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Highest Paying Education Jobs in the UK

Last 12 Month Education Jobs Summary

There have been 749,214 listed Education Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	747,040	99.71 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	1,276	0.17 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	898	0.12 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 14,408 new Education Jobs posted each week, or 62,435 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	14,366	62,253
Contract	41	181

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 September.

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
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
December 2024	4,326

The Highest Paying Education Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Employment Consultant	2	£70,000.00	£72,000.00	£74,000.00
Head of School	170	£66,570.00	£67,430.00	£68,285.00
Head of College	4	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Headteacher	2,994	£64,230.00	£64,865.00	£65,505.00
Educational Psychologist	97	£61,675.00	£62,300.00	£62,925.00
TA	22	£60,165.00	£60,875.00	£61,585.00
Deputy Headteacher	710	£57,665.00	£57,835.00	£58,000.00
Computing Teacher	139	£50,965.00	£53,590.00	£56,205.00
Computer Teacher	149	£49,485.00	£52,715.00	£55,940.00
Development Officer	34	£46,275.00	£51,340.00	£56,415.00
Assistant Headteacher	1,094	£50,575.00	£50,790.00	£51,010.00
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
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
Head of Maths	82	£47,070.00	£47,070.00	£47,070.00
Mentor	877	£43,540.00	£46,745.00	£49,950.00
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	1,042	£41,970.00	£44,180.00	£46,390.00
Eyfs Teacher	14	£35,690.00	£44,150.00	£52,615.00
Higher Education	14	£40,670.00	£44,130.00	£47,585.00
Physics Teacher	22	£38,145.00	£43,990.00	£49,845.00
Biology Teacher	4	£38,325.00	£43,925.00	£49,550.00
Training Manager	55	£40,475.00	£43,380.00	£46,275.00
Year 2 Teacher	6	£35,850.00	£43,250.00	£50,675.00
Maths Teacher	936	£41,635.00	£43,240.00	£44,845.00
Independent School	72	£37,415.00	£43,070.00	£48,730.00
Design Technology Teacher	126	£39,945.00	£43,055.00	£46,165.00
Design And Technology Teacher	125	£39,830.00	£42,940.00	£46,045.00
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
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
Head of English	18	£34,805.00	£42,440.00	£50,060.00
Geography Teacher	52	£36,315.00	£42,355.00	£48,385.00
Support Staff	305	£39,995.00	£42,065.00	£44,140.00
Year 3 Teacher	1	£34,825.00	£42,025.00	£49,225.00
Classroom Teacher	12	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
Key Stage 3 Teacher	6	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
History Teacher	15	£35,905.00	£41,795.00	£47,670.00
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
English Teacher	823	£39,715.00	£41,360.00	£42,995.00
Food Technology	57	£39,965.00	£41,340.00	£42,715.00
Music Teacher	70	£35,790.00	£41,315.00	£46,845.00
Drama Teacher	16	£33,220.00	£41,275.00	£49,315.00
IT Teacher	14,269	£39,145.00	£41,220.00	£43,295.00
Key Stage 2 Teacher	18	£37,465.00	£41,195.00	£44,940.00
Psychology Teacher	8	£32,290.00	£41,140.00	£49,990.00
Training Specialist	39	£37,825.00	£40,805.00	£43,795.00
SEN Teacher	3,819	£40,225.00	£40,745.00	£41,265.00
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	162	£38,560.00	£40,155.00	£41,755.00
Design Teacher	141	£37,805.00	£40,075.00	£42,350.00
Head of PE	16	£40,000.00	£40,000.00	£40,000.00
Assessor	2,043	£38,275.00	£39,985.00	£41,710.00
PE Teacher	135	£37,530.00	£39,950.00	£42,365.00
Development Coach	19	£39,250.00	£39,650.00	£40,050.00
Education Manager	10	£38,200.00	£39,575.00	£40,950.00
Computer Science Teacher	61	£35,315.00	£39,565.00	£43,805.00
Cover Teacher	155	£38,915.00	£39,085.00	£39,255.00
Art Teacher	237	£38,160.00	£38,800.00	£39,440.00
University Lecturer	2	£34,875.00	£38,750.00	£42,625.00
QTS	69	£34,140.00	£38,350.00	£42,555.00
Humanities Teacher	205	£37,535.00	£38,280.00	£39,025.00
Primary Class Teacher	9	£36,550.00	£38,165.00	£39,775.00
Secondary School	547	£34,710.00	£38,040.00	£41,365.00
ICT Teacher	109	£37,215.00	£38,005.00	£38,795.00
Science Specialist	10	£38,000.00	£38,000.00	£38,000.00
