Teaching professionals n.e.c.: salary in the UK
About £28,928 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.2% on last year
£2,941 a month About £2,411 a month after tax 20 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 £28,086 in 2021 to £35,290 in 2026 (+26%); 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 | £16,471 | £23,678 | £28,086 | £36,961 | x |
| 2022 | x | £24,769 | £30,328 | £38,113 | x |
| 2023 | £20,649 | £24,559 | £30,730 | £37,373 | x |
| 2024 | £21,955 | £27,135 | £32,084 | £39,820 | x |
| 2025 | x | £28,803 | £34,540 | £43,193 | x |
| 2026 | £23,737 | £28,907 | £35,290 | £46,832 | 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 £35,290 a year and half earn more. That is 14% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £28,907 and £46,832; one in ten earns less than £23,737.
Ranked by median, it is number 209 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,411 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,409 in Scotland.
The median for men is £33,710 and for women £35,694, a gap of 6% in women's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £23,737 | £1,978 |
| 20th | £26,969 | £2,247 |
| 25th (P25) | £28,907 | £2,409 |
| 30th | £30,303 | £2,525 |
| 40th | £32,773 | £2,731 |
| Median (50th) | £35,290 | £2,941 |
| 60th | £38,180 | £3,182 |
| 70th | £45,450 | £3,787 |
| 75th (P75) | £46,832 | £3,903 |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £33,710 | £37,709 | 9 |
| Women | £35,694 | £38,782 | 10 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £28,928 | £2,411 |
| Scotland | £28,910 | £2,409 |
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 £35,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 43 job titles to SOC 2319 Teaching professionals n.e.c.. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Academic mentor
- Adult education centre teacher
- Adult education teacher
- Adult education tutor
- Adult learning tutor
- Adult tutor
- Art teacher
- Assistant language teacher
- Ballet teacher
- British sign language teacher
- BSL teacher
- Dance lecturer
- Dancing school owner
- Drama teacher
- Drama worker
- Functional skills tutor
- Home tutor
- Instrumental music teacher
- Instrumental teacher
- Language assistant
- Language school owner
- Language teacher
- Mathematics teacher
- Music instructor
- Music teacher
- Owner
- Peripatetic music teacher
- Personal tutor
- Piano instructor
- Piano tutor
- Principal
- Private music teacher
- Private tutor
- Religious teacher
- School principal
- Science communicator
- Senior staff instructor
- Singing teacher
- Teacher
- Tutor
- Violin instructor
- Vocal coach
- Voice coach
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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.