Trainer Contract Job Trends

Trainer
UK

The median Trainer daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 401 465
Rank change year-on-year -39 +64 +122
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 177 125 133
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.45% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 56 93
10th Percentile - £143 £200
25th Percentile £163 £150 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £366 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -11.30% -8.33%
75th Percentile £438 £464 £468
90th Percentile £500 £542 £585
UK excluding London median daily rate £338 £281 £348
% change year-on-year +20.00% -19.06% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 15
10th Percentile £26.25 £16.98 £17.45
25th Percentile £29.61 £17.31 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.81 £23.25 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.19% +19.23% -31.47%
75th Percentile £34.59 £28.75 £36.21
90th Percentile £57.50 - £37.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £23.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year +29.03% +19.23% -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 38,312 27,714 41,419
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.84% 92.81% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,044 17,552 27,221
10th Percentile £310 £290 £275
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.46% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,352 838 2,415
10th Percentile £14.83 £16.25 £13.05
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £34.08
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +0.66% -15.85%
75th Percentile £64.03 £64.74 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.33 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -7.14% -9.68%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -31 168 £381 +6.65% 59
UK excluding London -12 125 £338 +20.00% 59
North of England -23 44 £400 +33.33% 22
London -56 40 £402 +4.42% 9
Work from Home -33 36 £400 +166.67% 24
Midlands -37 29 £415 +3.75% 10
South East -15 25 £400 +171.19% 8
Yorkshire -39 25 £425 +59.62% 9
West Midlands -42 19 £415 +3.75% 6
South West -16 16 £163 -54.31% 9
North West -26 15 £163 -55.03% 11
East Midlands -21 10 £307 - 4
East of England -23 9 £325 -40.91% 3
North East -9 4 £163 -45.67% 2
Wales -5 2 £163 -9.44% 1

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 March 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 33 (18.64%) Coaching
2 23 (12.99%) Microsoft
3 16 (9.04%) Instructional Design
4 15 (8.47%) Security Cleared
5 14 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (7.34%) SC Cleared
6 13 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (6.78%) SAP
8 11 (6.21%) AI
9 10 (5.65%) Agile
9 10 (5.65%) Salesforce
10 9 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 8 (4.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (3.95%) Chatbot
12 7 (3.95%) Chemistry
12 7 (3.95%) Conversational UI
12 7 (3.95%) Degree
12 7 (3.95%) Master's Degree
12 7 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 7 (3.95%) PayPal
12 7 (3.95%) PhD
12 7 (3.95%) SharePoint
12 7 (3.95%) Time Management
13 6 (3.39%) Logistics
13 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
13 6 (3.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 6 (3.39%) User Acceptance Testing
14 5 (2.82%) Change Management

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 (3.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.95%) Chatbot
2 7 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.56%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.56%) InDesign
4 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.56%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (2.82%) SystmOne
2 4 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.13%) Elite 3E
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (3.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 4 (2.26%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 4 (2.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 3 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (1.69%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.13%) ChatGPT
5 2 (1.13%) GitHub
5 2 (1.13%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (1.13%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.56%) Asana
6 1 (0.56%) AWS
6 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.56%) Azure
6 1 (0.56%) Canva
6 1 (0.56%) GCP
6 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.13%) Network Security
2 1 (0.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.26%) Electronic Patient Records
2 3 (1.69%) GIS
2 3 (1.69%) Power BI
3 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 78 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.91%) Finance
3 13 (7.34%) Presentation Skills
4 10 (5.65%) Marketing
4 10 (5.65%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (3.95%) Legal
7 4 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.26%) Retail
8 3 (1.69%) Banking
8 3 (1.69%) Law
8 3 (1.69%) Publishing
9 2 (1.13%) French Language
9 2 (1.13%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.13%) Local Government
9 2 (1.13%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.56%) Arabic Language
10 1 (0.56%) Czech Language
10 1 (0.56%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.26%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (2.26%) VML
2 2 (1.13%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 47 (26.55%) Driving Licence
2 42 (23.73%) EPoS
3 22 (12.43%) e-Learning
4 9 (5.08%) Learning Management System
5 8 (4.52%) NHS
6 6 (3.39%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.56%) Blog
9 1 (0.56%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.56%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (18.64%) Coaching
2 16 (9.04%) Instructional Design
3 13 (7.34%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (6.21%) AI
5 10 (5.65%) Agile
6 9 (5.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (4.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (3.95%) Chemistry
8 7 (3.95%) Conversational UI
8 7 (3.95%) Time Management
9 6 (3.39%) Logistics
9 6 (3.39%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (2.82%) Change Management
10 5 (2.82%) ERP
10 5 (2.82%) Mentoring
10 5 (2.82%) Project Management
10 5 (2.82%) Workflow
11 4 (2.26%) Acceptance Criteria
11 4 (2.26%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (8.47%) Security Cleared
2 13 (7.34%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.95%) Degree
3 7 (3.95%) Master's Degree
3 7 (3.95%) PhD
4 4 (2.26%) CSPO
5 2 (1.13%) MCT
6 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.69%) JSP 440
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Ansible
1 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (12.99%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.78%) SAP
3 10 (5.65%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.95%) PayPal
5 5 (2.82%) Google
5 5 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.26%) Adobe
6 4 (2.26%) iManage
6 4 (2.26%) Oracle
7 3 (1.69%) Ariba
8 2 (1.13%) Intapp
8 2 (1.13%) Synthesia
9 1 (0.56%) Intel
9 1 (0.56%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.56%) Siemens