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
PSHE Teacher	40	£37,490.00	£37,490.00	£37,490.00
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
Teaching	14,405	£35,500.00	£37,270.00	£39,035.00
Training	19,957	£35,120.00	£37,050.00	£38,975.00
Primary School	506	£33,015.00	£36,835.00	£40,650.00
Art & Design Teacher	39	£36,145.00	£36,785.00	£37,430.00
IT Lecturer	181	£32,820.00	£36,775.00	£40,720.00
Head of Department	10	£35,135.00	£36,635.00	£38,135.00
Food Technology Teacher	32	£34,680.00	£36,570.00	£38,460.00
Nursery Manager	693	£35,130.00	£36,540.00	£37,945.00
Lecturer	170	£32,285.00	£36,450.00	£40,615.00
SEND Teacher	276	£35,555.00	£36,350.00	£37,150.00
Autism Teacher	26	£36,100.00	£36,100.00	£36,100.00
School Management	67	£34,295.00	£35,500.00	£36,710.00
Trainer	440	£33,845.00	£35,385.00	£36,930.00
Class Teacher	817	£33,230.00	£35,145.00	£37,050.00
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
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
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	142	£27,335.00	£32,275.00	£37,210.00
Assistant Nursery Manager	199	£32,140.00	£32,140.00	£32,140.00
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	1,165	£30,965.00	£31,615.00	£32,270.00
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
It Apprenticeship	1,285	£30,770.00	£31,450.00	£32,120.00
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
Prison Education	40	£27,755.00	£30,740.00	£33,730.00
Term Time	231	£28,675.00	£30,735.00	£32,790.00
Trainee Broker	6	£25,250.00	£30,500.00	£35,750.00
Pastoral Manager	27	£29,770.00	£30,300.00	£30,840.00
Programme Assistant	4	£30,250.00	£30,250.00	£30,250.00
Nursery Room Leader	141	£29,005.00	£29,785.00	£30,570.00
Nursery	1,683	£28,885.00	£29,655.00	£30,425.00
L D Coordinator	2	£29,000.00	£29,500.00	£30,000.00
Room Leader	175	£28,785.00	£29,420.00	£30,060.00
Training Coordinator	5	£28,750.00	£29,125.00	£29,500.00
Trainee Manager	8	£27,665.00	£29,040.00	£30,415.00
Graduate	590	£27,065.00	£29,025.00	£30,990.00
Early Years	1,488	£27,900.00	£28,740.00	£29,580.00
Early Years Assessor	4	£27,000.00	£28,500.00	£30,000.00
Trainee Assessor	4	£27,650.00	£28,415.00	£29,175.00
Tutor	521	£27,295.00	£28,115.00	£28,930.00
Nursery Practitioner	252	£26,820.00	£28,095.00	£29,370.00
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
Education Officer	16	£27,735.00	£27,815.00	£27,890.00
Nursery Assistant	238	£26,730.00	£27,745.00	£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	14	£27,000.00	£27,000.00	£27,000.00
Outreach Worker	15	£26,500.00	£26,760.00	£27,000.00
Early Years Practitioner	156	£25,925.00	£26,705.00	£27,485.00
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
Early Years Educator	369	£26,120.00	£26,485.00	£26,850.00
Trainee Consultant	470	£25,155.00	£26,450.00	£27,740.00
Student Support	483	£25,650.00	£26,440.00	£27,235.00
Cover Supervisor	338	£26,190.00	£26,235.00	£26,280.00
Science Technician	6	£25,275.00	£26,150.00	£27,025.00
Part Time Teacher	10	£26,000.00	£26,000.00	£26,000.00
Work Coach	2	£24,600.00	£25,500.00	£26,375.00
Secondary Teaching Assistant	9	£25,265.00	£25,265.00	£25,265.00
Higher Level Teaching Assistant	401	£25,190.00	£25,215.00	£25,235.00
Early Years Assistant	28	£24,685.00	£24,965.00	£25,245.00
Learning And Development Coordinator	2	£24,000.00	£24,500.00	£25,000.00
Therapy Assistant	25	£24,340.00	£24,340.00	£24,340.00
HLTA	148	£24,080.00	£24,095.00	£24,110.00
Marketing Apprentice	3	£24,000.00	£24,000.00	£24,000.00
Learning Mentor	49	£23,665.00	£23,665.00	£23,665.00
Teaching Assistant	5,211	£23,510.00	£23,600.00	£23,690.00
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	4	£21,400.00	£22,700.00	£24,000.00
SEND Teaching Assistant	3	£21,400.00	£22,700.00	£24,000.00
SEN Teaching Assistant	399	£21,670.00	£21,985.00	£22,310.00
SEN Assistant	251	£21,645.00	£21,940.00	£22,240.00
School Support Worker	21	£21,110.00	£21,110.00	£21,110.00
Learning Support Assistant	1,068	£20,835.00	£20,960.00	£21,085.00
Intervention Teaching Assistant	2	£20,900.00	£20,900.00	£20,900.00
Internship	37	£20,000.00	£20,000.00	£20,000.00
School Receptionist	39	£19,865.00	£19,865.00	£19,865.00
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
School Time	2	£12,550.00	£12,550.00	£12,550.00