Trainer Contract Job Trends

Trainer
UK

The median Trainer daily rate in the UK is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 442 463
Rank change year-on-year -33 +21 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 191 112 117
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.34% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.37% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 65 70
10th Percentile £208 £163 £289
25th Percentile £313 £263 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.88% +11.84%
75th Percentile £546 £500 £539
90th Percentile £625 £640 £577
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £357 £400
% change year-on-year +17.73% -10.81% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 19
10th Percentile £29.25 £17.09 £16.18
25th Percentile £38.58 £17.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £22.84 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +140.81% -30.57% +23.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £22.92 £48.75
90th Percentile - £30.29 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £22.84 £32.90
% change year-on-year +140.81% -30.57% -

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 49,051 29,963 37,757
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 91.58% 93.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,625 19,061 24,462
10th Percentile £328 £285 £300
25th Percentile £420 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,310 1,445 2,320
10th Percentile £15.75 £13.71 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £18.24
Median hourly rate £42.85 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.39% -39.40% -5.26%
75th Percentile £67.88 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £74.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -41.51% +8.04%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -38 169 £413 +6.45% 56
UK excluding London -57 98 £420 +17.73% 48
London -35 64 £401 -15.58% 13
Midlands -27 46 £325 +18.18% 29
West Midlands -32 35 £325 +18.18% 21
Work from Home -75 22 £390 -10.97% 22
North of England -71 17 £413 +17.02% 3
South West -24 16 £600 +51.94% 5
Yorkshire -40 15 £413 +1.85% 1
South East -67 13 £575 +178.45% 7
East Midlands -10 11 £528 +87.39% 8
Scotland -16 3 - - 1
East of England -23 2 £450 +5.88% 2
North East -41 2 £388 +137.73%
Wales -18 1 £413 +3.13% 1

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 July 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 50 (26.18%) SAP
2 40 (20.94%) Microsoft
3 38 (19.90%) Security Cleared
4 34 (17.80%) SC Cleared
5 21 (10.99%) ERP
6 20 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (9.95%) SAP S/4HANA
8 17 (8.90%) AI
8 17 (8.90%) Microsoft Copilot
9 16 (8.38%) Coaching
10 15 (7.85%) Change Management
11 14 (7.33%) Analytics
12 13 (6.81%) Instructional Design
12 13 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (6.28%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
15 9 (4.71%) Logistics
15 9 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
15 9 (4.71%) Procure-to-Pay
16 8 (4.19%) Production Planning
16 8 (4.19%) Salesforce
16 8 (4.19%) SAP PM
16 8 (4.19%) SharePoint
17 7 (3.66%) Ariba
17 7 (3.66%) Asset Management
17 7 (3.66%) EAM
17 7 (3.66%) Knowledge Transfer
17 7 (3.66%) OneDrive
18 6 (3.14%) Agile

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 8 (4.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.09%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.52%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.52%) InDesign
5 1 (0.52%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 19 (9.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.19%) SAP PM
3 5 (2.62%) NEC Housing
4 4 (2.09%) SAP IBP
4 4 (2.09%) SAP MM
4 4 (2.09%) SAP PP
4 4 (2.09%) SAP SD
5 3 (1.57%) SAP EWM
5 3 (1.57%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.52%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.52%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.52%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.47%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (8.90%) Microsoft Copilot
3 7 (3.66%) OneDrive
4 5 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (2.62%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.05%) ChatGPT
6 2 (1.05%) GitHub
6 2 (1.05%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Asana
7 1 (0.52%) Canva
7 1 (0.52%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.14%) Network Security
2 5 (2.62%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.05%) Broadband
3 2 (1.05%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) GIS
2 2 (1.05%) Power BI
3 1 (0.52%) Metadata
General
1 44 (23.04%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.04%) Finance
3 19 (9.95%) Public Sector
4 18 (9.42%) Law
5 13 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (4.19%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.14%) Local Government
7 6 (3.14%) Marketing
8 4 (2.09%) Banking
8 4 (2.09%) Publishing
9 3 (1.57%) Legal
10 2 (1.05%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.52%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.52%) German Language
11 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.52%) Police
11 1 (0.52%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.14%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.52%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.81%) e-Learning
2 8 (4.19%) Learning Management System
3 6 (3.14%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.57%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.57%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.57%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.09%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.05%) Windows
3 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (10.99%) ERP
2 17 (8.90%) AI
3 16 (8.38%) Coaching
4 15 (7.85%) Change Management
5 14 (7.33%) Analytics
6 13 (6.81%) Instructional Design
6 13 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (6.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (4.71%) Logistics
8 9 (4.71%) Procure-to-Pay
9 8 (4.19%) Production Planning
10 7 (3.66%) Asset Management
10 7 (3.66%) EAM
10 7 (3.66%) Knowledge Transfer
11 6 (3.14%) Agile
11 6 (3.14%) Project Management
11 6 (3.14%) Risk Management
11 6 (3.14%) Threat Analysis
11 6 (3.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 38 (19.90%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.80%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.57%) CIPD
4 2 (1.05%) Degree
5 1 (0.52%) ACSP
5 1 (0.52%) ACTC
5 1 (0.52%) CIPFA
5 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.52%) MCT
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.09%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 50 (26.18%) SAP
2 40 (20.94%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.19%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.66%) Ariba
5 5 (2.62%) NEC
5 5 (2.62%) Oracle
5 5 (2.62%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.05%) Adobe
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco
6 2 (1.05%) Concur
6 2 (1.05%) IFS
6 2 (1.05%) Pega
7 1 (0.52%) Apple
7 1 (0.52%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.52%) Workday
7 1 (0.52%) Xero