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 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 454 391
Rank change year-on-year -14 -63 +86
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 217 111 177
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.37% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 62 82
10th Percentile £208 - £143
25th Percentile £313 £163 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £403 £420
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% -4.17% +12.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £538
90th Percentile £625 £644 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £363 £400
% change year-on-year +17.24% -9.38% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 12 11
10th Percentile - £15.05 £18.00
25th Percentile £13.81 £20.94 £25.74
Median hourly rate £22.99 £22.84 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -51.92% +154.83%
75th Percentile £35.38 £30.07 £48.75
90th Percentile £40.03 £30.29 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.99 £22.84 £47.50
% change year-on-year +0.63% -51.92% -

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 50,135 29,742 35,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.07% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,651 18,759 21,938
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £627 £625 £638
90th Percentile £730 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,860 1,586 1,659
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.25 £17.17 £20.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.84 £51.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.78 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.13 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.14% -42.76% +0.34%

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 September 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 21 September 2026.

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 September 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 -19 194 £413 +3.13% 101
UK excluding London -43 128 £425 +17.24% 78
Midlands +15 79 £501 +82.27% 26
London -58 59 £400 -15.79% 29
West Midlands -3 53 £325 +18.18% 19
East Midlands +5 26 £550 +95.38% 7
Work from Home -67 20 £210 -53.33% 34
North of England -65 18 £413 -2.94% 8
Yorkshire -35 12 £413 -0.60% 2
South West -37 12 £600 +123.05% 15
South East -65 10 £575 +252.76% 23
North West -52 4 £400 -11.11% 3
Wales -13 3 £413 +3.13% 2
East of England -25 3 - - 5
Scotland -27 3 - -
North East -39 2 £388 +137.73% 3

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 48 (22.12%) SAP
2 42 (19.35%) Microsoft
3 30 (13.82%) Coaching
4 25 (11.52%) Security Cleared
5 22 (10.14%) SC Cleared
6 20 (9.22%) AI
6 20 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (8.76%) ERP
7 19 (8.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 17 (7.83%) SAP S/4HANA
9 16 (7.37%) Oracle
10 15 (6.91%) Asset Management
10 15 (6.91%) Logistics
11 14 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (5.53%) EAM
13 11 (5.07%) Analytics
13 11 (5.07%) Oracle Fusion
14 10 (4.61%) Change Management
14 10 (4.61%) Knowledge Transfer
14 10 (4.61%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (4.15%) Customer Service
15 9 (4.15%) Problem-Solving
16 8 (3.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
16 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
16 8 (3.69%) SAP PM
16 8 (3.69%) Workshop Facilitation
17 7 (3.23%) Production Planning
17 7 (3.23%) SharePoint
17 7 (3.23%) User Acceptance Testing

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 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (1.84%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.46%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 17 (7.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.69%) SAP PM
3 5 (2.30%) NEC Housing
3 5 (2.30%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.84%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (1.84%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.84%) Oracle Receivables
4 4 (1.84%) SAP IBP
5 3 (1.38%) SAP EWM
5 3 (1.38%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.38%) SAP PP
5 3 (1.38%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.92%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.46%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.46%) SAP Travel Management
7 1 (0.46%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (9.22%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (8.76%) Microsoft Copilot
3 6 (2.76%) OneDrive
4 5 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.84%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.38%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (0.92%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.46%) AWS
8 1 (0.46%) Azure
8 1 (0.46%) GCP
8 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.30%) Network Security
1 5 (2.30%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.92%) Broadband
2 2 (0.92%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.92%) GIS
2 1 (0.46%) Metadata
2 1 (0.46%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) Power Query
General
1 53 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.06%) Finance
3 23 (10.60%) Law
4 15 (6.91%) Presentation Skills
5 14 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.07%) Retail
7 10 (4.61%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (3.23%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.76%) General Ledger
10 5 (2.30%) Local Government
11 4 (1.84%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.38%) Legal
13 2 (0.92%) Automotive
13 2 (0.92%) German Language
13 2 (0.92%) Marketing
13 2 (0.92%) Publishing
14 1 (0.46%) Analytical Skills
14 1 (0.46%) Banking
14 1 (0.46%) Police
14 1 (0.46%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.07%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.76%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.46%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.37%) e-Learning
2 11 (5.07%) Learning Management System
2 11 (5.07%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.69%) Smartphone
4 6 (2.76%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.38%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.46%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.84%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (13.82%) Coaching
2 20 (9.22%) AI
3 19 (8.76%) ERP
4 15 (6.91%) Asset Management
4 15 (6.91%) Logistics
5 14 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 12 (5.53%) EAM
7 11 (5.07%) Analytics
8 10 (4.61%) Change Management
8 10 (4.61%) Knowledge Transfer
8 10 (4.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (4.15%) Customer Service
9 9 (4.15%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (3.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (3.69%) Workshop Facilitation
11 7 (3.23%) Production Planning
11 7 (3.23%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (3.23%) Workflow
12 6 (2.76%) Accounts Payable
12 6 (2.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.92%) Python
2 1 (0.46%) C#
2 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.46%) Java
2 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (11.52%) Security Cleared
2 22 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.84%) CIPD
4 3 (1.38%) Degree
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.46%) ACSP
6 1 (0.46%) ACTC
6 1 (0.46%) CIPFA
6 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.46%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.46%) MCT
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Certification
Vendors
1 48 (22.12%) SAP
2 42 (19.35%) Microsoft
3 16 (7.37%) Oracle
4 5 (2.30%) NEC
5 4 (1.84%) Adobe
5 4 (1.84%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.92%) Ariba
6 2 (0.92%) Cisco
6 2 (0.92%) Pega
6 2 (0.92%) Workday
7 1 (0.46%) Apple
7 1 (0.46%) Concur
7 1 (0.46%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.46%) Siemens
7 1 (0.46%) Xero