Pay insights · Education
Early years pay in the UK, October 2026
What schools are advertising right now for full-time early years roles, from 57 live adverts on Teaching Vacancies across 52 schools and trusts. Figures are the employer’s own stated range, not estimates.
Updated 9 October 2026 · rebuilt every day · Download the data (CSV)
By region
Advertised range for full-time roles. The bar runs from the median advertised minimum to the median advertised maximum; the grey ticks mark the 25th and 75th percentiles. Regions with fewer than 30 adverts are listed without figures.
| Region | Adverts | Advertised range (median) | £23k – £51k |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 5 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| East of England | 6 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| London | 6 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| North East | 1 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| North West | 6 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| South East | 16 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| South West | 5 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| West Midlands | 3 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 7 | fewer than 30 adverts — not enough to report | |
| United Kingdom | 57 | £32,916 – £35,892 | |
What the figures are
Teaching Vacancies, the Department for Education's own listing service, where schools state the salary on almost every advert. We take every live full-time early years advert with an annual salary of £12,000 or more, remove reposts (same school, same title, same region), and report the median of the stated minimums and maximums.
These are advertised ranges, not what any individual is paid, and not a survey. A region needs at least 30 adverts before a figure is shown.
Part-time adverts
A further 33 part-time or term-time-only early years adverts state an annual salary. A part-time figure may be the pro-rata amount actually paid or the full-time equivalent, and the advert rarely says which, so they are kept out of the table above.