IT Trainer Job Trends

IT Trainer
UK

The median IT Trainer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 654 679
Rank change year-on-year +39 +25 +291
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Trainer 36 57 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.061% 0.10% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.11% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 32 44 31
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +26.87% -25.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £40,500
90th Percentile £65,375 £54,625 £51,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £40,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +33.33% -16.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,514 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

IT Trainer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

IT Trainer job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Trainer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for IT Trainer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for IT Trainer job vacancies in the UK

IT Trainer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Trainer over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Trainer in the UK

IT Trainer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Trainer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +55 34 £40,000 -5.88% 5
UK excluding London +47 21 £34,000 -15.00% 3
London +26 14 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Work from Home +76 12 £34,000 -26.49%
North of England +34 11 £34,000 +24.77% 2
South West +9 7 £34,000 -12.26%
Yorkshire - 7 £34,000 -
North West +28 4 £42,500 +55.96% 2
South East +20 1 - -
Midlands +2 1 £42,500 +32.81%
East Midlands -11 1 £42,500 +32.81%
Wales - 1 £30,000 -

IT Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, IT 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 featuring IT Trainer in the job title.

1 18 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
3 10 (27.78%) Document Management
3 10 (27.78%) iManage
3 10 (27.78%) Windows
4 9 (25.00%) Workflow
5 8 (22.22%) Android
5 8 (22.22%) Cisco
5 8 (22.22%) Expense Management
5 8 (22.22%) Metadata
5 8 (22.22%) Metadata Management
5 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
5 8 (22.22%) WebEx
5 8 (22.22%) Windows 10
5 8 (22.22%) Workflow Management
6 3 (8.33%) Content Development
7 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
7 2 (5.56%) Change Management
7 2 (5.56%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (5.56%) HTML
7 2 (5.56%) Information Security
7 2 (5.56%) Instructional Design
7 2 (5.56%) OneDrive
7 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
8 1 (2.78%) Acrobat
8 1 (2.78%) Adobe
8 1 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (2.78%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (2.78%) AI

IT 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 2 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) Acrobat
2 1 (2.78%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.78%) InDesign
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.78%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.56%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.22%) Metadata
2 1 (2.78%) Power BI
General
1 13 (36.11%) Law
1 13 (36.11%) Legal
2 10 (27.78%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (44.44%) e-Learning
2 9 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 8 (22.22%) iPhone
4 2 (5.56%) Learning Management System
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) Video Editing
5 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.78%) Windows
2 8 (22.22%) Android
2 8 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Document Management
2 9 (25.00%) Workflow
3 8 (22.22%) Expense Management
3 8 (22.22%) Metadata Management
3 8 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
3 8 (22.22%) Workflow Management
4 3 (8.33%) Content Development
5 2 (5.56%) Change Management
5 2 (5.56%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (5.56%) Information Security
5 2 (5.56%) Instructional Design
6 1 (2.78%) AI
6 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.78%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (2.78%) CRM
6 1 (2.78%) Cryptography
6 1 (2.78%) Digital Enablement
6 1 (2.78%) Incident Response
6 1 (2.78%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (2.78%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
1 1 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) iManage
3 8 (22.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.78%) Adobe