Salary guide
Early Career Teacher (ECT) salary
What early career teacher (ect)s are advertised at on live vacancies we hold — we name the nation whenever we publish a figure.
Advertised salary evidence
Insufficient verified salary data
Insufficient verified salary data — we only publish pay figures we can evidence from live public vacancy adverts or official pay scales.
Pay framework: Teacher pay framework (England)
Insufficient verified salary data
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a figure here.
Statistics are derived from live public vacancies at the time of the last refresh. They are a snapshot of advertised pay, not a historical earnings series.
How we calculate salary informationTeacher in the first two years of induction. In England this follows the Early Career Framework; other UK nations run their own induction.
What you can do instead
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a early career teacher (ect) pay figure, and there are no live early career teacher (ect) vacancies advertised right now.
- Open the live early career teacher (ect) vacancies below — many adverts state pay directly.
- Check the Teacher pay framework (England), which commonly applies to this role.
- Tell us if you spot a salary that looks wrong so we can review the advert.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does an early career teacher (ect) earn?
We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a early career teacher (ect) figure. Rather than estimate, we show live vacancies so you can see what employers are actually advertising.
Does early career teacher (ect) pay vary by area?
It can, but we only publish area differences where we have enough evidence for that area — we never apply a regional multiplier to invent a local figure.
What pay framework applies to a early career teacher (ect)?
Teachers in maintained schools in England are normally paid under the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD). Academies may adopt or mirror it, or set their own pay policy. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own arrangements.
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