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Highest Paying Education Jobs in the UK

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Last 12 Month Education Jobs Summary

There have been 780,201 listed Education Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	777,926	99.71 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,333	0.17 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	942	0.12 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 15,004 new Education Jobs posted each week, or 65,017 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,960	64,827
Contract	43	189

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

The busiest month for new contract Education Jobs is February, 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
February 2026	10,472
January 2026	10,353
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

The Highest Paying Education Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of School	111	£68,220.00	£68,610.00	£68,995.00
Head of College	4	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Headteacher	2,558	£64,210.00	£64,620.00	£65,040.00
Educational Psychologist	54	£61,430.00	£62,125.00	£62,820.00
Deputy Headteacher	602	£57,960.00	£58,075.00	£58,190.00
Computing Teacher	168	£55,295.00	£57,180.00	£59,055.00
Computer Teacher	176	£55,235.00	£57,010.00	£58,785.00
TA	71	£53,090.00	£53,975.00	£54,865.00
Head of Humanities	1	£44,250.00	£53,050.00	£61,850.00
Head of Science	30	£47,945.00	£51,790.00	£55,640.00
Assistant Headteacher	993	£50,595.00	£50,785.00	£50,970.00
Head of Department	24	£43,330.00	£48,605.00	£53,880.00
Mentor	1,129	£44,760.00	£48,205.00	£51,660.00
Head of Maths	31	£47,750.00	£47,750.00	£47,750.00
Economics Teacher	6	£37,990.00	£47,615.00	£57,250.00
Learning And Development Specialist	10	£44,765.00	£46,690.00	£48,610.00
Development Officer	63	£41,400.00	£45,765.00	£50,140.00
DT Teacher	180	£43,310.00	£45,625.00	£47,940.00
Trainee Solicitor	9	£40,750.00	£45,625.00	£50,500.00
Academy Consultant	2	£32,500.00	£45,000.00	£57,500.00
Science Teacher	839	£43,020.00	£44,915.00	£46,810.00
Special Needs Teacher	10	£36,175.00	£44,850.00	£53,525.00
ASD Teacher	24	£44,665.00	£44,665.00	£44,665.00
PSHE Teacher	30	£44,500.00	£44,500.00	£44,500.00
Sociology Teacher	2	£36,925.00	£44,500.00	£52,075.00
business teacher	17	£34,530.00	£44,435.00	£54,350.00
Religious Education	5	£32,400.00	£44,400.00	£56,400.00
Head of Faculty	24	£44,000.00	£44,000.00	£44,000.00
Biology Teacher	4	£38,325.00	£43,925.00	£49,550.00
Training Manager	67	£40,655.00	£43,655.00	£46,650.00
Eyfs Teacher	30	£36,360.00	£43,590.00	£50,825.00
Teacher of Year 6	19	£36,010.00	£43,550.00	£51,100.00
Year 6 Teacher	19	£36,010.00	£43,550.00	£51,100.00
Maths Teacher	875	£41,710.00	£43,460.00	£45,205.00
Higher Education	29	£38,760.00	£43,250.00	£47,740.00
Reception Teacher	7	£35,850.00	£43,250.00	£50,675.00
Physics Teacher	16	£34,365.00	£43,225.00	£52,105.00
Psychology Teacher	14	£33,980.00	£43,075.00	£52,165.00
Primary School Teacher	40	£37,830.00	£43,015.00	£48,200.00
Head of English	25	£36,860.00	£42,930.00	£48,980.00
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
ICT Teacher	53	£41,735.00	£42,525.00	£43,315.00
Year 2 Teacher	12	£34,390.00	£42,475.00	£50,575.00
Geography Teacher	58	£34,640.00	£42,350.00	£50,055.00
English Teacher	956	£40,595.00	£42,310.00	£44,025.00
Spanish Teacher	5	£34,140.00	£42,265.00	£50,375.00
Year 4 Teacher	5	£33,475.00	£42,240.00	£51,015.00
Re Teacher	3	£37,215.00	£42,115.00	£47,015.00
Head of MFL	4	£32,925.00	£41,975.00	£51,050.00
Social Sciences	5	£32,925.00	£41,975.00	£51,050.00
Food Technology Teacher	24	£37,800.00	£41,880.00	£45,960.00
Support Staff	364	£39,830.00	£41,865.00	£43,910.00
Design Technology Teacher	68	£37,320.00	£41,795.00	£46,260.00
Key Stage 1 Teacher	8	£32,840.00	£41,790.00	£50,760.00
