Trainer Contract Job Trends

Trainer
UK

The median Trainer daily rate in the UK is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 356 465
Rank change year-on-year -63 +109 +128
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 167 164 133
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.52% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.56% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 69 94
10th Percentile - £143 £200
25th Percentile £163 £150 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £438 £464 £468
90th Percentile £489 £537 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £300 £165 £306
% change year-on-year +81.82% -46.12% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 9
10th Percentile £22.93 £20.14 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.23 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £27.50 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -14.37% +43.31%
75th Percentile £30.00 £28.75 £37.18
90th Percentile - £43.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.61 £27.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year +7.67% -14.37% +43.31%

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 34,755 29,351 41,026
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 92.84% 93.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,967 17,954 27,186
10th Percentile £300 £291 £275
25th Percentile £406 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £477 £500
% change year-on-year +0.16% -4.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,062 872 2,014
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.64
Median hourly rate £27.72 £32.50 £38.10
Median % change year-on-year -14.72% -14.69% +9.53%
75th Percentile £60.72 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.98 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.00 £30.98 £40.00
% change year-on-year -16.07% -22.56% +33.33%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 24 January 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 -54 158 £325 -10.34% 42
UK excluding London -11 122 £300 +81.82% 35
North of England -31 45 £400 +3.23% 10
Work from Home -24 35 £425 +183.33% 19
London -60 34 £415 +7.44% 16
South East -7 26 £163 +10.51% 5
Midlands -35 26 £415 +186.21% 3
Yorkshire -47 22 £425 +58.88% 1
North West -15 19 £163 -66.13% 4
West Midlands -46 15 £439 +202.59% 2
South West -26 14 £163 -64.68% 7
East Midlands -17 11 £163 - 1
East of England -7 9 £325 - 6
North East -9 4 £163 -45.67% 5
Wales -5 2 £163 -9.44% 1

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 January 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 36 (21.56%) Coaching
2 24 (14.37%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.19%) SAP
4 11 (6.59%) AI
4 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (5.39%) Chatbot
5 9 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (5.39%) Conversational UI
5 9 (5.39%) Degree
5 9 (5.39%) PayPal
5 9 (5.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (5.39%) Workflow
6 8 (4.79%) Salesforce
7 7 (4.19%) Chemistry
7 7 (4.19%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (4.19%) Master's Degree
7 7 (4.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (4.19%) PhD
7 7 (4.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (3.59%) Instructional Design
8 6 (3.59%) Logistics
8 6 (3.59%) Mentoring
8 6 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
8 6 (3.59%) SharePoint
9 5 (2.99%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (2.99%) Google
9 5 (2.99%) MCT
9 5 (2.99%) Process Improvement
9 5 (2.99%) 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 6 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.39%) Chatbot
3 7 (4.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.60%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (3.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.40%) SystmOne
3 3 (1.80%) SAP EWM
4 2 (1.20%) Elite 3E
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.60%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.19%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (2.40%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 4 (2.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 4 (2.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 3 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (1.80%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.60%) AWS
4 1 (0.60%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (0.60%) Azure
4 1 (0.60%) GCP
4 1 (0.60%) GitHub
4 1 (0.60%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.99%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (1.80%) Power BI
3 2 (1.20%) GIS
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 77 (46.11%) Social Skills
2 11 (6.59%) Finance
3 10 (5.99%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.79%) Marketing
5 7 (4.19%) Legal
6 6 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.40%) Retail
9 3 (1.80%) Law
9 3 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.20%) Banking
10 2 (1.20%) French Language
10 2 (1.20%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.20%) Military
11 1 (0.60%) Advertising
11 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.60%) Automotive
11 1 (0.60%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.40%) VML
3 1 (0.60%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 47 (28.14%) Driving Licence
2 45 (26.95%) EPoS
3 22 (13.17%) e-Learning
4 8 (4.79%) Learning Management System
4 8 (4.79%) NHS
5 7 (4.19%) Web Conferencing
6 4 (2.40%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.80%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Blog
8 1 (0.60%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.60%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.60%) Linux
1 1 (0.60%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (21.56%) Coaching
2 11 (6.59%) AI
3 9 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (5.39%) Conversational UI
3 9 (5.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (5.39%) Workflow
4 7 (4.19%) Chemistry
4 7 (4.19%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (4.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (3.59%) Instructional Design
5 6 (3.59%) Logistics
5 6 (3.59%) Mentoring
6 5 (2.99%) Process Improvement
7 4 (2.40%) Agile
7 4 (2.40%) Business Analysis
7 4 (2.40%) Business Process Mapping
7 4 (2.40%) Scrum
7 4 (2.40%) Software Delivery
7 4 (2.40%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (2.40%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.60%) Python
2 1 (0.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (5.39%) Degree
2 7 (4.19%) Master's Degree
2 7 (4.19%) PhD
3 5 (2.99%) MCT
4 4 (2.40%) CSPO
4 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.40%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.80%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.60%) Def Stans
1 1 (0.60%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Ansible
1 1 (0.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (14.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.19%) SAP
3 9 (5.39%) PayPal
4 8 (4.79%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.99%) Google
6 4 (2.40%) iManage
6 4 (2.40%) Oracle
7 3 (1.80%) Adobe
8 2 (1.20%) Ariba
8 2 (1.20%) Intapp
8 2 (1.20%) Synthesia
9 1 (0.60%) Intel
9 1 (0.60%) Siemens