Occupation 8215 · Process, plant and machine operatives
Driving instructors co-ordinate and undertake the instruction of people learning to drive cars, motorcycles, buses, fork-lifts and haulage vehicles.
There are no formal academic requirements. Candidates must have held a current driving licence for four out of the last six years, have no motoring or criminal convictions and be over 21 years old. To gain registration as an Approved Driving Instructor, entrants must pass a three-part examination. Instructors for Large Goods Vehicles (LGVs), Passenger Carrying Vehicles (PCVs) and Fork-lifts are trained internally or at specialist training establishments.
Cycling instructor · Driving instructor · HGV instructor · Instructor (driving school) · Motorcycle instructor
| Measure | Hours | Basis | Period | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8215 : Driving instructors | None | None | 2026-03 | 44,000.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 8215 : Driving instructors | None | None | 2026-03 | 45,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 8215 : Driving instructors | None | None | 2026-03 | 47,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 8215 : Driving instructors | None | None | 2026-03 | — | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) Not published: Estimate and confidence interval not available since the group sample size is zero or disclosive (0-2) |
| 8215 : Driving instructors | None | None | 2026-03 | 2,100.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 8215 : Driving instructors | None | None | 2026-03 | 47,200.00 | ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020) |
| 8215 : Driving instructors | None | None | 2026-03 | 1,100.00 | 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 | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 5,600.00 | 2026-03 |
| East Midlands | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 4,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| London | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 4,300.00 | 2026-03 |
| North East | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 1,900.00 | 2026-03 |
| North West | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 6,600.00 | 2026-03 |
| Northern Ireland | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | withheld | 2026-03 |
| Scotland | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 2,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| South East | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 9,200.00 | 2026-03 |
| South West | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 3,600.00 | 2026-03 |
| Wales | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 1,100.00 | 2026-03 |
| West Midlands | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 3,700.00 | 2026-03 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 8215 : Driving instructors | None | 5,000.00 | 2026-03 |
ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 11 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.
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