Teaching professionals n.e.c. salary in the UK
The median full-time salary for teaching professionals n.e.c. in the UK is £34,396 (ONS, 2025). After tax and National Insurance at 2026/27 rates that is about £2,357 a month.
Pay range for teaching professionals n.e.c.
This is the ONS occupation group "Teaching professionals n.e.c." (SOC 2020 code 2319) (n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified"). ONS figures for 2025 show that a quarter earn less than £28,753, half earn less than £34,396 and a quarter earn more than £43,208.
| Point in the pay range | Gross a year | Gross a month | Take-home a year | Take-home a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 25th percentile | £28,753 | £2,396 | £24,222 | £2,018 |
| Median (50th percentile) | £34,396 | £2,866 | £28,285 | £2,357 |
| 75th percentile | £43,208 | £3,601 | £34,629 | £2,886 |
| 90th percentile | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
Take-home at England, Wales and Northern Ireland rates. Not published means ONS did not publish that figure because the estimate is not reliable enough. ONS rates the median for teaching professionals n.e.c. as reasonably precise: its sampling error (coefficient of variation) is 9.4%. ONS estimates about 16,000 full-time employee jobs in this occupation. ONS says job counts like this are indicative only.
Where teaching professionals n.e.c. rank
The median for teaching professionals n.e.c. ranks 201st of 362 occupations on this site, in the lower half, and 87th of 91 in professional occupations. It is £4,643 (11.9%) lower than the UK median of £39,039 for all full-time employee jobs. ONS change on the previous year: the median for teaching professionals n.e.c. rose 7.2%, more than the 4.3% rise in the UK median for all full-time jobs.
Jobs with the nearest medians: Housing officers (£34,688), Legal associate professionals (£34,662), Vehicle paint technicians (£34,531), Routine inspectors and testers (£34,360), Archivists and curators (£34,237) and Computer system and equipment installers and servicers (£34,237).
How spread out pay is
The middle half of full-time teaching professionals n.e.c. earn between £28,753 and £43,208, a gap of £14,455, or 42.0% of the median. That is £10,292 narrower than the £24,747 gap for all UK jobs, and the 101st widest of the 223 jobs where ONS published both figures, in the upper half of the list.
The mean for teaching professionals n.e.c. (total pay divided by the number of employees) is £36,146, which is £1,750 (5.1%) higher than the median. When the mean is above the median, a smaller number of higher salaries are pulling the average up. For all UK full-time jobs the mean is 24.3% above the median, so the gap for teaching professionals n.e.c. is smaller.
Teaching professionals n.e.c. and related jobs
Among these 7 jobs in the same ONS minor group, this one has the lowest median. The highest median among them is £52,835 (higher education teaching professionals) and the lowest £34,396 (teaching professionals n.e.c.).
| Job | SOC code | Median salary | Take-home a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education teaching professionals | 2311 | £52,835 | £3,433 |
| Secondary education teaching professionals | 2313 | £47,632 | £3,151 |
| Special needs education teaching professionals | 2316 | £47,432 | £3,139 |
| Primary education teaching professionals | 2314 | £45,939 | £3,050 |
| Further education teaching professionals | 2312 | £42,218 | £2,826 |
| Nursery education teaching professionals | 2315 | £37,593 | £2,549 |
| Teaching professionals n.e.c. | 2319 | £34,396 | £2,357 |
Take-home pay against all jobs
At the median, teaching professionals n.e.c. take home about £2,357 a month, against £2,636 on the UK median for all jobs. Scotland has its own income tax bands, so take-home pay on the same salary is different there.
| Group | Median a year | Take-home a month | Take-home a month in Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching professionals n.e.c. | £34,396 | £2,357 | £2,356 |
| All full-time employee jobs, UK | £39,039 | £2,636 | £2,631 |
Related pages
All jobs in the Professional occupations table, average salary by area, the take home pay calculator, salary to hourly calculator and pay rise calculator.
How this is worked out
Pay: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), 2025 provisional, SOC 2020 unit group 2319. Take-home: 2026/27 rates, tax code 1257L, no pension or student loan. How to read these figures.
Sources
- ASHE Table 14: earnings by occupation (4-digit SOC), 2025 provisional (ONS)
- ASHE Table 7: earnings by place of work, local authority, 2025 provisional (ONS)
- SOC 2020 Volume 1: structure and descriptions of unit groups (ONS)
- Income Tax rates and Personal Allowances (GOV.UK)
- Scottish Income Tax (GOV.UK)
- National Insurance: how much you pay (GOV.UK)
Figures checked on 12 October 2026. ONS plans to publish its next ASHE figures on 22 October 2026. Read how we calculate or tell us about a mistake.
Frequently asked questions
On the median full-time salary of £34,396, take-home pay is about £2,357 a month (£28,285 a year) after 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance, with tax code 1257L and no pension or student loan. In Scotland, where income tax is different, it is about £2,356 a month.
ONS figures for full-time jobs (2025) show that a quarter earn less than £28,753, half earn less than £34,396 and a quarter earn more than £43,208. ONS did not publish every point in the range because some estimates are not reliable enough.
No. The median for teaching professionals n.e.c. is £34,396, which is £4,643 (11.9%) lower than the UK median of £39,039 for all full-time employee jobs (ONS, 2025). It ranks 201st of 362 occupations on this site.