Trainer Contract Job Trends

Trainer
UK

The median Trainer daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 431 443
Rank change year-on-year -44 +12 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 158 78 128
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.29% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 42 82
10th Percentile £193 £301 £200
25th Percentile £313 £350 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +4.69% +5.96%
75th Percentile £475 £493 £484
90th Percentile £548 £550 £549
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £400 £400
% change year-on-year - - +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 20
10th Percentile £35.95 £16.07 £15.87
25th Percentile £40.03 £16.99 £19.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £19.00 £25.81
Median % change year-on-year +189.47% -26.38% +15.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £22.56 £35.23
90th Percentile - £26.28 £37.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £19.00 £25.81
% change year-on-year +189.47% -26.38% +15.16%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 44,361 26,969 39,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.35% 92.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,167 17,560 25,723
10th Percentile £325 £294 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.38% -3.40%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,886 1,047 2,672
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.31 £18.13 £16.29
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +52.45% -23.29% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.38 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.90% -32.19% -5.88%

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 19 May 2026.

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 19 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Trainer in the UK

Trainer
Top 15 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 19 May 2026. 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 -28 143 £400 -6.76% 57
UK excluding London -49 91 £400 - 40
London -40 52 £402 -10.67% 21
Midlands -37 32 £325 -17.46% 17
West Midlands -34 27 £338 -12.90% 16
Work from Home -45 24 £400 -3.03% 17
North of England -53 19 £413 +13.79% 9
Yorkshire -37 16 £413 - 4
South West -17 13 £338 -22.06%
South East -55 13 £575 +70.37% 7
East of England -26 10 £325 -23.53% 3
East Midlands -27 5 £163 -59.25% 1
North West -39 3 £163 -61.65% 4
Scotland -3 2 - - 4
Wales -11 2 £288 -28.06%

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2026, 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 27 (17.09%) SAP
2 25 (15.82%) Microsoft
3 24 (15.19%) Security Cleared
4 22 (13.92%) SC Cleared
5 16 (10.13%) ERP
6 15 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (8.23%) AI
7 13 (8.23%) Coaching
7 13 (8.23%) Instructional Design
8 12 (7.59%) Analytics
8 12 (7.59%) Salesforce
8 12 (7.59%) SAP S/4HANA
8 12 (7.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (5.70%) Agile
10 9 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Copilot
11 8 (5.06%) Ariba
11 8 (5.06%) Change Management
12 7 (4.43%) Incident Response
12 7 (4.43%) Procure-to-Pay
12 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
12 7 (4.43%) Time Management
13 6 (3.80%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (3.80%) Network Security
13 6 (3.80%) Project Management
13 6 (3.80%) Risk Management
13 6 (3.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 6 (3.80%) SAP PM
13 6 (3.80%) Threat Analysis

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 7 (4.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.63%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.63%) Camtasia
3 1 (0.63%) InDesign
3 1 (0.63%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (7.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.80%) SAP PM
3 5 (3.16%) SystmOne
4 2 (1.27%) SAP IBP
4 2 (1.27%) SAP MM
4 2 (1.27%) SAP PP
4 2 (1.27%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.63%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.63%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.63%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.63%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.63%) SAP Travel Management
5 1 (0.63%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Copilot
3 6 (3.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 4 (2.53%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.90%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 3 (1.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (1.27%) ChatGPT
6 2 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.27%) GitHub
6 2 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.27%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.63%) Asana
7 1 (0.63%) AWS
7 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.63%) Azure
7 1 (0.63%) Canva
7 1 (0.63%) GCP
7 1 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.80%) Network Security
2 2 (1.27%) Broadband
3 1 (0.63%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.53%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (1.27%) GIS
2 2 (1.27%) Power BI
General
1 39 (24.68%) Social Skills
2 20 (12.66%) Finance
3 13 (8.23%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (7.59%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.70%) Marketing
6 8 (5.06%) Law
7 6 (3.80%) Banking
8 5 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.53%) Publishing
10 3 (1.90%) Local Government
10 3 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.90%) Retail
11 1 (0.63%) Advertising
11 1 (0.63%) Czech Language
11 1 (0.63%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.63%) German Language
11 1 (0.63%) Legal
11 1 (0.63%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.16%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.90%) VML
3 1 (0.63%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.76%) e-Learning
2 13 (8.23%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.33%) EPoS
4 9 (5.70%) Learning Management System
5 8 (5.06%) NHS
6 6 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.80%) Product Ownership
7 4 (2.53%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.63%) Blog
9 1 (0.63%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.63%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.53%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (10.13%) ERP
2 13 (8.23%) AI
2 13 (8.23%) Coaching
2 13 (8.23%) Instructional Design
3 12 (7.59%) Analytics
3 12 (7.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 11 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (5.70%) Agile
5 9 (5.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (5.06%) Change Management
7 7 (4.43%) Incident Response
7 7 (4.43%) Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (4.43%) Time Management
8 6 (3.80%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (3.80%) Project Management
8 6 (3.80%) Risk Management
8 6 (3.80%) Threat Analysis
8 6 (3.80%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (3.80%) Workflow
9 5 (3.16%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 24 (15.19%) Security Cleared
2 22 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.90%) CSPO
4 1 (0.63%) ACSP
4 1 (0.63%) ACTC
4 1 (0.63%) CIPD
4 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.53%) JSP 440
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Ansible
1 1 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (17.09%) SAP
2 25 (15.82%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.59%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.06%) Ariba
5 5 (3.16%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.53%) Google
7 3 (1.90%) Adobe
7 3 (1.90%) Oracle
8 2 (1.27%) IFS
8 2 (1.27%) Synthesia
9 1 (0.63%) Apple
9 1 (0.63%) Concur
9 1 (0.63%) Intel
9 1 (0.63%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.63%) Pega
9 1 (0.63%) Workday