Maths tutor jobs in the UK — set your rates, keep 95%
Maths is the most-booked subject in UK tutoring. If you have a strong A-Level grade or a STEM degree and a few hours a week, this is some of the best-paid flexible work in the country. Rates run £20–£30/hr at KS3, £25–£35/hr at GCSE, £30–£45/hr at A-Level, and £40–£60+/hr for Further Maths and Oxbridge prep. On TheTutorLink the platform fee is 5% — the lowest of any UK tutoring site — so the rate you list is almost entirely what you keep.
What maths tutor jobs are available
Demand for maths tutoring on the platform spans every stage from primary numeracy to undergraduate problem sheets, and most tutors work across two or three tiers rather than committing to one.
Primary maths and 11+ foundation covers Years 3–6 — confidence-building, times tables, and 11+ prep for selective grammar or independent schools. £20–£28/hr, higher in London commuter belts.
KS3 maths (Years 7–9) is the foundation tier where many parents book preventatively — they can see their child slipping and want to fix it before GCSE. Ideal for undergraduate tutors. £20–£30/hr.
GCSE maths (Years 10–11) is by volume the largest single category on the platform. Parents search by exam board — “AQA GCSE Maths tutor”, “Edexcel GCSE Maths tutor” — far more often than they search the generic term, so naming the board you have taught recently is the single most important thing on your profile. £25–£35/hr.
A-Level maths is where rates step up because the subject content does. Tutoring AQA, Edexcel or OCR A-Level Maths properly requires recent comfort with calculus, mechanics or statistics, and the ability to work through past-paper questions live without stalling. £30–£45/hr.
A-Level Further Maths is a specialist tier. Demand is smaller but rates are notably higher — £35–£55/hr — because relatively few tutors can handle Further Pure plus an applied module at A*-bordering depth.
11+ specialist maths for selective schools (King Edward's, Tiffin, Henrietta Barnett, the London selectives) and university-level maths support for first-year undergraduates both sit at £40–£60+/hr. Adult learners — career changers preparing for actuarial exams, GCSE retakes, professional numeracy tests — are a smaller but consistent thread of work. See /tutoring-jobs/ for the broader picture across all subjects.
How to get maths tutor jobs on TheTutorLink
The application takes about 25 minutes and runs entirely online. There is no paid sign-up, no referral fee, no minimum hours.
Step 1. Head to /become-a-tutor/ and start tutor sign-up. You will need a UK bank account, photo ID, and either a degree certificate or proof of A-Level Maths results. If you have an enhanced DBS check, upload it — parents booking under-18s filter for it. If you do not, you can apply for one through us during sign-up.
Step 2. Build your profile with exam-board specialism front and centre. Subjects, every board you have taught (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CIE for IGCSE), hourly rate, availability, a clear photo, and a 150–250 word introduction that names exact specifications and outcomes. “Took my last three Edexcel GCSE Maths students from a working 5 to a 7” beats “passionate about helping children love maths” every time.
Step 3. Verification. We check your ID, your qualifications and the bank account. Typically 1–3 working days.
Step 4. First trial lesson. Most maths tutors get their first trial enquiry within 7–14 days of going live. The trial is a 30-minute diagnostic, free to the parent. Treat it as a chance to identify one specific gap and demonstrate one specific technique — not as a free lesson. Maths trials that end with the student knowing one thing they did not know convert to paid bookings far above the platform average.
Online maths tutor jobs vs in-person
Maths is the subject where online tutoring works best. Roughly four out of five secondary maths lessons on the platform now run online — the lesson is mostly shared workings, and a graphics tablet (£40 Wacom or similar) plus a free whiteboard tool replicates the kitchen-table experience cleanly. Online also opens the whole UK to your availability: a tutor in Leeds can take an Edexcel GCSE student in Brighton with no commute either side.
In-person still has a clear place at the younger end. Year 6 and below benefit from a tutor who can physically point at a worksheet, swap manipulatives, and notice when a child has stopped engaging. 11+ candidates aged nine or ten are usually better served in person, and so are children with significant attention or sensory needs. Tutors offering in-person work in commuter-belt postcodes — London zones 2–4, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh — fill up fastest because demand outstrips local supply.
