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 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 442 443
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 210 113 125
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.34% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.38% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 66 72
10th Percentile £208 £163 £269
25th Percentile £313 £253 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £445
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -10.11% +18.67%
75th Percentile £575 £499 £543
90th Percentile £625 £638 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £357 £400
% change year-on-year +19.13% -10.81% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 18
10th Percentile - £17.09 £15.71
25th Percentile £13.81 £22.76 £25.49
Median hourly rate £26.24 £22.84 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +14.90% -30.57% +76.48%
75th Percentile £40.03 £22.92 £48.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £30.29 £50.03
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.24 £22.84 £47.50
% change year-on-year +14.90% -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 49,387 30,089 36,178
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 91.36% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,655 19,063 23,293
10th Percentile £328 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,474 1,522 2,032
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.18
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.26 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.31 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.21% -41.51% +2.38%
75th Percentile £67.96 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.61 £25.11 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.66% -44.20% +25.00%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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 -9 186 £413 +6.45% 80
UK excluding London -51 119 £425 +19.13% 73
London -50 63 £402 -15.37% 14
Midlands -13 61 £356 +29.27% 31
West Midlands -17 39 £325 +18.18% 26
Work from Home -50 26 £393 -1.75% 26
East Midlands -1 22 £550 +95.38% 5
North of England -55 18 £413 +1.85% 10
South West -33 16 £600 +60.00% 11
Yorkshire -30 15 £413 +1.85% 2
South East -61 14 £575 +252.76% 13
East of England -18 4 £450 +5.88% 4
Scotland -9 3 - - 1
Wales -13 3 £413 +3.13% 3
North East -41 2 £388 +137.73% 2
North West -48 1 - - 6

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 August 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 49 (23.33%) SAP
2 40 (19.05%) Security Cleared
3 38 (18.10%) Microsoft
4 36 (17.14%) SC Cleared
5 26 (12.38%) Coaching
6 21 (10.00%) ERP
7 19 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (8.57%) AI
8 18 (8.57%) SAP S/4HANA
9 17 (8.10%) Logistics
9 17 (8.10%) Microsoft Copilot
10 15 (7.14%) Analytics
10 15 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 11 (5.24%) Oracle
14 10 (4.76%) Change Management
14 10 (4.76%) Instructional Design
14 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
15 9 (4.29%) Asset Management
15 9 (4.29%) Customer Service
15 9 (4.29%) EAM
15 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
15 9 (4.29%) Problem-Solving
16 8 (3.81%) Cybersecurity
16 8 (3.81%) Incident Response
16 8 (3.81%) Knowledge Transfer
16 8 (3.81%) Network Security
16 8 (3.81%) Procure-to-Pay
16 8 (3.81%) Risk 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 8 (3.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.48%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.48%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.48%) InDesign
6 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 18 (8.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.81%) SAP PM
3 5 (2.38%) NEC Housing
4 4 (1.90%) Oracle Payables
4 4 (1.90%) SAP IBP
5 3 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (1.43%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (1.43%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.43%) SAP EWM
5 3 (1.43%) SAP MM
5 3 (1.43%) SAP PP
5 3 (1.43%) SAP SD
6 2 (0.95%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.48%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.48%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.48%) SAP Travel Management
7 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (8.10%) Microsoft Copilot
3 7 (3.33%) OneDrive
4 4 (1.90%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (1.43%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) AWS
7 1 (0.48%) Azure
7 1 (0.48%) Canva
7 1 (0.48%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.48%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (0.48%) GCP
7 1 (0.48%) GitHub
7 1 (0.48%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.81%) Network Security
2 5 (2.38%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.95%) Broadband
3 2 (0.95%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.43%) GIS
1 3 (1.43%) Power BI
2 1 (0.48%) Metadata
2 1 (0.48%) Power Query
General
1 55 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.90%) Finance
3 20 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.05%) Law
5 14 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.81%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.81%) Retail
8 5 (2.38%) General Ledger
8 5 (2.38%) Local Government
9 3 (1.43%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.43%) Banking
9 3 (1.43%) Legal
9 3 (1.43%) Publishing
10 2 (0.95%) Marketing
11 1 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Automotive
11 1 (0.48%) German Language
11 1 (0.48%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.48%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.48%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.14%) e-Learning
2 12 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 9 (4.29%) Learning Management System
4 8 (3.81%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (3.81%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.43%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.48%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.90%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.95%) Windows
3 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (12.38%) Coaching
2 21 (10.00%) ERP
3 18 (8.57%) AI
4 17 (8.10%) Logistics
5 15 (7.14%) Analytics
5 15 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (4.76%) Change Management
8 10 (4.76%) Instructional Design
9 9 (4.29%) Asset Management
9 9 (4.29%) Customer Service
9 9 (4.29%) EAM
9 9 (4.29%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (3.81%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (3.81%) Incident Response
10 8 (3.81%) Knowledge Transfer
10 8 (3.81%) Procure-to-Pay
10 8 (3.81%) Risk Management
10 8 (3.81%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.95%) Python
2 1 (0.48%) C#
2 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (0.48%) Java
2 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 40 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.43%) CIPD
4 2 (0.95%) Degree
5 1 (0.48%) ACSP
5 1 (0.48%) ACTC
5 1 (0.48%) CIPFA
5 1 (0.48%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.48%) MCT
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.43%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 49 (23.33%) SAP
2 38 (18.10%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.24%) Oracle
4 6 (2.86%) Ariba
5 5 (2.38%) NEC
5 5 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.90%) Adobe
6 4 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.95%) Cisco
7 2 (0.95%) Concur
7 2 (0.95%) IFS
7 2 (0.95%) Pega
7 2 (0.95%) Workday
8 1 (0.48%) Apple
8 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.48%) Xero