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 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 360 466
Rank change year-on-year -43 +106 +153
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 186 177 137
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.52% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.56% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 83 100
10th Percentile - £143 £205
25th Percentile £163 £165 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £388 £413
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% -6.06% -2.94%
75th Percentile £453 £481 £500
90th Percentile £550 £550 £576
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £313 £348
% change year-on-year -12.00% -10.07% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 0
10th Percentile £22.76 £17.38 -
25th Percentile £24.50 £19.81 -
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.37 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.31% - -
75th Percentile £30.00 £28.75 -
90th Percentile - £41.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.61 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year +7.67% - -

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 33,430 31,506 40,926
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 92.78% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,135 19,373 27,542
10th Percentile £291 £300 £285
25th Percentile £404 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 981 1,444
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.53 £15.04
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.05 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -26.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.56 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.71 £72.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +83.52%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -22 171 £300 -20.63% 143
UK excluding London +24 132 £275 -12.00% 137
North of England -14 44 £400 +3.23% 47
London -50 39 £388 -4.62% 17
Work from Home -17 35 £425 +84.78% 124
Midlands -20 32 £415 +81.42% 25
South East +5 29 £163 +10.51% 29
Yorkshire -35 22 £425 +9.68% 18
North West -15 18 £163 -66.13% 22
West Midlands -27 17 £415 +186.21% 14
South West -20 16 £163 -64.68% 12
East Midlands -6 15 £307 -1.92% 11
East of England - 5 £350 - 19
North East -4 4 £163 -45.67% 8
Wales 0 3 £163 -9.44% 3
Scotland +3 2 £613 +70.73% 5

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 December 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 42 (22.58%) Coaching
2 22 (11.83%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.45%) SAP
5 11 (5.91%) AI
5 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (5.38%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (4.84%) Chatbot
7 9 (4.84%) Conversational UI
7 9 (4.84%) Degree
7 9 (4.84%) PayPal
7 9 (4.84%) Workflow
8 8 (4.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (3.76%) Chemistry
9 7 (3.76%) Logistics
9 7 (3.76%) Master's Degree
9 7 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 7 (3.76%) PhD
9 7 (3.76%) Salesforce
9 7 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
10 6 (3.23%) ERP
10 6 (3.23%) Instructional Design
10 6 (3.23%) MCT
10 6 (3.23%) Mentoring
10 6 (3.23%) Oracle
10 6 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
10 6 (3.23%) SharePoint
11 5 (2.69%) Google

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 6 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.08%) Apache
3 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.84%) Chatbot
3 7 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.54%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.15%) Maximo
3 3 (1.61%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.08%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.54%) MIS ActiveH
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.54%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.54%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.54%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.54%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (2.15%) Power Platform
2 4 (2.15%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 4 (2.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 2 (1.08%) dbt
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (1.08%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (0.54%) Azure
4 1 (0.54%) GCP
4 1 (0.54%) GitHub
4 1 (0.54%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (0.54%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.15%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (1.61%) Power BI
3 2 (1.08%) GIS
4 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 80 (43.01%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.38%) Finance
3 9 (4.84%) Legal
3 9 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.23%) Marketing
6 5 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (2.69%) Retail
7 4 (2.15%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.61%) French Language
8 3 (1.61%) Law
8 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.08%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.08%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.54%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.54%) Billing
10 1 (0.54%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.54%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (2.69%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (2.15%) VML
4 1 (0.54%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 49 (26.34%) EPoS
2 45 (24.19%) Driving Licence
3 22 (11.83%) e-Learning
4 7 (3.76%) Web Conferencing
5 6 (3.23%) Learning Management System
6 5 (2.69%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.15%) NHS
7 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.54%) Blog
8 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.54%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.08%) Windows
2 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.58%) Coaching
2 11 (5.91%) AI
2 11 (5.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 10 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (5.38%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (4.84%) Conversational UI
4 9 (4.84%) Workflow
5 8 (4.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (3.76%) Chemistry
6 7 (3.76%) Logistics
7 6 (3.23%) ERP
7 6 (3.23%) Instructional Design
7 6 (3.23%) Mentoring
8 5 (2.69%) Process Improvement
9 4 (2.15%) Business Analysis
9 4 (2.15%) Business Process Mapping
9 4 (2.15%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (2.15%) Scrum
9 4 (2.15%) Time Management
9 4 (2.15%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.54%) Python
2 1 (0.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (4.84%) Degree
2 7 (3.76%) Master's Degree
2 7 (3.76%) PhD
3 6 (3.23%) MCT
4 4 (2.15%) CSPO
4 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (1.61%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.54%) Def Stans
1 1 (0.54%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.45%) SAP
3 9 (4.84%) PayPal
4 7 (3.76%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.23%) Oracle
6 5 (2.69%) Google
7 4 (2.15%) Ariba
7 4 (2.15%) iManage
8 3 (1.61%) Adobe
9 2 (1.08%) Databricks
9 2 (1.08%) Intapp
9 2 (1.08%) Synthesia
10 1 (0.54%) Cisco
10 1 (0.54%) IBM
10 1 (0.54%) Intel
10 1 (0.54%) Siemens