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Early years teacher salary in the UK (2026)

What does a Early years teacher earn?

What employers advertise across the UK.

£40,300 per year, median

the midpoint of 54 advertised salaries from 31 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 17 Oct 2026

about £3,400 a month

Low
£30,300
Median
£40,300
Average
£39,100
High
£51,000
Median Average
Low £30,300 High £51,000
The bar leaves out the highest and lowest tenth of advertised salaries; the darker section is the middle half.

Half of the adverts fall between £32,200 and £45,000. “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

  • 54 advertised salaries, from 31 different employers.
  • Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 17 Oct 2026.
  • Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (50), an hourly rate (4). 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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Early Years Teacher Tradewind Recruitment Careers · Hemel Hempstead · 180–280 £/dayFull-time Early Years Teacher Tradewind Recruitment · Hemel Hempstead · 180–280 £/dayFull-time Early Years Teacher Academics Careers · Stafford · 130–160 £/dayFull-time Early Years Teacher Academics · Stafford · 130–160 £/dayFull-time Reception Teacher Veritas Education Recruitment Ltd Careers · Chorley · 160–240 £/dayFull-time Reception Teacher SANZA Teaching Agency Careers · London · Full-time Reception Teacher SANZA Teaching Agency · Havering atte Bower · Full-time Reception Teacher Academics Careers · Birmingham · Part-time Reception Teacher Academics · Birmingham · Part-time Early Years Teacher Hanson Recruitment Ltd · Bathampton · Full-time Nursery Teacher with QTS Ribbons and Reeves Limited · Chelmsford · Part-time Early Years Teacher Busy Bees Nurseries · Liverpool · Full-time Early Years Teacher Jobtraffic · Harrow · Full-time Early Years Teacher Busy Bees · Harrow · Full-time Reception Teacher - Havering, London Academics · Rush Green · 180–300 £/dayFull-time Nursery Teacher Noddy's Nursery School Limited · Brighton and Hove · from 32k £/yr Nursery Teacher Ribbons and Reeves Limited · Hounslow · 40–62k £/yrFull-time Nursery Teacher Noddy's Nursery School Limited · London · from 32k £/yr Early Years Teacher Hanson Recruitment Ltd · Bath · Nursery Teacher (Part-Time) Ribbons and Reeves Limited · Hounslow · Part-time