Higher level teaching assistants in Torbay

Official occupation group: Higher level teaching assistantsSOC 3231 · Updated through Q4 2025 · Torbay

Official definition

Higher level teaching assistants (HLTA’s) assist teachers with their day-to-day classroom work, the provision and planning of and the creation of lesson materials. HLTA’s teach classes on their own and may be trained in relevant learning strategies such as literacy. They may support students with special/additional needs and work in special and additional needs schools.

e.g. Higher level teaching assistant · Sen hlta · Teaching assistant · Learning support practitioner · TA

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Higher level teaching assistants demand is falling in Torbay.

ONS recorded 6 new online adverts for higher level teaching assistants in Torbay in Q4 2025. That is 40.0% lower than a year earlier. Typical advertised pay in Torbay for the broader health and social care associate professionals is £27,800.

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New adverts · Torbay6Q4 2025 · -40.0% YoY
Advertised salary · Torbay£27,800ONS · 2025 · broader occupation group · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Higher level teaching assistants hiring demand

New online job adverts for higher level teaching assistants in Torbay

New online job adverts have decreased since Apr 2025.

6

Oct 2025 · Torbay

-50.0%change over period · from Apr 2025

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 Torbay

Advertised pay is 6.1% higher than a year earlier, before inflation.

£27,800

Jan 2025 · Torbay

+6.1%vs. previous year
ONS online job adverts · Torbay · 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: 0.8 years · UK live adverts

#Minimum experienceShare of advertsView
10 years64.9%
21 years8.3%
32 years11.9%
43 years11.7%
54+ years3.2%
ONS · Latest Jun 2025 · UKSources & methodology ↗

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

Torbay 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 practitioners

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

5,227+5.2%
2Higher level teaching assistantsYou’re viewing this

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.