Trainer Contracts in the West Midlands

Trainer
England > West Midlands

The median Trainer daily rate in the West Midlands is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 94 122
Rank change year-on-year -10 +28 +45
Contract jobs requiring a Trainer 13 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.76% 0.59% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.64% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £163 £182 £425
25th Percentile £213 £242 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% -27.50% +113.90%
75th Percentile £441 £463 £531
90th Percentile £488 £530 £535
England median daily rate £388 £414 £375
% change year-on-year -6.34% +10.33% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £30.29 - -
England median hourly rate £22.84 £32.90 £18.64
% change year-on-year -30.57% +76.48% -45.89%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,545 1,719 2,038
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 91.63% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,183 1,417
10th Percentile £235 £250 £250
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £645 £705 £725
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 74 57
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.00 £14.10
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.31 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.83 £21.50 £20.97
Median % change year-on-year +15.49% +2.53% +16.50%
75th Percentile £35.24 £36.88 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £46.85
England median hourly rate £25.32 £45.00 £41.90
% change year-on-year -43.73% +7.40% +63.16%

Trainer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Trainer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Trainer in the West Midlands

Trainer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Trainer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Trainer in the West Midlands

Trainer
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Trainer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Trainer in the West Midlands

Trainer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Trainer in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Trainer in the West Midlands

Trainer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Trainer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 August 2025. 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
Warwickshire - 4 £275 - 17
Birmingham +5 3 £163 -56.53% 13
Coventry - 1 - - 6
Staffordshire - 1 £163 - 18
Trainer
England

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Trainer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Trainer in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Instructional Design
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
3 2 (15.38%) e-Learning
3 2 (15.38%) Time Management
3 2 (15.38%) Statistics
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) Python
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) EPoS
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Snowflake
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Power BI
3 2 (15.38%) Data Science
3 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (7.69%) Content Development
4 1 (7.69%) Chatbot
4 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.69%) User Experience
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills

Trainer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
1 2 (15.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Billing
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) e-Learning
1 2 (15.38%) EPoS
1 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Instructional Design
2 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) Coaching
2 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (15.38%) Data Science
2 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
2 2 (15.38%) Statistics
2 2 (15.38%) Time Management
3 1 (7.69%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (7.69%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.69%) Chemistry
3 1 (7.69%) Content Development
3 1 (7.69%) Conversational UI
3 1 (7.69%) ITSM
3 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
2 1 (7.69%) PhD
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) PayPal
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.69%) VMware