Further education teaching professionals: salary in the UK
About £35,155 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +6.4% on last year
£3,662 a month About £2,930 a month after tax 45 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £36,792 in 2021 to £43,938 in 2026 (+19%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £25,902 | £30,795 | £36,792 | £44,394 | x |
| 2022 | £26,455 | £32,525 | £38,251 | £45,676 | x |
| 2023 | £25,230 | £33,491 | £40,067 | £47,374 | x |
| 2024 | £26,229 | £34,370 | £41,061 | £50,589 | x |
| 2025 | £24,426 | £33,553 | £41,301 | £50,346 | x |
| 2026 | x | £36,292 | £43,938 | £50,177 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £43,938 a year and half earn more. That is 7% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £36,292 and £50,177.
Ranked by median, it is number 117 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,930 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,916 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | £36,292 | £3,024 |
| 30th | £38,434 | £3,203 |
| 40th | £41,805 | £3,484 |
| Median (50th) | £43,938 | £3,662 |
| 60th | £45,579 | £3,798 |
| 70th | £48,814 | £4,068 |
| 75th (P75) | £50,177 | £4,181 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £45,779 | £46,480 | 21 |
| Women | x | £40,973 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £35,155 | £2,930 |
| Scotland | £34,993 | £2,916 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £44,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 29 job titles to SOC 2312 Further education teaching professionals. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Art teacher
- Assistant head
- Assistant principal
- Beauty therapy lecturer
- College lecturer
- Course leader
- Curriculum leader
- Dance lecturer
- Dance teacher
- Dancing teacher
- Deputy head
- Deputy principal
- Director of studies
- English teacher
- Fe college lecturer
- Head of department
- Head of faculties
- Head of faculty
- Instructor
- Learning coach
- Lecturer
- Mathematics teacher
- Music teacher
- Professor
- Programme leader
- Teacher
- Technician
- Tutor
- Woodwork instructor
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.