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Further education teaching professionals

SOC 2020 2312

Further education teaching professionals supervise and teach trade, technical, commercial, adult education, secondary and post-secondary courses to students beyond minimum school leaving age.

Also calledInstructorTeacherLecturerHead of facultiesCurriculum leaderMusic teacherand 24 more titles
Typical full-time pay£42,2002025 Provisional
People in the job60,000across the UK
Demand for workersNot high
New adverts a month159↓ 18%on last year · 361st of 412

Pay

ONS · ASHE 2025

Half of full-time further education teaching professionals earn between £36,600 and £50,800 a year.

What full-time further education teaching professionals earn, 2025
£42,200 typical£28,800lowest 10%£36,60025%£53,100top 20%n/ptop 10%
Middle half (£36,600–£50,800)n/p: top 10% not published by ONS
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Lowest 10% earn less than£28,800
Lowest 20% earn less than£33,500
25%£36,600
Median£42,200
75%£50,800
Top 20% earn more than£53,100
Top 10% earn more thanNot published
Typical pay by regionUK median £42,200
Scotland!£49,600
London!£46,600
Wales!£46,000
North East!£41,600
West Midlands!£41,600
South East!£41,300
North West!£41,300
South West!£40,900
Yorkshire and The HumberNot published by ONS–
East MidlandsNot published by ONS–
East of EnglandNot published by ONS–
!Small sample: treat with caution
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UK median, £42,200
Scotland£49,600 (small sample)
London£46,600 (small sample)
Wales£46,000 (small sample)
North East£41,600 (small sample)
West Midlands£41,600 (small sample)
South East£41,300 (small sample)
North West£41,300 (small sample)
South West£40,900 (small sample)
Yorkshire and The HumberNot published by ONS
East MidlandsNot published by ONS
East of EnglandNot published by ONS
Typical pay over 3 years
  • 2023 £40,100
  • 2024 £41,100
  • 2025 Provisional£42,200
↑ 5.4% since 2023Provisional figures are revised when ONS publishes the next year’s survey.

Jobs and demand

ONS · Textkernel adverts · DfE

About 159 jobs for further education teaching professionals are advertised each month. The Department for Education rates demand for workers as not high.

New job adverts a month, Jan 2017 to Aug 2026
New advertsMonth not published by ONS (2 in all)
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Aug 2026116
Jul 2026162
Jun 2026Not published
May 2026156
Apr 2026181
Mar 2026Not published
Feb 2026143
Jan 2026181
Dec 202573
Nov 2025186
Oct 2025182
Sept 2025214
Aug 2025180
Jul 2025175
Jun 2025220
May 2025272
Apr 2025228
Mar 2025207
Feb 2025214
Jan 2025183
Dec 2024130
Nov 2024161
Oct 2024203
Sept 2024202
Aug 2024180
Jul 2024174
Jun 2024246
May 2024259
Apr 2024256
Mar 2024274
Feb 2024239
Jan 2024235
Dec 2023171
Nov 2023127
Oct 2023130
Sept 2023123
Aug 2023204
Jul 2023165
Jun 2023217
May 2023274
Apr 2023271
Mar 2023308
Feb 2023258
Jan 2023248
Dec 2022201
Nov 2022229
Oct 2022246
Sept 2022277
Aug 2022197
Jul 2022246
Jun 2022273
May 2022338
Apr 2022230
Mar 2022289
Feb 2022208
Jan 2022241
Dec 2021208
Nov 2021241
Oct 2021222
Sept 2021229
Aug 2021166
Jul 2021228
Jun 2021252
May 2021239
Apr 2021181
Mar 2021220
Feb 2021118
Jan 2021176
Dec 2020220
Nov 2020245
Oct 2020242
Sept 2020214
Aug 2020224
Jul 2020234
Jun 2020226
May 2020254
Apr 2020210
Mar 2020199
Feb 2020241
Jan 2020241
Dec 2019189
Nov 2019198
Oct 2019262
Sept 2019216
Aug 2019175
Jul 2019263
Jun 2019271
May 2019270
Apr 2019181
Mar 2019232
Feb 2019215
Jan 2019182
Dec 2018123
Nov 2018251
Oct 2018225
Sept 2018261
Aug 2018380
Jul 2018369
Jun 2018412
May 2018404
Apr 2018219
Mar 2018264
Feb 2018233
Jan 2018351
Dec 2017167
Nov 2017243
Oct 2017212
Sept 2017236
Aug 2017204
Jul 2017211
Jun 2017321
May 2017357
Apr 2017253
Mar 2017261
Feb 2017231
Jan 2017311
Is there a shortage of further education teaching professionals?
Not high

The Department for Education rates demand as not high, elevated or critical, using five indicators. This is its 2025 assessment.

