Trainer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Trainer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Trainer salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 408 502
Rank change year-on-year +330 +94 +208
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainer 1,091 159 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.57% 0.44% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% 0.48% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 66 104 56
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £29,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £42,188
90th Percentile £44,375 £50,000 £47,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Trainer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Trainer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Trainer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Trainer in the UK excluding London

Trainer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +220 469 £34,500 +6.15% 8
Midlands +127 222 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Yorkshire +119 205 £34,000 -46.58% 2
North West +143 196 £40,000 +23.08% 4
West Midlands +104 151 £28,928 -9.60% 2
South West +105 128 £34,000 +4.62% 2
South East +117 125 £37,500 -11.76% 8
Scotland +84 109 £35,000 -22.22% 3
East Midlands +39 71 £32,500 -27.78%
North East - 68 - - 2
East of England +74 58 £36,500 +4.29% 5
Wales +41 34 £30,000 -7.69%
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 3
Trainer
UK

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Trainer 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 permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Trainer in the job title.

1 996 (91.29%) AI
2 993 (91.02%) Chatbot
2 993 (91.02%) Conversational UI
2 993 (91.02%) PayPal
3 991 (90.83%) Degree
4 499 (45.74%) Master's Degree
4 499 (45.74%) PhD
5 353 (32.36%) Chemistry
6 189 (17.32%) Content Writing
7 89 (8.16%) Biochemistry
7 89 (8.16%) Biology
7 89 (8.16%) Biotechnology
7 89 (8.16%) Customer Service
7 89 (8.16%) Data Interpretation
7 89 (8.16%) Experimental Design
8 60 (5.50%) Physics
9 55 (5.04%) Mathematics
10 24 (2.20%) Biostatistics
11 15 (1.37%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
13 9 (0.82%) Coaching
13 9 (0.82%) Economics
13 9 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (0.73%) Computer Science
14 8 (0.73%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (0.73%) Microsoft
15 7 (0.64%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (0.64%) Time Management
16 6 (0.55%) Statistics
16 6 (0.55%) Windows

Trainer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (0.27%) Moodle
2 1 (0.092%) SharePoint
Applications
1 993 (91.02%) Chatbot
2 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.092%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.092%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.092%) InDesign
5 1 (0.092%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.27%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.18%) SAP PLM
2 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 9 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (0.37%) SaaS
3 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (0.27%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.18%) Azure
4 2 (0.18%) Azure AI
5 1 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.092%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.092%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.27%) Metadata
2 1 (0.092%) Power BI
General
1 344 (31.53%) Analytical Skills
2 60 (5.50%) Retail
3 25 (2.29%) Legal
4 24 (2.20%) Law
4 24 (2.20%) Social Skills
5 10 (0.92%) Marketing
5 10 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (0.82%) Agriculture
7 5 (0.46%) Aerospace
7 5 (0.46%) Automotive
7 5 (0.46%) Finance
7 5 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.18%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.18%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.18%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.092%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 89 (8.16%) Molecular Biology
2 12 (1.10%) e-Learning
3 11 (1.01%) Driving Licence
4 6 (0.55%) EPoS
5 4 (0.37%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.27%) iPhone
6 3 (0.27%) NHS
6 3 (0.27%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.092%) FMCG
7 1 (0.092%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.55%) Windows
2 3 (0.27%) Android
2 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 996 (91.29%) AI
2 993 (91.02%) Conversational UI
3 353 (32.36%) Chemistry
4 189 (17.32%) Content Writing
5 89 (8.16%) Biochemistry
5 89 (8.16%) Biology
5 89 (8.16%) Biotechnology
5 89 (8.16%) Customer Service
5 89 (8.16%) Data Interpretation
5 89 (8.16%) Experimental Design
6 60 (5.50%) Physics
7 55 (5.04%) Mathematics
8 24 (2.20%) Biostatistics
9 15 (1.37%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (0.82%) Coaching
10 9 (0.82%) Economics
11 8 (0.73%) Computer Science
11 8 (0.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (0.64%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (0.64%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 991 (90.83%) Degree
2 499 (45.74%) Master's Degree
2 499 (45.74%) PhD
3 4 (0.37%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.092%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (0.092%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.092%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.092%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.092%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.18%) ISO 9001
1 2 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.18%) FTK
Vendors
1 993 (91.02%) PayPal
2 8 (0.73%) Microsoft
3 4 (0.37%) SAP
4 3 (0.27%) Cisco
4 3 (0.27%) iManage
4 3 (0.27%) Oracle
5 2 (0.18%) Samsung
6 1 (0.092%) Adobe