Trainer Contract Job Trends

Trainer
UK

The median Trainer daily rate in the UK is £331, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 378 459
Rank change year-on-year -48 +81 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 169 159 135
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.52% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.55% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 64 95
10th Percentile - £143 £200
25th Percentile £163 £149 £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% -12.55% -11.11%
75th Percentile £438 £463 £463
90th Percentile £500 £500 £568
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £150 £345
% change year-on-year +116.67% -56.52% -4.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 12
10th Percentile £24.50 £20.14 £16.55
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.23 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £27.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% +41.03% -12.99%
75th Percentile £30.00 £28.75 £35.04
90th Percentile - £43.75 £37.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.61 £27.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +7.67% +41.03% -12.99%

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 35,429 28,687 42,007
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.49% 92.93% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,343 17,493 27,773
10th Percentile £300 £296 £275
25th Percentile £405 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £478 £493
% change year-on-year -0.52% -3.14% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,119 845 2,293
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.92 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.70
Median hourly rate £29.65 £33.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.17% -7.04% +1.43%
75th Percentile £62.05 £62.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £71.60 £75.00 £72.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £31.76 £36.05
% change year-on-year -13.41% -11.89% +15.01%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 3 February 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 -60 161 £338 -3.47% 60
UK excluding London -12 122 £325 +116.67% 47
North of England -30 43 £400 +16.36% 11
London -66 36 £415 +7.79% 18
Work from Home -13 35 £425 +183.33% 26
South East -9 27 £163 +10.51% 9
Midlands -44 26 £415 +186.21% 8
Yorkshire -38 22 £425 +58.88% 3
North West -18 17 £163 -60.48% 5
West Midlands -32 16 £415 +186.21% 4
South West -28 14 £163 -54.97% 12
East of England -10 10 £325 - 5
East Midlands -19 10 £307 - 4
North East -10 4 £163 -45.67% 3
Wales +3 2 £163 -9.44%

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 February 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 (21.30%) Coaching
2 23 (13.61%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.10%) AI
3 12 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (7.10%) SAP
4 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (5.92%) Salesforce
6 9 (5.33%) Chatbot
6 9 (5.33%) Conversational UI
6 9 (5.33%) Degree
6 9 (5.33%) Instructional Design
6 9 (5.33%) PayPal
6 9 (5.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (4.73%) Workflow
8 7 (4.14%) Chemistry
8 7 (4.14%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (4.14%) Master's Degree
8 7 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (4.14%) PhD
8 7 (4.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (3.55%) Logistics
9 6 (3.55%) Mentoring
9 6 (3.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 6 (3.55%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (3.55%) SharePoint
10 5 (2.96%) Change Management
10 5 (2.96%) Electronic Patient Records
10 5 (2.96%) ERP
10 5 (2.96%) 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 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.59%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.33%) Chatbot
3 7 (4.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.59%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (3.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.96%) SystmOne
3 2 (1.18%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (1.18%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.59%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.59%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.10%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 4 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (2.37%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 4 (2.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 3 (1.78%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.59%) Asana
5 1 (0.59%) AWS
5 1 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.59%) Azure
5 1 (0.59%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.59%) GCP
5 1 (0.59%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.59%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.96%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (1.78%) Power BI
3 2 (1.18%) GIS
4 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 78 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.10%) Finance
2 12 (7.10%) Presentation Skills
3 10 (5.92%) Marketing
4 8 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.14%) Legal
6 6 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.96%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.37%) Retail
9 3 (1.78%) Law
9 3 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.18%) Banking
10 2 (1.18%) French Language
10 2 (1.18%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.18%) Local Government
10 2 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.18%) Military
11 1 (0.59%) Advertising
11 1 (0.59%) Billing
11 1 (0.59%) Environmental Health
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.96%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.37%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.37%) VML
3 1 (0.59%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 47 (27.81%) Driving Licence
2 44 (26.04%) EPoS
3 23 (13.61%) e-Learning
4 9 (5.33%) NHS
5 8 (4.73%) Learning Management System
6 6 (3.55%) Web Conferencing
7 4 (2.37%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.78%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.59%) Blog
9 1 (0.59%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.59%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.59%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.59%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.59%) Linux
1 1 (0.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (21.30%) Coaching
2 12 (7.10%) AI
3 9 (5.33%) Conversational UI
3 9 (5.33%) Instructional Design
3 9 (5.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (4.73%) Workflow
5 7 (4.14%) Chemistry
5 7 (4.14%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (4.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (3.55%) Logistics
6 6 (3.55%) Mentoring
7 5 (2.96%) Change Management
7 5 (2.96%) ERP
8 4 (2.37%) Agile
8 4 (2.37%) Business Analysis
8 4 (2.37%) E-Commerce
8 4 (2.37%) Scrum
8 4 (2.37%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (2.37%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.59%) Python
2 1 (0.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (5.33%) Degree
2 7 (4.14%) Master's Degree
2 7 (4.14%) PhD
3 4 (2.37%) CSPO
3 4 (2.37%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.78%) MCT
4 3 (1.78%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.59%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.59%) Def Stans
1 1 (0.59%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.59%) Ansible
1 1 (0.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (13.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.10%) SAP
3 10 (5.92%) Salesforce
4 9 (5.33%) PayPal
5 5 (2.96%) Google
6 4 (2.37%) iManage
6 4 (2.37%) Oracle
7 3 (1.78%) Adobe
8 2 (1.18%) Intapp
8 2 (1.18%) Synthesia
9 1 (0.59%) Ariba
9 1 (0.59%) Intel
9 1 (0.59%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.59%) Siemens