A live league table of UK education hiring hotspots, counted directly from 12,514 open vacancies across 25+ job boards. No estimates, no stale reports — this page recounts itself every hour.
12,514 live vacancies · 12 August 2026 at 19:34 (UK time)Daily snapshots began today — the movement column fills in automatically once a week of history has accrued.
| # | Area | Nation | Live vacancies | Vs last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Midlands | England | 1,698 | — |
| 2 | Oxford | England | 822 | — |
| 3 | Hampshire | England | 733 | — |
| 4 | Scotland | Scotland | 721 | — |
| 5 | London | England | 702 | — |
| 6 | Yorkshire | England | 605 | — |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 299 | — |
| 8 | Gloucestershire | England | 232 | — |
| 9 | Leicester | England | 211 | — |
| 10 | Cambridge | England | 210 | — |
| 11 | Bristol | England | 197 | — |
| 12 | Nottingham | England | 184 | — |
| 13 | Kent | England | 177 | — |
| 14 | Staffordshire | England | 168 | — |
| 15 | Birmingham | England | 154 | — |
| 16 | Lancashire | England | 154 | — |
| 17 | Essex | England | 145 | — |
| 18 | Manchester | England | 138 | — |
| 19 | Northampton | England | 136 | — |
| 20 | Devon | England | 120 | — |
| 21 | Lincolnshire | England | 120 | — |
| 22 | Hertfordshire | England | 118 | — |
| 23 | Leeds | England | 88 | — |
| 24 | Norfolk | England | 88 | — |
| 25 | Coventry | England | 76 | — |
| 26 | Sheffield | England | 63 | — |
| 27 | Liverpool | England | 52 | — |
| 28 | Wales | Wales | 52 | — |
| 29 | Suffolk | England | 50 | — |
| 30 | Wirral | England | 49 | — |
Areas with 20+ live vacancies link to their own jobs page. Counts overlap where areas nest (e.g. Glasgow within Scotland).
Counts are live, unexpired vacancies aggregated from the DfE's Teaching Vacancies service, TES, myjobscotland, Kent-Teach and 25+ other education job boards, matched to areas by advertised location. The page recounts hourly; a daily snapshot is stored so week-over-week movement is measured, not estimated. Quoting these figures? Cite "EduDirectory Live Hiring Index" and link this page — it will still be up to date when your readers arrive.