A mixed practice is common and often the highest-earning shape: online evenings for KS3–A-Level across the country, in-person weekends locally for primary and 11+. Online-only tutors should look at /online-tutoring-jobs/.
GCSE and A-Level maths tutor jobs in detail
GCSE maths is the highest-volume specialist category on the platform. Parents almost always search by board, so a profile that names recent AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC or CIE IGCSE experience converts at multiples of a generic profile. The differences between boards are real — Edexcel leans into longer applied questions, AQA front-loads problem-solving in Paper 1, OCR uses different command-word phrasing — and a tutor who keeps mixing them up signals to a parent that they are not currently teaching the spec. Most GCSE tutors run 6–12 hours of lessons a week from January through May, when Year 11s push hardest before exams. See our parent-facing page at /gcse-maths-tutor/ for what the demand side looks like.
A-Level maths requires more than recent A-Level competence — practical floor is an undergraduate degree in maths, engineering, physics, computer science or economics. The content is where most students hit a real wall: integration by parts, mechanics resolving forces, statistics hypothesis testing. Tutors who can show a student how to think their way into a question, rather than reciting a method, command the upper end of the band. A-Level Further Maths sits one tier above again. The corresponding parent page is at /a-level-maths-tutor/.
Qualifications needed for maths tutor jobs
The honest minimum is recent, demonstrable competence in the maths you want to tutor. For KS3 and GCSE, an A or A* in A-Level Maths within the last five to seven years is enough provided you can explain things — which is the actual skill, not the certificate. A maths or STEM degree (engineering, physics, computer science, economics, statistics) is a strong signal for any stage and the practical floor for A-Level work.
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is welcome but not required. Many of the highest-earning maths tutors on the platform are subject specialists, ex-examiners or PhD researchers who tutor alongside academic work rather than ex-classroom teachers. QTS matters most for primary maths, where parents specifically pay for someone with classroom experience and behaviour-management skills.
For specialist work — 11+ entry to selective grammar schools, Oxbridge maths admissions tests (MAT, TMUA, STEP), Olympiad preparation — parents expect you to either have done that exam yourself recently or have taught it directly. STEP is its own world; do not list it unless you can actually do a STEP III question on demand. Specialist maths work sits at £40–£60+/hr because the bar is genuinely higher.
An enhanced DBS check is required for in-person tutoring with under-18s and strongly recommended for online. Most parents booking online lessons for an under-18 filter for tutors with DBS on file even though the lesson is over Zoom. If you do not have one, you can apply during onboarding for around £45.
How much do maths tutor jobs pay
UK private maths tutoring rates in 2026 break cleanly by stage. These are the rates parents are paying — not what the tutor takes home after a 25% platform cut.
- Primary maths (Years 3–6, including 11+ foundation): £20–£28/hr
- KS3 maths (Years 7–9): £20–£30/hr
- GCSE maths (Years 10–11): £25–£35/hr
- A-Level maths (Years 12–13): £30–£45/hr
- A-Level Further Maths: £35–£55/hr
- 11+ selective / Oxbridge maths (MAT, TMUA, STEP): £40–£60+/hr
- University-level maths support: £40–£60/hr
London adds £5–£10/hr at every stage. Online tutors with a London track record often charge London-adjacent rates regardless of where they live. Recent graduates and undergraduates sit at the lower end of each band; degree holders, ex-examiners and named-school admissions specialists at the upper end.
What this looks like in practice. A second-year student tutoring 6 hours a week of GCSE Maths at £30/hr earns £180 a week — about £9,000 a year term-time. After the 5% fee that is £8,550 in the bank; the same tutor on a 25% platform would clear closer to £6,750. An engineer running 8 hours a week of A-Level work at £42/hr earns £336 a week pre-fee. A Further Maths specialist on 10 hours a week at £50/hr clears £475 weekly post-fee.
Earning the upper end of any band requires reviews, repeat bookings, and a profile that signals you can deliver. Most tutors start mid-band, build five to ten reviews over their first term, then raise rates. Full fee breakdown at /pricing/.
Ready to apply? Full sign-up runs at /become-a-tutor/ — about 25 minutes, no sign-up fee, no minimum hours, 5% commission. We approve verified tutors within 1–3 working days.
