Trainer Contract Job Trends

Trainer
UK

The median Trainer daily rate in the UK is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 360 479
Rank change year-on-year -31 +119 +161
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 179 193 150
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.53% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.57% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 87 112
10th Percentile - £143 £214
25th Percentile £163 £215 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £475 £519 £538
90th Percentile £580 £575 £587
UK excluding London median daily rate £163 £363 £335
% change year-on-year -55.03% +8.21% -4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 0
10th Percentile £22.76 £18.72 -
25th Percentile £23.63 £26.00 -
Median hourly rate £29.61 £47.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.66% - -
75th Percentile £30.00 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £30.12 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.61 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year -37.66% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 32,290 34,016 43,872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.86% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,492 20,527 29,813
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 1,272 1,545
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.11 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.45 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.26%

Trainer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Trainer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Trainer job vacancy trend in the UK

Trainer
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Trainer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Trainer over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Trainer in the UK

Trainer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Trainer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Trainer over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Trainer in the UK

Trainer
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 November 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
England -38 166 £275 -28.20% 129
UK excluding London -2 125 £163 -55.03% 112
North of England -19 46 £400 +1.59% 34
London -43 41 £425 +6.25% 34
Work from Home -13 30 £438 +25.14% 1,776
South East +19 29 £163 +12.41% 19
Midlands -25 25 £219 -33.89% 28
Yorkshire -26 24 £425 +9.68% 13
North West -7 17 £163 -66.13% 16
South West -5 16 £163 -64.68% 12
West Midlands -31 15 £219 -37.43% 20
East Midlands -4 10 £307 -1.92% 8
North East -7 5 £163 - 5
Wales +5 4 £350 +94.44% 2
Scotland -8 2 £613 +9.62% 10
East of England -19 2 £163 -70.36% 6

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Trainer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Trainer in the job title.

1 44 (24.58%) Coaching
2 22 (12.29%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.38%) AI
3 15 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (8.38%) SAP
4 13 (7.26%) Degree
5 11 (6.15%) Chatbot
5 11 (6.15%) Conversational UI
5 11 (6.15%) PayPal
6 10 (5.59%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (5.03%) Chemistry
7 9 (5.03%) ERP
7 9 (5.03%) Master's Degree
7 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
7 9 (5.03%) PhD
8 8 (4.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (3.91%) MCT
9 7 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (3.35%) Change Management
10 6 (3.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (3.35%) Logistics
10 6 (3.35%) Oracle
10 6 (3.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 5 (2.79%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (2.79%) Instructional Design
11 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.79%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.79%) Process Improvement
11 5 (2.79%) SAP Fiori

Trainer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.12%) Apache
2 2 (1.12%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) Moodle
3 1 (0.56%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 11 (6.15%) Chatbot
2 9 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.56%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (3.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.23%) Maximo
3 3 (1.68%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.12%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.56%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.56%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (2.79%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (1.12%) dbt
5 2 (1.12%) OCI
5 2 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.56%) Azure
6 1 (0.56%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.56%) GCP
6 1 (0.56%) GitHub
6 1 (0.56%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) DNS
1 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.23%) Power BI
2 3 (1.68%) GIS
3 1 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Git
1 1 (0.56%) Mercurial
1 1 (0.56%) Subversion
General
1 76 (42.46%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.70%) Finance
3 10 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.03%) Legal
5 7 (3.91%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.35%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.68%) French Language
8 3 (1.68%) Law
8 3 (1.68%) Marketing
9 2 (1.12%) Military
9 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.56%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.56%) Billing
10 1 (0.56%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.56%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.56%) German Language
10 1 (0.56%) Local Government
10 1 (0.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.79%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.56%) Node.js
3 1 (0.56%) Pandas
3 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 48 (26.82%) EPoS
2 38 (21.23%) Driving Licence
3 19 (10.61%) e-Learning
4 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.35%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (1.12%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.12%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.56%) Blog
6 1 (0.56%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.56%) NHS
6 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.68%) Windows
2 2 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (24.58%) Coaching
2 15 (8.38%) AI
3 11 (6.15%) Conversational UI
4 10 (5.59%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (5.03%) Chemistry
5 9 (5.03%) ERP
6 8 (4.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (3.35%) Change Management
7 6 (3.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (3.35%) Logistics
8 5 (2.79%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (2.79%) Instructional Design
8 5 (2.79%) Process Improvement
8 5 (2.79%) Workflow
9 4 (2.23%) Project Delivery
9 4 (2.23%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (1.68%) CRM
10 3 (1.68%) Customer Service
10 3 (1.68%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (1.12%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (1.12%) PHP
1 2 (1.12%) Python
2 1 (0.56%) C++
2 1 (0.56%) Go
2 1 (0.56%) Java
2 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (7.26%) Degree
2 9 (5.03%) Master's Degree
2 9 (5.03%) PhD
3 7 (3.91%) MCT
4 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.68%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.12%) City & Guilds
6 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.12%) NVQ Level 3
6 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.56%) CCNA
7 1 (0.56%) CCNP
7 1 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.56%) Def Stans
1 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.12%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Ansible
1 1 (0.56%) Puppet
1 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.56%) Terraform
1 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (12.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.38%) SAP
3 11 (6.15%) PayPal
4 6 (3.35%) Oracle
5 4 (2.23%) Ariba
6 3 (1.68%) Cisco
6 3 (1.68%) iManage
6 3 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.12%) Databricks
7 2 (1.12%) Intapp
7 2 (1.12%) VMware
8 1 (0.56%) Adobe
8 1 (0.56%) Google
8 1 (0.56%) IBM
8 1 (0.56%) Siemens