Teacher salary in London
Official occupation: 231 Teaching Professionals · Reference period April 2026 (provisional) · Data updated · Confidence 95/100
In London, the median teacher earns £54,505 a year, 12% above the United Kingdom median of £48,821.
That is the 1st-highest median among the 10 regions with a published figure.
Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at £33,890 and the 90th at £80,531 (a ratio of 2.4).
The median rose 3.7% on the previous year's estimate.
Published figures
| Measure | London | National |
|---|---|---|
| Median annual pay Observed | £54,505 | United Kingdom: £48,821 |
| Mean annual pay Observed | £57,512 | United Kingdom: £49,659 |
| 10th percentile Observed | £33,890 | United Kingdom: £31,271 |
| 20th percentile Observed | £40,789 | United Kingdom: £37,088 |
| 25th percentile Observed | £43,508 | United Kingdom: £39,464 |
| 30th percentile Observed | £45,192 | United Kingdom: £41,578 |
| 40th percentile Observed | £49,841 | United Kingdom: £45,408 |
| 60th percentile Observed | £58,603 | United Kingdom: £51,648 |
| 70th percentile Observed | £65,007 | United Kingdom: £54,661 |
| 75th percentile Observed | £66,862 | United Kingdom: £56,919 |
| 80th percentile Observed | £71,078 | United Kingdom: £59,779 |
| 90th percentile Observed | £80,531 | United Kingdom: £68,595 |
| Jobs (thousand, indicative) Observed | 125 | |
| Median change vs previous year (%) Observed | 3.7% | |
| Difference from United Kingdom median (£48,821) Derived | +12% | |
| Rank among 10 regions Derived | 1 | |
| 90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived | 2.38 |
Nearby in the ranking
- 1. London£54,505
- 2. Wales£50,389
- 3. North West£48,380
More pay data
Source, method and data quality
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2026 provisional, Tables 14 and 15 (full-time employee jobs, place of work) (Open Government Licence v3.0). Reference period: April 2026 (provisional). Updates: Yearly (provisional each autumn, revised a year later).
- Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
- ONS publishes a coefficient of variation (CV) per estimate and suppresses estimates with CV above 20%.
- Confidence score: 95/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
- Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
- Full method: methodology.