SchoolJobs Insights
The UK education jobs market, as it stands today
Built from the education vacancies on SchoolJobs.uk and from anonymous activity on this site. Free to read, free to quote, and never rounded up.
Vacancies open now
4,452
Added today
57
Added in 30 days
6,094
Comparison not yet available
Organisations hiring
2,971
Distinct roles live
400
Hiring activity
Vacancies added per day over the last 90 days, from the publication date on each vacancy record.
Recorded market history
| Date | Open | Added | Closed | Organisations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2026 | 4,448 | 53 | 296 | 2,968 |
Roles in demand
Not published yet. A 30-day comparison needs 60 days of continuously recorded market history, which began on 12 Sep 2026. Until then an earlier period could reflect vacancies being added to our index rather than schools hiring, so no movement is claimed.
Most vacancies open
- Teaching Assistant652 open
- Teacher362 open
- Learning Support Assistant189 open
- Class Teacher155 open
- Cleaner141 open
- Cover Supervisor136 open
Where the vacancies are
Broad geography only, taken from the area recorded on each vacancy or its school. Period-on-period change is withheld until enough market history has been recorded.
| Area | Open now | Employers | Added in 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| South East | 766 | 490 | 922 |
| East of England | 719 | 480 | 959 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 560 | 374 | 737 |
| West Midlands | 509 | 342 | 620 |
| East Midlands | 503 | 331 | 660 |
| South West | 503 | 340 | 633 |
| North West | 407 | 283 | 478 |
| London | 353 | 234 | 466 |
| North East | 132 | 97 | 176 |
Advertised pay evidence
Annual and hourly pay are never mixed, and a stated full-time equivalent salary is never averaged with an actual pro-rata one. A cohort is published only above 30 distinct vacancies.
Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser
£29,744 median
Middle range £25,190 – £40,950
2,797 vacancies · 1,008 employers
Annual — stated full-time equivalent
£26,622 median
Middle range £24,796 – £32,981
610 vacancies · 507 employers
Hourly — basis not stated by the advertiser
£13.00 median
Middle range £13.00 – £14.00
202 vacancies · 184 employers
Annual — stated term-time actual
£22,873 median
Middle range £18,197 – £26,217
73 vacancies · 62 employers
Annual — stated actual salary
£23,985 median
Middle range £19,074 – £28,617
61 vacancies · 57 employers
Annual — stated pro rata
£25,616 median
Middle range £21,678 – £28,494
51 vacancies · 44 employers
Pay by role
| Role | Basis | Median | Vacancies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Support Assistant | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £26,000 | 385 |
| Cover Supervisor | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £28,600 | 370 |
| Teaching Assistant | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £24,715 | 239 |
| Supply Teacher | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £42,900 | 202 |
| Teacher | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £45,000 | 172 |
| Send Teacher | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £49,400 | 132 |
| Sen Teaching Assistant | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £25,805 | 130 |
| Teaching Assistant | Annual — stated full-time equivalent | £25,287 | 116 |
| Early Years Practitioner | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £30,659 | 72 |
| Nursery Nurse | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £27,872 | 47 |
| Primary Teacher | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £42,900 | 44 |
| Exam Invigilator | Hourly — basis not stated by the advertiser | £13.00 | 43 |
| Higher Level Teaching Assistant | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £26,645 | 42 |
| Midday Supervisor | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £3,511 | 35 |
| Learning Support Assistant | Annual — stated full-time equivalent | £25,188 | 34 |
| Higher Level Teaching Assistant | Annual — stated full-time equivalent | £29,547 | 34 |
| Nursery Room Leader | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £30,000 | 31 |
| School Administrator | Annual — basis not stated by the advertiser | £24,629 | 30 |
Candidate demand
Anonymous, aggregate activity on SchoolJobs.uk over the last 30 days. No person, vacancy or employer is identifiable. Shown only once at least 20 anonymous actions are recorded in the period.
Job views
172
Apply starts
183
Applications
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Jobs saved
—
Alerts created
—
Organisations followed
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A dash means the measure is below the publication threshold for this period, not that it is zero.
Hiring most right now
Counted from vacancies open today. Every organisation named here has its own page.
Schools and colleges
- Plumpton College10 open
- Valence School10 open
- Yeovil College10 open
- The Westgate School9 open
- Abbeyfield School7 open
- Cottenham Village College7 open
- Netherwood Academy7 open
- The Bishop of Winchester Academy7 open
- Alperton Community School6 open
- Bruntcliffe Academy6 open
Academy trusts
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST56 open · 31 schools
- STAR ACADEMIES41 open · 22 schools
- UNITED LEARNING TRUST39 open · 20 schools
- GLF SCHOOLS32 open · 20 schools
- ARK SCHOOLS31 open · 24 schools
- REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST31 open · 27 schools
- MERIDIAN TRUST29 open · 19 schools
- ASTREA ACADEMY TRUST28 open · 10 schools
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST26 open · 18 schools
- CABOT LEARNING FEDERATION25 open · 17 schools
How these figures are produced
- Vacancy counts come from the education vacancies held on SchoolJobs.uk, with duplicates of the same advert counted once.
- Market history begins on the first day it was recorded. No earlier date is reconstructed or estimated.
- Pay figures come from advertised salaries only, kept separate by pay period and by the basis the advertiser stated.
- Candidate demand is anonymous and aggregate. No individual, CV, application or postcode is used, and internal testing is excluded.
- Additions count vacancies entering our index, which is why period-on-period comparisons are withheld until enough continuous history exists to make them meaningful.
- Figures are a reading of this market, not of every UK education vacancy.
- Version 1 — from 2026-09-12
- First recorded history. Apply starts counted the moment the Quick Apply form was rendered on a job page, so on this version apply starts track job views closely and are NOT an intent measure.
- Version 2 — from 2026-09-13
- Apply starts become an intent measure: only a candidate action (Apply pressed, or first real interaction with the Quick Apply fields) counts. Form rendering is recorded separately as quick_apply_form_viewed and is excluded from apply starts.
Every vacancy behind these figures is open to apply to now.
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