Bus driver salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Bus driver earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£31,200 per year, median
the midpoint of 317 advertised salaries from 66 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,600 a month
- Low
- £28,200
- Median
- £31,200
- Average
- £32,100
- High
- £38,100
Median
Average
Low £28,200
High £38,100
Half of the adverts fall between £29,200 and £33,800. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 317 advertised salaries, from 66 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as an hourly rate (277), a yearly figure (40). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
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Coach Driver
from 33k £/yr
Mini Bus Driver
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Bus Driver
Full-time
PCV Bus Driver
Full-time
School Bus Driver – Term Time
from 15 £/hrFull-time
Coach Driver
Full-time
School Bus Driver Term Time
from 15 £/hrFull-time
Bus Driver
from 20 £/hrFull-time
School Bus Driver – Term Time
from 15 £/hrFull-time
Bus Driver
Full-time
Bus Driver
from 17 £/hrPart-time
Trainee Bus Driver
32–35k £/yr
Bus Driver
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Bus Driver
from 17 £/hrPart-time
School Mini Bus Driver Part time
Part-time
Bus Driver
from 17 £/hrPart-time
Bus Driver
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Bus Driver
from 16 £/hrFull-time
School Mini Bus Driver Part time
Part-time
Weekend Bus Driver
from 24 £/hrFull-time