  • Visas grantedAbove usual
  • Online job advertsUsual
  • Wage growthAbove usual
  • Pay against similar jobsUsual
  • Hours workedUsual
Note: uncertainty in online job advert density.
Vacancies hard to fill because of skills
39%against 27% for all jobs
Broader groupFigure for teaching professionals, which includes further education teaching professionals. DfE Employer Skills Survey 2024.
Where the most jobs are advertisedadverts a quarter
London78
Birmingham15
Leeds12
Newcastle upon Tyne11
Exeter10
North Yorkshire10
Manchester9
Oxford8
Liverpool7
Nottingham7
London is published as one area. Averages leave out quarters ONS withheld.
Where further education teaching professionals are most concentratedShare of local job adverts, compared with the UK.

Recruitment from abroad. 19 sponsored work visas were granted for this job from July 2025 to June 2026, most to people from Pakistan, United States, India, ranking it 184th of 313. Home Office

Who does it

ONS · Annual Population Survey · April 2025 to March 2026
Age of further education teaching professionals
n/p
17%!
19%!
28%!
30%!
6.5%!
!Small sample: treat with cautionn/p: too few in the survey to publish
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16–24Not published
25–3417% (small sample)
35–4419% (small sample)
45–5428% (small sample)
55–6430% (small sample)
65+6.5% (small sample)
Highest qualification
Degree or equivalent73%
Higher education below degree!17%
A levels or equivalent!10%
GCSEs or equivalent!1.3%
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Degree or equivalent73%
Higher education below degree17% (small sample)
A levels or equivalent10% (small sample)
GCSEs or equivalent1.3% (small sample)

Main employers: tertiary education (30%), post-secondary non-tertiary education (19%), other education nec (17%), technical and vocational secondary education (16%).

How to get in

Hold a degree
73%
as their highest qualification
Apprenticeships
1
from level 5
Apprenticeships take
18 months
typically

Apprenticeships

1 for this job

© Skills England 2025. This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The work

ONS · ESCO · O*NET

Typical tasks

  • prepares, delivers and directs lectures, seminars and tutorials
  • prepares, administers and marks examinations, essays and other assignments
  • arranges instructional visits and periods of employment experience for students
  • assists with the administration of teaching and the arranging of timetables
  • liaises with other professional and commercial organisations to review course content

Skills

  • adapt instruction to labour market
  • adapt teaching to student's capabilities
  • apply intercultural teaching strategies
  • apply teaching strategies
  • assess students
  • assist students in their learning
  • give constructive feedback
  • guarantee students' safety
  • observe student's progress
  • work in vocational school
  • assign homework
  • assist students with equipment
  • control the performance of the vehicle
  • deal with emergency care situations

Knowledge

  • assessment processes
  • accounting
  • aircraft flight control systems
  • biosafety in biomedical laboratory
  • business law
  • common aviation safety regulations
  • copyright legislation
  • cosmetics

Suits people who like

  • Helping and caring for people
  • Working with ideas and solving problems

Outlook

DfE · Skills Imperative 2035
Broader groupThese projections are for teaching and other educational professionals, a group of 13 jobs that includes further education teaching professionals.
Change in jobs, 2020 to 2035↑ 15%about 268,000 more jobs
Workers needed by 20351.3 millionincluding people replacing those who retire or leave

Sources

Pay
ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional
People in the job, who does it
ONS, Annual Population Survey, April 2025 to March 2026
Job adverts
ONS, online job adverts (Textkernel), to Aug 2026
Demand, skill shortages
Department for Education and Skills England, Occupations in demand and the Employer Skills Survey
Outlook
The Skills Imperative 2035 (2024), NFER/Nuffield/DfE/IER/CE
Routes in
National Careers Service job profiles
Apprenticeships, qualifications
Skills England occupational maps
Skills, interests
ESCO classification of the European Commission; O*NET data, U.S. Department of Labor (CC BY 4.0, modified)
Visas
Home Office, immigration system statistics

Figures as of 10 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Occupations in demand and the Employer Skills Survey: Department for Education and Skills England. Immigration system statistics: Home Office. Contains public sector information from the National Careers Service licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

© Skills England 2025. This information is licensed under the Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source: The Skills Imperative 2035 (2024), NFER/Nuffield/DfE/IER/CE.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

This service includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This service has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. CC BY 4.0 licence.

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