Why maths tutors are switching to TheTutorLink
Most maths tutors who join us were already on Tutorful, SuperProf or MyTutor and got tired of watching a quarter of every hourly rate disappear into a platform fee. The pitch is straightforward: same parent pool, same booking flow, same escrow, 5% commission instead of 20–25%. Tutorful charges around 25% on first paid hours and 20% thereafter; SuperProf layers an annual subscription on top of lesson fees; MyTutor pays tutors £15–£24/hr while charging parents £30–£45/hr. On a £35/hr GCSE Maths lesson you keep £33.25 with us. On Tutorful you keep £26.25–£28.
Read /how-it-works/ for booking flow, escrow, cancellation rules and dispute route. The system is designed to remove every reason a tutor or parent might want to take payment off-platform — the single biggest cause of bad outcomes on either side. If you teach more than maths, the recruitment hub at /tutoring-jobs/ covers the full subject set.
Frequently asked questions
Can I tutor maths while I am at university?
Yes — university students are one of the largest groups on the platform. If you got an A or A* in A-Level Maths within the last five years and are now studying maths, engineering, physics, computer science, economics or any STEM subject, you have everything you need to tutor KS3 and GCSE Maths. Most undergraduate maths tutors work 4–10 hours a week alongside their degree at £22–£32/hr. Term-time fits well around lectures because demand peaks evenings and weekends.
How much Further Maths do I need to know to tutor it?
Honestly more than people think. To tutor A-Level Further Maths credibly you need to be comfortable with the full Further Pure content (matrices, complex numbers, polar coordinates, hyperbolic functions, differential equations) and at least one of the applied modules (Further Mechanics or Further Statistics) at A* level yourself. A maths or physics undergraduate first-year syllabus covers most of this. If you only got an A in Further Maths and have not touched it since, stick to single-subject A-Level until you have refreshed.
When do I get paid for maths tutoring?
Tutors are paid weekly to a UK bank account once a lesson is marked complete by both sides. The parent's payment sits in escrow from the moment they book until the lesson runs, so you are not chasing late payers. The 5% platform fee is deducted at payout — the rate you list as your hourly is the rate the parent pays.
What virtual whiteboard tools do online maths tutors use?
Maths is one of the easiest subjects to tutor online because so much of the lesson is shared workings. Most tutors use a graphics tablet (a basic Wacom is around £40) feeding into a free whiteboard tool — Microsoft Whiteboard, Jamboard, Miro, or the built-in shared canvas in your video room. Desmos and GeoGebra cover graphing, calculus visualisation, and geometry. Some tutors prefer a physical pad with an overhead phone camera, which works perfectly well for KS3 and GCSE.
How do I get my first maths tutoring student?
Three things matter in your first month. First, name exact exam boards on your profile — “AQA GCSE Maths” converts at multiples of generic “maths tutor”. Second, offer a free 30-minute trial; almost no parent books a paid lesson without one. Third, reply fast — within an hour during the daytime if you can, because parents shopping for a maths tutor on a Sunday evening usually decide between two or three options the same night. After three reviews land, bookings tend to compound on their own.
Can I tutor students with dyscalculia or maths-related SEN?
You can, but be honest about your experience. SEN maths tutoring is a real specialism — pacing is slower, multi-sensory methods help, and exam access arrangements matter. If you have classroom SEN experience, training in approaches like Numicon or Singapore Maths, or you have personally worked with a dyscalculic student before, name it on your profile. Parents searching specifically for SEN-aware maths tutors are some of the most loyal repeat bookers on the platform and rates run £5–£10/hr above standard bands.
I am an engineer / scientist — can I tutor maths on the side?
Almost certainly yes, and you are exactly the kind of tutor parents want for A-Level. A practising engineer who uses calculus and mechanics in their day job teaches A-Level Maths and Further Maths with a credibility that someone who last touched the material at university cannot match. Most career-changer tutors work 4–8 evening and weekend hours a week at £35–£50/hr. The 5% commission means a £40/hr lesson clears £38 — on Tutorful or MyTutor the same lesson would clear £30 or less.
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