Trainer Contract Job Trends 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 26 September 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
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 286 354
Rank change year-on-year -23 +68 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 68 94 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.53% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.57% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 46 65
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 £143 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £394 £325
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +21.15% +18.18%
75th Percentile £438 £447 £450
90th Percentile £491 £575 £575
UK median daily rate £400 £414 £375
% change year-on-year -3.32% +10.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 0
10th Percentile £16.92 £37.78 -
25th Percentile £22.76 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.84 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% - -
75th Percentile £29.61 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £30.23 £50.25 -
UK median hourly rate £22.84 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year -51.92% - -

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 13,994 16,371 20,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.71% 92.27% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,606 9,355 13,519
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £663 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.57% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,306 1,353 1,206
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.51 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.59 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.17
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -0.38% +96.20%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.70 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.27% +69.23%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies 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 26 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Trainer in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Trainer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 September 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
North of England -31 18 £425 +6.25% 87
Midlands -18 16 £275 -16.98% 46
South East +20 15 £163 +12.41% 64
South West +20 10 £269 +85.52% 33
Yorkshire -24 10 £415 +3.75% 32
West Midlands -24 9 £275 -21.43% 26
East Midlands -2 7 £282 -9.92% 20
North West -11 7 £450 +4.35% 43
Wales +7 4 £400 +122.22% 15
Scotland -4 3 £613 +7.93% 19
East of England +4 1 - - 23
North East -8 1 £163 -43.79% 12
South Coast - 1 £500 -
Trainer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 19 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.12%) Coaching
3 12 (17.65%) e-Learning
4 11 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
4 11 (16.18%) EPoS
5 10 (14.71%) Microsoft
6 9 (13.24%) Degree
7 8 (11.76%) Chatbot
7 8 (11.76%) Conversational UI
8 7 (10.29%) PayPal
9 6 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (7.35%) Chemistry
10 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (7.35%) PhD
10 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (7.35%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (7.35%) Master's Degree
11 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (5.88%) Project Delivery
11 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
11 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (5.88%) Web Conferencing
11 4 (5.88%) ERP
11 4 (5.88%) MCT
11 4 (5.88%) Process Improvement
11 4 (5.88%) Workflow
12 3 (4.41%) SAP
12 3 (4.41%) Windows
12 3 (4.41%) Legal

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 (1.47%) Apache
1 1 (1.47%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.76%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Maximo
1 1 (1.47%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (1.47%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.35%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (2.94%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.47%) Azure
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (1.47%) ChatGPT
5 1 (1.47%) dbt
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub
5 1 (1.47%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.47%) GIS
General
1 19 (27.94%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Legal
3 3 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (4.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.94%) Military
4 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.47%) Billing
5 1 (1.47%) Environmental Health
5 1 (1.47%) Finance
5 1 (1.47%) French Language
5 1 (1.47%) German Language
5 1 (1.47%) Italian Language
5 1 (1.47%) Law
5 1 (1.47%) Local Government
5 1 (1.47%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.47%) Police
5 1 (1.47%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.47%) FHIR
2 1 (1.47%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.65%) e-Learning
2 11 (16.18%) EPoS
3 4 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.88%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (2.94%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.94%) NHS
5 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.12%) Coaching
2 11 (16.18%) Artificial Intelligence
3 8 (11.76%) Conversational UI
4 5 (7.35%) Chemistry
4 5 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (5.88%) ERP
5 4 (5.88%) Process Improvement
5 4 (5.88%) Project Delivery
5 4 (5.88%) Workflow
6 2 (2.94%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (2.94%) Customer Service
6 2 (2.94%) Instructional Design
7 1 (1.47%) Agile
7 1 (1.47%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.47%) CRM
7 1 (1.47%) ITIL
7 1 (1.47%) Project Management
7 1 (1.47%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.47%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (13.24%) Degree
2 5 (7.35%) Master's Degree
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (7.35%) PhD
3 4 (5.88%) MCT
4 3 (4.41%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.94%) City & Guilds
5 2 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.94%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.47%) Def Stans
1 1 (1.47%) GDPR
1 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.47%) QA
1 1 (1.47%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.29%) PayPal
3 3 (4.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.94%) Oracle
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco
5 1 (1.47%) Databricks
5 1 (1.47%) IBM
5 1 (1.47%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (1.47%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.47%) VMware