PE Teacher	178	£39,490.00	£41,765.00	£44,030.00
Design And Technology Teacher	67	£37,190.00	£41,660.00	£46,130.00
Key Stage 2 Teacher	22	£34,575.00	£41,650.00	£48,740.00
Teacher of Year 4	8	£32,890.00	£41,640.00	£50,390.00
Engineering Lecturer	26	£38,335.00	£41,565.00	£44,800.00
Computer Science Teacher	57	£38,640.00	£41,415.00	£44,190.00
Primary Class Teacher	16	£38,280.00	£41,295.00	£44,300.00
Secondary Teacher	126	£39,625.00	£41,260.00	£42,900.00
Apprenticeship Manager	5	£40,000.00	£41,250.00	£42,500.00
History Teacher	14	£34,205.00	£41,250.00	£48,280.00
SEN Teacher	3,127	£40,675.00	£41,215.00	£41,755.00
IT Teacher	13,195	£39,010.00	£41,140.00	£43,270.00
Assessor	2,328	£38,685.00	£40,875.00	£43,080.00
French Teacher	8	£32,315.00	£40,800.00	£49,275.00
Year 1 Teacher	10	£32,690.00	£40,510.00	£48,325.00
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
Classroom Teacher	2	£33,450.00	£40,325.00	£47,175.00
Design Teacher	139	£37,655.00	£40,125.00	£42,590.00
Head of PE	8	£40,000.00	£40,000.00	£40,000.00
Food Technology	64	£37,935.00	£39,920.00	£41,910.00
Independent School	99	£33,865.00	£39,915.00	£45,960.00
Year 3 Teacher	5	£32,575.00	£39,675.00	£46,765.00
Art Teacher	233	£38,125.00	£39,305.00	£40,490.00
Cover Teacher	141	£38,050.00	£39,290.00	£40,535.00
Training Specialist	77	£36,285.00	£39,245.00	£42,215.00
Chemistry Teacher	5	£31,550.00	£39,090.00	£46,640.00
Art & Design Teacher	100	£38,445.00	£38,840.00	£39,230.00
QTS	73	£33,710.00	£38,685.00	£43,660.00
Teacher of Year 3	4	£31,450.00	£38,500.00	£45,540.00
Humanities Teacher	88	£36,285.00	£38,370.00	£40,460.00
Music Teacher	70	£31,845.00	£38,335.00	£44,825.00
Class Teacher	630	£35,265.00	£38,250.00	£41,225.00
Science Specialist	10	£38,000.00	£38,000.00	£38,000.00
Special Educational Needs Coordinator	2	£38,000.00	£38,000.00	£38,000.00
Secondary School	580	£34,260.00	£37,790.00	£41,310.00
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
Development Coach	35	£36,115.00	£37,635.00	£39,155.00
Electrical Engineering Lecturer	5	£30,750.00	£37,625.00	£44,500.00
Primary School	437	£32,945.00	£37,460.00	£41,975.00
SEND Teacher	274	£36,190.00	£37,275.00	£38,365.00
Teaching	14,303	£35,320.00	£36,985.00	£38,640.00
Media Teacher	37	£35,500.00	£36,750.00	£38,000.00
Early Years Teacher	34	£33,230.00	£36,705.00	£40,190.00
Autism Teacher	18	£36,595.00	£36,595.00	£36,595.00
Teacher of Year 5	4	£31,490.00	£36,465.00	£41,450.00
Year 5 Teacher	4	£31,490.00	£36,465.00	£41,450.00
Training	28,174	£34,240.00	£36,375.00	£38,510.00
IT Lecturer	280	£32,215.00	£36,370.00	£40,515.00
Nursery Manager	1,003	£35,145.00	£36,365.00	£37,590.00
School Management	62	£34,380.00	£36,190.00	£37,995.00
Lecturer	267	£31,560.00	£35,975.00	£40,380.00
Engineering Teacher	1	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Qualified Teacher Status	44	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
School Office Manager	2	£30,000.00	£35,000.00	£40,000.00
Education Manager	26	£32,085.00	£34,990.00	£37,890.00
School Business Manager	31	£33,400.00	£34,700.00	£36,000.00
Trainer	686	£32,985.00	£34,665.00	£36,350.00
asts	2	£34,650.00	£34,650.00	£34,650.00
Functional Skills Teacher	4	£29,625.00	£34,250.00	£38,875.00
economics lecturer	4	£28,000.00	£34,000.00	£40,000.00
School Site Manager	8	£30,400.00	£33,925.00	£37,475.00
Trainer Assessor	7	£32,315.00	£33,815.00	£35,300.00
Driving Instructor	26	£32,070.00	£33,630.00	£35,190.00
Maths Lecturer	5	£28,550.00	£33,300.00	£38,025.00
Criminology	6	£28,000.00	£33,000.00	£38,000.00
Psychology Lecturer	5	£28,000.00	£33,000.00	£38,000.00
Assistant Nursery Manager	236	£32,965.00	£32,965.00	£32,965.00
Nursery Teacher	3	£29,700.00	£32,625.00	£35,550.00
Functional Skills Tutor	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Apprenticeship	1,487	£31,465.00	£32,285.00	£33,110.00
It Apprenticeship	1,628	£31,225.00	£32,090.00	£32,955.00
Education Consultant	198	£27,550.00	£32,065.00	£36,575.00
Business Lecturer	2	£29,875.00	£31,825.00	£33,750.00
Nursery Educator	7	£30,425.00	£31,815.00	£33,200.00
Sales Trainer	10	£30,835.00	£31,665.00	£32,500.00
Deputy Nursery Manager	69	£30,215.00	£31,540.00	£32,870.00
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
Training Officer	8	£29,860.00	£31,340.00	£32,825.00
Term Time	195	£29,020.00	£31,260.00	£33,500.00
Pastoral Manager	30	£30,370.00	£31,125.00	£31,880.00
Therapy Assistant	2	£30,275.00	£30,600.00	£30,900.00
Tutor	729	£29,335.00	£30,575.00	£31,810.00
Trainee Broker	6	£25,250.00	£30,500.00	£35,750.00
Prison Education	38	£27,395.00	£30,340.00	£33,295.00
Programme Assistant	4	£30,250.00	£30,250.00	£30,250.00
Nursery	2,316	£29,440.00	£30,215.00	£31,000.00
Nursery Room Leader	190	£29,375.00	£30,140.00	£30,900.00
Trainee Assessor	9	£29,450.00	£30,020.00	£30,590.00
Employability Tutor	6	£28,500.00	£29,750.00	£31,000.00
Room Leader	239	£28,980.00	£29,670.00	£30,355.00
L D Coordinator	2	£29,000.00	£29,500.00	£30,000.00
Graduate	657	£27,625.00	£29,485.00	£31,340.00
Supply Teacher	5	£28,250.00	£29,375.00	£30,500.00
Early Years	2,039	£28,400.00	£29,310.00	£30,215.00
Training Coordinator	5	£28,750.00	£29,125.00	£29,500.00
Early Years Trainer	2	£29,075.00	£29,075.00	£29,075.00
Early Years Assessor	22	£27,080.00	£28,955.00	£30,830.00
Education Officer	25	£28,545.00	£28,770.00	£28,995.00
Trainee Manager	28	£27,805.00	£28,740.00	£29,670.00
Nursery Assistant	267	£27,890.00	£28,600.00	£29,305.00
Outreach Worker	25	£27,705.00	£28,205.00	£28,690.00
Early Years Professional	20	£27,745.00	£28,155.00	£28,550.00
Nursery Practitioner	394	£26,880.00	£28,085.00	£29,290.00
Nursery Nurse	85	£26,075.00	£27,985.00	£29,895.00
Childcare Assessor	3	£25,500.00	£27,750.00	£30,000.00
DT Technician	5	£24,250.00	£27,525.00	£30,800.00
Intervention Teacher	17	£25,000.00	£27,500.00	£30,000.00
Student Support	575	£26,400.00	£27,380.00	£28,360.00
Early Years Practitioner	190	£26,250.00	£27,305.00	£28,360.00
Careers Advisor	2	£25,850.00	£27,175.00	£28,500.00
Early Years Foundation	8	£25,275.00	£27,150.00	£29,000.00
Vocational Instructor	16	£26,560.00	£26,890.00	£27,225.00
Trainee Consultant	633	£25,395.00	£26,735.00	£28,075.00
EYFS Practitioner	27	£25,000.00	£26,500.00	£28,000.00
Science Technician	9	£25,040.00	£26,200.00	£27,365.00
Early Years Educator	457	£25,740.00	£26,195.00	£26,660.00
Cover Supervisor	354	£25,935.00	£26,120.00	£26,310.00
Trainee Sales Negotiator	16	£19,400.00	£25,700.00	£32,000.00
Secondary Teaching Assistant	11	£25,365.00	£25,515.00	£25,665.00
Education Welfare Officer	19	£25,500.00	£25,500.00	£25,500.00
Work Coach	2	£24,600.00	£25,500.00	£26,375.00
Higher Level Teaching Assistant	445	£25,255.00	£25,315.00	£25,375.00
Team Teach	3	£24,000.00	£25,300.00	£26,600.00
HLTA	216	£24,445.00	£24,500.00	£24,555.00
Learning And Development Coordinator	2	£24,000.00	£24,500.00	£25,000.00
Teaching Assistant	5,214	£23,975.00	£24,125.00	£24,265.00
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	80	£23,460.00	£23,545.00	£23,635.00
Legal Trainee	4	£19,000.00	£22,750.00	£26,500.00
Early Years Assistant	37	£22,490.00	£22,650.00	£22,810.00
SEN Teaching Assistant	232	£22,185.00	£22,610.00	£23,040.00
SEN Assistant	118	£21,900.00	£22,465.00	£23,030.00
School Receptionist	13	£22,225.00	£22,225.00	£22,225.00
Learning Support Assistant	1,257	£20,995.00	£21,275.00	£21,565.00
School Support Worker	35	£21,255.00	£21,255.00	£21,255.00
SEND Assistant	29	£20,605.00	£21,055.00	£21,505.00
SEND Teaching Assistant	28	£20,605.00	£21,055.00	£21,505.00
Intervention Teaching Assistant	2	£20,900.00	£20,900.00	£20,900.00
Primary Teaching Assistant	5	£19,600.00	£20,890.00	£22,175.00
Internship	37	£20,000.00	£20,000.00	£20,000.00
1 to 1 Support Assistant	22	£18,150.00	£18,150.00	£18,150.00
Library Assistant	14	£14,140.00	£14,140.00	£14,140.00