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Teaching assistants market data for East of England.
ONS recorded 613 new online adverts for teaching assistants in East of England in Jul 2026. The year-on-year comparison is unavailable for the aligned series. Advertised salary for the UK benchmark is £24,700.
Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation. ONS data is generally two months late.Teaching assistants hiring demand
New online job adverts for teaching assistants in East of England
New online job adverts have increased since Aug 2025.
613
Jul 2026 · East of England
Median advertised salary
Annualised asking salary for teaching assistants across the UK
Advertised pay is 5.6% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.
£24,700
May 2025 · UK
Skills in demand
Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation
Experience employers ask for
Typical minimum: 0.4 years · UK live adverts
| # | Minimum experience | Share of adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 years | 80.9% | |
| 2 | 1 years | 7.7% | |
| 3 | 2 years | 4.7% | |
| 4 | 3 years | 2.5% | |
| 5 | 4+ years | 4.2% |
East of England compared with the UK
New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period
| # | Area | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East of England | 613 | |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 7,292 |
Where hiring is strongest
New online job adverts by local authority
| # | Location | New adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | London | 3,609 | |
| 2 | Birmingham | 397 | |
| 3 | Manchester | 396 | |
| 4 | Wiltshire | 325 | |
| 5 | Liverpool | 278 | |
| 6 | Somerset | 273 | |
| 7 | Bristol, City of | 250 | |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | 240 | |
| 9 | Leeds | 234 | |
| 10 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 233 |
Where advertised pay is highest
Broader occupation group: Caring personal service occupations
| # | Location | Annual salary | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | £32,900 | |
| 2 | Orkney Islands | £31,800 | |
| 3 | Eden | £29,000 | |
| 4 | Fermanagh and Omagh | £28,600 | |
| 5 | Cotswold | £28,500 | |
| 6 | Midlothian | £28,200 | |
| 7 | South Lakeland | £28,100 | |
| 8 | Tewkesbury | £28,100 | |
| 9 | Test Valley | £28,100 | |
| 10 | Perth and Kinross | £28,100 |
Explore related occupations
Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 611) across the UK
| # | View | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teaching assistantsYou’re viewing this Teaching assistant · School help · Teaching aid — 40.6% of group adverts | 7,292 | — | |
| 2 | Educational support assistants Educational support assistant · Note taker · SEN assistant — 31.8% of group adverts | 5,717 | — | |
| 3 | Early education and childcare assistants Early years assistant · Room leader · Creche helper — 20.5% of group adverts | 3,685 | -9.8% | |
| 4 | Playworkers Playworker · Play leader · Play ranger — 3.3% of group adverts | 599 | -17.0% | |
| 5 | Nannies and au pairs Nannie · Au pair · Private nanny — 2.8% of group adverts | 506 | -29.9% | |
| 6 | Childminders Childminder · Nurse maid · Baby sitter — 1.0% of group adverts | 178 | +50.8% |
About the data
Source: Office for National Statistics. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Online job adverts indicate labour demand and are not the ONS Vacancy Survey. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.
Methodology and metric definitions
New adverts and snapshot/live adverts remain separate. Advertised salary is asking salary, not employee earnings. Hiring charts offer six-month to five-year ranges. Salary charts show up to 60 published observations.