Driving instructors roles in the UK earn a median of £58,500 per year, equivalent to £26.52 per hour as of 2025. Pay increased 18.4% compared to the previous year. Regionally, pay ranges from £32,500 in Scotland to £86,000 in West Midlands. Pay has risen over the past 4 years.
Median Annual Pay
£58,500
as of 2025
Modelled estimateMedian Hourly Pay
£26.52
per hour
Year-on-Year Change
+18.4%
vs 2024
Annual Pay Range
£50,000 – £67,500
25th – 75th percentile
UK Employment (2024)
~7,000
estimated employees
17 of 180 areas not disclosed by ONS
Employment Change
2021–2024
2021: ~6,000 → 2024: ~7,000
Market Signal
Specialist demandPay is rising while employment is falling — specialist skills are in high demand.
Employment figures from ONS Annual Population Survey (APS). Counts are estimates; suppressed cells (small samples) are excluded from totals.
Annual pay for Driving instructors across UK regions. The bar shows the typical pay range (25th–75th percentile); the diamond marks the median.
Source: ONS ASHE. Based on broad UK regions (NUTS1).
Annual pay grew by +18.4% from 2024 to 2025.
National average (NUTS1 actuals) based on ONS ASHE April snapshot. Shaded band shows 25th–75th percentile range.
Annual percentage change in median pay for Driving instructors.
Percentage change from the prior year's April figure.
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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.
Salary data is sourced from official UK pay datasets and updated periodically.