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Football Coach salary

What football coachs are advertised at on live vacancies we hold — we name the nation whenever we publish a figure.

Official support staff pay spine · 2026/27

NJC pay points 3–43

Full-time, full-year rates from 1 April 2026 (3.3% increase agreed). Show all pay points

Pay point (SCP)Annual salaryHourly rate
3£25,614£13.28
4£26,016£13.48
5£26,427£13.70
6£26,847£13.92
7£27,274£14.14
8£27,709£14.36
9£28,153£14.59
10£28,608£14.83
11£29,071£15.07
12£29,542£15.31
13£30,023£15.56
14£30,515£15.82
15£31,015£16.08
16£31,525£16.34
17£32,046£16.61
18£32,578£16.89
19£33,119£17.17
20£33,673£17.45
21£34,237£17.75
22£34,811£18.04
23£35,570£18.44
24£36,581£18.96
25£37,563£19.47
26£38,510£19.96
27£39,481£20.46
28£40,444£20.96
29£41,177£21.34
30£42,123£21.83
31£43,149£22.37
32£44,253£22.94
33£45,529£23.60
34£46,579£24.14
35£47,665£24.71
36£48,738£25.26
37£49,817£25.82
38£50,908£26.39
39£51,928£26.92
40£53,051£27.50
41£54,143£28.06
42£55,224£28.62
43£56,293£29.18

Source: NJC for Local Government Services pay agreement 2026 (Annex 1)

Councils and most maintained schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland pay support staff on this spine; each employer decides which pay points a role sits on. Annual figures are for a full-time (37-hour), all-year post — term-time and part-time staff are paid a proportion of them. Hourly rates are for a 37-hour week. Pay point 2 was removed, so the spine now starts at point 3. Academies, independent schools and private nurseries may use their own pay.

Read the official pay agreement (Local Government Association)

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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 information

Football Coach pay in UK education is set by the employer and the applicable pay framework. We publish figures here only where we can evidence them from live public vacancy adverts or an official pay scale.

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We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a football coach pay figure, and there are no live football coach vacancies advertised right now.

  • Open the live football coach vacancies below — many adverts state pay directly.
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Frequently asked questions

How much does a football coach earn?

We do not yet hold enough verified salary evidence to publish a football coach figure. Rather than estimate, we show live vacancies so you can see what employers are actually advertising.

Does football coach 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 football coach?

There is no single pay framework that generally applies to this role: pay depends on the employer, the contract and the nation. Use the advertised salary evidence on this page and check the individual advert.

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