Working as a teacher in the United Kingdom
What official sources say about working as a teacher in the United Kingdom: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In the United Kingdom, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 4,518 EUR/month (gross, 2025). Teacher is a regulated profession in the United Kingdom. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,518 EUR/month (gross, 2025)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in the United Kingdom: ≈ 4,518 EUR/month (gross, 2025), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of teachers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in the United Kingdom.
- Recognition route
- General system of recognition - primary application. In England, eligible overseas-trained teachers apply for QTS through the DfE service and submit qualification, professional-standing and experience evidence. Requirements differ by training country; Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate arrangements.
- Recognition authority
- Teaching Regulation Agency for England; Education Workforce Council for Wales; General Teaching Council for Scotland; General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland. QTS is an England route, not the only nation system.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in the United Kingdom: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 4e9d92986fc74fd5fe972a01c5c12663]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/united-kingdom/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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