Early Years Practitioner jobs in London

Live early years practitioner roles in London, with London salary benchmarks.

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1160 live roles in London

Nursery Nurse

London

£24,000–£30,000

This range is provided by Enlighten Supply Pool. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Education
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Early Years Teachers

London

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These flexible opportunities are ideal for Early Years Teachers who enjoy variety and want to make a positive impact across different school settings.

Education
4 weeks ago Apply on WhatJobs

Early Years Practitioner hiring in London: the numbers

  • 1,160 live early years practitioner roles in London right now.
  • Median advertised salary for early years practitioner roles in London: £24,500 (from 7 current adverts that state an annual salary).
  • Advertisers with the most recent openings: Bright Horizons Early Education & Preschool (8), Bright Horizons (6), Busy Bees Nurseries (6), Grandir UK Limited (6), Bright Horizons Family Solutions, LLC. (4).
  • Newest advert posted 17 October 2026.

Counted from the adverts on this board, refreshed hourly. Advertised pay is what employers state, not a market survey.

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Early Years Practitioner salary in London

£24,000 – £32,000 (indicative · midpoint £28,000)

How this figure was built. No live advertised salaries back this figure yet. It is the midpoint of our curated 2026 baseline range for the role and region.

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification is the full-and-relevant benchmark that room-leader and ratio-counting roles require; Level 2 sits below it. Room leaders, SENCo responsibility and forest-school specialisms carry the premiums, and an enhanced DBS is universal.
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