34,510.00	£36,065.00
Education Manager	6	£32,665.00	£34,500.00	£36,335.00
Media Teacher	33	£32,000.00	£34,500.00	£37,000.00
Functional Skills Teacher	4	£29,625.00	£34,250.00	£38,875.00
Trainer Assessor	4	£32,975.00	£34,225.00	£35,450.00
School Site Manager	8	£30,400.00	£33,925.00	£37,475.00
Driving Instructor	33	£32,070.00	£33,630.00	£35,190.00
Maths Lecturer	5	£28,550.00	£33,300.00	£38,025.00
Assistant Nursery Manager	224	£32,560.00	£32,560.00	£32,560.00
Employability Tutor	3	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Nursery Teacher	1	£32,000.00	£32,500.00	£33,000.00
Education Consultant	156	£27,275.00	£32,215.00	£37,155.00
Term Time	198	£29,715.00	£31,930.00	£34,145.00
Sales Trainer	8	£31,250.00	£31,875.00	£32,500.00
Business Lecturer	2	£29,875.00	£31,825.00	£33,750.00
Nursery Educator	7	£30,425.00	£31,815.00	£33,200.00
Apprenticeship	1,183	£31,160.00	£31,810.00	£32,465.00
It Apprenticeship	1,312	£31,035.00	£31,735.00	£32,425.00
Employment Coach	4	£31,500.00	£31,500.00	£31,500.00
Learning And Development Officer	2	£30,000.00	£31,500.00	£33,000.00
Deputy Nursery Manager	35	£29,600.00	£31,355.00	£33,110.00
Training Officer	8	£29,860.00	£31,340.00	£32,825.00
Pastoral Manager	31	£30,325.00	£30,985.00	£31,645.00
Prison Education	40	£27,755.00	£30,740.00	£33,730.00
Trainee Broker	6	£25,250.00	£30,500.00	£35,750.00
Programme Assistant	4	£30,250.00	£30,250.00	£30,250.00
Nursery	1,935	£29,395.00	£30,140.00	£30,880.00
Nursery Room Leader	163	£29,280.00	£29,985.00	£30,690.00
Room Leader	207	£28,935.00	£29,560.00	£30,180.00
L D Coordinator	2	£29,000.00	£29,500.00	£30,000.00
Trainee Manager	10	£28,440.00	£29,470.00	£30,500.00
Education Officer	20	£29,115.00	£29,345.00	£29,575.00
Graduate	598	£27,390.00	£29,265.00	£31,140.00
Training Coordinator	5	£28,750.00	£29,125.00	£29,500.00
Early Years	1,737	£27,955.00	£28,825.00	£29,695.00
Student Support	513	£27,815.00	£28,585.00	£29,350.00
Early Years Assessor	4	£27,000.00	£28,500.00	£30,000.00
Nursery Assistant	249	£27,505.00	£28,425.00	£29,340.00
Trainee Assessor	4	£27,650.00	£28,415.00	£29,175.00
Tutor	515	£27,330.00	£28,245.00	£29,155.00
Nursery Practitioner	283	£27,025.00	£28,225.00	£29,425.00
Early Years Professional	26	£27,300.00	£27,850.00	£28,375.00
Nursery Nurse	77	£26,130.00	£27,845.00	£29,565.00
Outreach Worker	18	£26,375.00	£27,575.00	£28,765.00
DT Technician	5	£24,250.00	£27,525.00	£30,800.00
Intervention Teacher	20	£25,000.00	£27,500.00	£30,000.00
Trainee Solicitor	4	£25,000.00	£27,500.00	£30,000.00
Vocational Instructor	24	£26,670.00	£27,295.00	£27,920.00
Careers Advisor	2	£25,850.00	£27,175.00	£28,500.00
Early Years Foundation	10	£25,275.00	£27,150.00	£29,000.00
Education Welfare Officer	16	£27,000.00	£27,000.00	£27,000.00
Early Years Practitioner	172	£26,040.00	£26,850.00	£27,655.00
EYFS Practitioner	48	£25,000.00	£26,500.00	£28,000.00
Trainee Sales Negotiator	2	£23,000.00	£26,500.00	£30,000.00
Cover Supervisor	382	£26,410.00	£26,455.00	£26,495.00
Trainee Consultant	512	£25,185.00	£26,445.00	£27,705.00
Science Technician	6	£25,275.00	£26,150.00	£27,025.00
Early Years Educator	431	£25,700.00	£26,080.00	£26,465.00
Secondary Teaching Assistant	10	£25,830.00	£25,830.00	£25,830.00
Work Coach	2	£24,600.00	£25,500.00	£26,375.00
Higher Level Teaching Assistant	455	£25,400.00	£25,430.00	£25,460.00
HLTA	176	£24,510.00	£24,525.00	£24,540.00
Learning And Development Coordinator	2	£24,000.00	£24,500.00	£25,000.00
Therapy Assistant	15	£24,375.00	£24,375.00	£24,375.00
Teaching Assistant	5,595	£23,905.00	£24,015.00	£24,125.00
Marketing Apprentice	3	£24,000.00	£24,000.00	£24,000.00
Part Time Teacher	8	£24,000.00	£24,000.00	£24,000.00
Learning Mentor	61	£23,665.00	£23,665.00	£23,665.00
Early Years Assistant	45	£23,025.00	£23,225.00	£23,425.00
Primary Teaching Assistant	4	£23,000.00	£23,000.00	£23,000.00
Legal Trainee	4	£19,000.00	£22,750.00	£26,500.00
SEND Assistant	8	£21,775.00	£22,425.00	£23,075.00
SEND Teaching Assistant	7	£21,775.00	£22,425.00	£23,075.00
School Receptionist	37	£22,225.00	£22,225.00	£22,225.00
SEN Teaching Assistant	379	£21,840.00	£22,185.00	£22,535.00
SEN Assistant	239	£21,725.00	£22,050.00	£22,370.00
School Support Worker	33	£21,255.00	£21,255.00	£21,255.00
Learning Support Assistant	1,272	£21,030.00	£21,090.00	£21,150.00
Intervention Teaching Assistant	2	£20,900.00	£20,900.00	£20,900.00
Internship	37	£20,000.00	£20,000.00	£20,000.00
Special Needs Teaching Assistant	4	£19,150.00	£19,150.00	£19,150.00
1 to 1 Support Assistant	22	£18,150.00	£18,150.00	£18,150.00
Sports Teacher	4	£16,275.00	£17,450.00	£18,625.00
Library Assistant	14	£14,140.00	£14,140.00	£14,140.00