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 19 August 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 446 448
Rank change year-on-year -22 +2 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 210 109 130
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.33% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.36% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 62 73
10th Percentile £208 £163 £260
25th Percentile £313 £185 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £394 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.35% +12.96%
75th Percentile £575 £499 £538
90th Percentile £625 £648 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 18
10th Percentile - £17.09 £15.71
25th Percentile £13.81 £22.76 £25.49
Median hourly rate £22.99 £22.84 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -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 £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 49,538 29,942 36,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 91.24% 92.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,723 18,896 23,187
10th Percentile £325 £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 £620 £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 3,497 1,549 1,984
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.59 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.60 £17.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £43.95
% change year-on-year +68.19% -42.78% +17.20%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -28 187 £425 +13.33% 78
UK excluding London -24 123 £425 +21.43% 78
Midlands +4 64 £415 +50.91% 35
London -50 58 £402 -13.08% 8
West Midlands -28 40 £325 +18.18% 21
East Midlands +2 24 £550 +95.38% 14
Work from Home -67 23 £400 - 23
North of England -69 20 £413 +1.85% 11
Yorkshire -33 15 £413 +1.85% 1
South West -37 15 £600 +60.00% 11
South East -71 14 £575 +252.76% 14
East of England -24 4 £450 +50.00% 4
Scotland -13 3 - - 3
Wales -16 3 £413 +3.13% 3
North West -54 3 £400 -5.88% 4
North East -37 2 £388 +137.73% 6

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 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 48 (22.86%) SAP
2 40 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 34 (16.19%) Security Cleared
4 31 (14.76%) SC Cleared
5 27 (12.86%) Coaching
6 21 (10.00%) ERP
7 20 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (9.05%) AI
9 18 (8.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 18 (8.57%) SAP S/4HANA
10 17 (8.10%) Logistics
11 16 (7.62%) Analytics
12 14 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (6.19%) Oracle
14 12 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (4.76%) Change Management
15 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
16 9 (4.29%) Asset Management
16 9 (4.29%) Customer Service
16 9 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
16 9 (4.29%) EAM
16 9 (4.29%) Incident Response
16 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
16 9 (4.29%) Network Security
16 9 (4.29%) Problem-Solving
16 9 (4.29%) Risk Management
16 9 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
16 9 (4.29%) Threat Analysis
17 8 (3.81%) Knowledge Transfer
17 8 (3.81%) Oracle Fusion

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%) 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 20 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (8.57%) Microsoft Copilot
3 7 (3.33%) OneDrive
4 4 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (1.90%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.43%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.95%) Copilot Studio
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%) GCP
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.29%) 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 54 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.86%) Finance
3 19 (9.05%) Law
4 18 (8.57%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.24%) 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 4 (1.90%) Publishing
10 3 (1.43%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.43%) Banking
10 3 (1.43%) Legal
11 2 (0.95%) Marketing
12 1 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.48%) German Language
12 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Police
12 1 (0.48%) Polish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.48%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.10%) e-Learning
2 12 (5.71%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.24%) Learning Management System
4 9 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.81%) Smartphone
6 5 (2.38%) Web Conferencing
7 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.43%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.48%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.90%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.43%) Windows
3 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (12.86%) Coaching
2 21 (10.00%) ERP
3 19 (9.05%) AI
4 17 (8.10%) Logistics
5 16 (7.62%) Analytics
6 14 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (5.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (4.76%) Change Management
9 9 (4.29%) Asset Management
9 9 (4.29%) Customer Service
9 9 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (4.29%) EAM
9 9 (4.29%) Incident Response
9 9 (4.29%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (4.29%) Risk Management
9 9 (4.29%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (4.29%) Threat Analysis
10 8 (3.81%) Knowledge Transfer
10 8 (3.81%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (3.81%) Workshop Facilitation
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 34 (16.19%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.76%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.90%) CIPD
4 3 (1.43%) 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 48 (22.86%) SAP
2 40 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.19%) Oracle
4 5 (2.38%) Ariba
4 5 (2.38%) NEC
5 4 (1.90%) Adobe
5 4 (1.90%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.95%) Cisco
6 2 (0.95%) Concur
6 2 (0.95%) IFS
6 2 (0.95%) Pega
6 2 (0.95%) Workday
7 1 (0.48%) Apple
7 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.48%) Xero