Trainer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Trainer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Trainer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 318 392
Rank change year-on-year +20 +74 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 38 81 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.39% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.42% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 48 50
10th Percentile £284 £200 £153
25th Percentile £313 £205 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £400 £356
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +12.28% +29.55%
75th Percentile £462 £450 £497
90th Percentile £486 £463 £544
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £450
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 1
10th Percentile £16.11 £15.87 -
25th Percentile £16.94 £19.25 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.81 £22.41
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% +15.16% -34.95%
75th Percentile £26.69 £35.23 -
90th Percentile £28.75 £37.18 -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £25.81 £22.41
% change year-on-year -26.38% +15.16% -35.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Trainer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Trainer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Trainer in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Trainer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Trainer in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Trainer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Trainer in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Trainer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Trainer in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Trainer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +22 8 £325 +58.95% 257
East of England - 8 £425 - 41
South West +46 7 £455 +65.45% 31
Midlands +22 7 £388 - 334
West Midlands +16 6 £388 -8.82% 138
North of England -9 6 £363 -14.71% 304
North West -3 3 £425 - 116
Yorkshire +1 2 - - 152
East Midlands +8 1 - - 195
Wales +1 1 - - 17
North East 0 1 £300 - 36
Scotland - 1 - - 21
Trainer
UK

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Trainer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Trainer in the job title.

1 11 (28.95%) Degree
2 10 (26.32%) e-Learning
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
2 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 9 (23.68%) Python
4 8 (21.05%) HTML
4 8 (21.05%) JavaScript
4 8 (21.05%) SQL
4 8 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
4 8 (21.05%) Conversational UI
4 8 (21.05%) Chatbot
5 7 (18.42%) PayPal
5 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
5 7 (18.42%) SAP
6 6 (15.79%) C#
6 6 (15.79%) C++
6 6 (15.79%) Ariba
6 6 (15.79%) Local Government
6 6 (15.79%) Code Quality
7 5 (13.16%) Onboarding
7 5 (13.16%) Power BI
7 5 (13.16%) Instructional Design
7 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
7 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (13.16%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (10.53%) Change Management
8 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.53%) Content Development

Trainer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Chatbot
2 3 (7.89%) AutoCAD
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (5.26%) Revit
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.63%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (2.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.89%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (5.26%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.63%) Azure
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Cognitive Services
4 1 (2.63%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (2.63%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (13.16%) Power BI
General
1 10 (26.32%) Finance
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Local Government
3 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Marketing
6 2 (5.26%) Law
6 2 (5.26%) Multimedia
6 2 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (5.26%) Publishing
7 1 (2.63%) Billing
7 1 (2.63%) French Language
7 1 (2.63%) German Language
7 1 (2.63%) Italian Language
7 1 (2.63%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (21.05%) HTML
2 2 (5.26%) CSS
2 2 (5.26%) React
3 1 (2.63%) FHIR
3 1 (2.63%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) e-Learning
2 5 (13.16%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.63%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.63%) NHS
3 1 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
1 8 (21.05%) Conversational UI
2 6 (15.79%) Code Quality
3 5 (13.16%) Instructional Design
4 4 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (10.53%) Change Management
4 4 (10.53%) Content Development
4 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (10.53%) User Experience
5 3 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (7.89%) CRM
5 3 (7.89%) Customer Service
5 3 (7.89%) ERP
5 3 (7.89%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (5.26%) Data Science
6 2 (5.26%) Data Strategy
6 2 (5.26%) Resource Management
6 2 (5.26%) Time Management
6 2 (5.26%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) Python
2 8 (21.05%) JavaScript
2 8 (21.05%) SQL
3 6 (15.79%) C#
3 6 (15.79%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.63%) MCT
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (2.63%) GxP
3 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.63%) SNOMED CT
Vendors
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft
1 7 (18.42%) PayPal
1 7 (18.42%) SAP
2 6 (15.79%) Ariba
3 3 (7.89%) Autodesk
4 1 (2.63%) Adobe
4 1 (2.63%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (2.63%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow