Early education and childcare practitioners in East Suffolk

Official occupation group: Early education and childcare practitionersSOC 3232 · Updated through Q4 2025 · East Suffolk

Official definition

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.

e.g. Childcare practitioner · Nursery officer · Nursery practitioner · Early years educator · Child development officer

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Profession summary · Jobmundo analysis

Early education and childcare practitioners demand is broadly unchanged in East Suffolk.

ONS recorded 27 new online adverts for early education and childcare practitioners in East Suffolk in Q4 2025. That is broadly unchanged than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in East Suffolk for the broader health and social care associate professionals is £27,600.

Occupation pages use official SOC classifications. Local comparisons are shown only where ONS publishes an aligned observation.
New adverts · East Suffolk27Q4 2025 · 0.0% YoY
Advertised salary · East Suffolk£27,600ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Early education and childcare practitioners hiring demand

New online job adverts for early education and childcare practitioners in East Suffolk

Comparable observations are not available for this range.

27

Oct 2025 · East Suffolk

change over period · from Oct 2025
ONS · East SuffolkSources & methodology ↗

ONS online job adverts first appearing in each period. These indicate hiring demand and are distinct from the ONS Vacancy Survey.

Median advertised salary

Annualised asking salary for health and social care associate professionals in East Suffolk

Advertised pay is 7.8% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£27,600

Jan 2025 · East Suffolk

+7.8%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · East Suffolk · Nominal paySources & methodology ↗

ONS median middle-point asking salary from live online job adverts, annualised. This is advertised pay, not employee earnings or ASHE. ONS publishes this location series for the broader two-digit occupation group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skills in demand

Requirements reported in UK adverts for this occupation

ONS · Latest Jan 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Each advert can report multiple requirements, so shares need not add up to 100%. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Experience employers ask for

Typical minimum: 1.1 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years45.3%
21 years18.0%
32 years19.1%
43 years16.7%
54+ years1.0%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS live online job adverts reporting minimum experience. Shares describe the published experience distribution.

East Suffolk compared with the UK

New adverts in the aligned ONS reporting period

An aligned ONS comparison is unavailable for this location.

Where hiring is strongest

New online job adverts by local authority

Where advertised pay is highest

Broader occupation group: Health and social care associate professionals

#LocationAnnual salaryView
1Shetland Islands£37,100
2Orkney Islands£34,000
3East Lothian£32,400
4Clackmannanshire£32,100
5Welwyn Hatfield£31,000
6Na h-Eileanan Siar£30,600
7Fenland£30,500
8London£30,500
9Luton£30,400
10Falkirk£30,400

ONS median annualised asking salary · 2025 · partial year. Published for the broader two-digit SOC group, not this specific occupation. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Compare occupations in the same ONS group (SOC 323) across the UK

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1Early education and childcare practitionersYou’re viewing this

Childcare practitioner · Nursery officer · Nursery practitioner — 73.5% of group adverts

5,227+5.2%
2Higher level teaching assistants

Higher level teaching assistant · Sen hlta · Teaching assistant — 26.5% of group adverts

1,883-9.3%
ONS · Latest Jul 2026 · UKSources & methodology ↗

ONS UK new online job adverts. Related occupations share an official classification group. This is not a skills-match score. Year-on-year changes compare aligned published observations.

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.