Driving Instructor Salaries: What to Expect
If you are thinking of becoming a driving instructor, knowing what you can earn is essential. The good news is it can be an extremely rewarding career, both financially and personally.
Hourly Salaries for Driving Instructors
The latest industry reports show that FDT UK driving instructors can earn an average of £37 per hour.
Weekly Work Hours & Income
There’s no strict limit on how many hours you can work each week, allowing for flexibility. However, it’s crucial to prioritise being well-rested and alert to provide students with your full attention. Industry data, including recent reviews, shows that FDT UK driving instructors typically choose to work around 30 hours per week.
This average weekly workload translates to an average weekly income of £1,110 for FDT UK instructors.
Annual Income Potential
Using these statistics, working around 50 weeks per year, an FDT UK driving instructor can anticipate earning a mean of £55,500 per year. The opportunity to work around your schedule means that you stand to make more money by limiting your hours.
Ways to Increase Your Income
If the opportunity to work more hours is not an option, clever tactics can still increase your earnings:
Localise Your Student Base
Reduce travel time between lessons by teaching in one area, thus increasing the number of lessons you can deliver within the day.
Maintain Professionalism
High standards of reliability and good quality teaching will build high demand for your services, so you will consistently have a full diary.
Franchise with FDT UK
Being an FDT UK franchisee, your earnings are guaranteed as all student payments are pre-paid, and the worry of no-shows or the hassle of collecting payment is eliminated. You will also enjoy business seminars that will assist you in the management and optimisation of your earnings.
Extra Advantage for FDT UK Teachers
Apart from the lucrative earning capacity, FDT UK teachers have a selection of valuable advantages:
Dedicated Franchise Car: Use of a new, dual-controlled franchise car (approval not credit-checked), which can also be driven by approved named family members.
Full Diary from Day One: High demand for lessons ensures you’ll have a full diary from day one when you join the franchise.
Pre-paid Pupil System: Remove worries about payment collection and no-shows and be able to concentrate solely on teaching.
Exclusive Fuel Card: Get a FREE Esso Card™ (usually £43 per year) that offers savings on every litre of fuel.
