Occupation 3232 · Associate professional occupations
Early education and childcare practitioners lead the learning and development of and care for children from birth up to five years of age in a school, nursery, or childcare environment.
Qualified practitioners need to have achieved an early years degree qualification, such as Early Years Professional, Early Years Teacher, Early Childhood Studies Degree, Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies. A DBS check is mandatory.
Childcare practitioner · Early years practitioner · Pre-school practitioner
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | None | 2026-03 | 75,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | None | 2026-03 | 77,400.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | None | 2026-03 | 92,700.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | None | 2026-03 | 1,300.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | None | 2026-03 | 15,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | None | 2026-03 | 94,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | None | 2026-03 | 2,400.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.
| Region | Measure | Hours | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 15,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 8,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 5,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 2,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 7,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 1,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 15,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 15,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 6,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 2,400.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 5,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 3232 : Early education and childcare practitioners | None | 8,600.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.
The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.