Trainer
UK

The median Trainer salary in the UK is £66,200 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 592 893
Rank change year-on-year +305 +301 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainer 523 321 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.00% 0.33% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.34% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 180 235 77
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £30,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,200 £38,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +74.21% -7.32% -18.00%
75th Percentile £66,253 £45,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,295 £48,058 £61,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,215 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +83.93% -4.00% -11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Trainer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Trainer in the UK

Trainer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Trainer.

Salary trend for Trainer in the UK

Trainer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Trainer in the UK

Trainer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +401 465 £66,219 +89.20% 608
England +259 453 £66,206 +74.23% 1,000
UK excluding London +287 436 £66,215 +83.93% 972
East of England +136 136 £66,225 +89.21% 37
North of England +137 132 £48,826 +28.49% 288
Midlands +107 80 £30,000 -25.00% 325
Yorkshire +123 63 £34,000 -10.53% 143
North West +29 50 £63,876 +59.69% 112
London +106 46 £50,000 +8.63% 81
South East +104 46 £46,349 +32.42% 263
West Midlands +55 43 £30,000 -25.00% 134
East Midlands +71 37 £35,000 -7.89% 190
Scotland +143 24 £48,750 +21.88% 19
North East +63 19 - - 34
South West +95 12 £40,000 +5.07% 31
Wales +39 6 - - 17

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Trainer 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 permanent job ads featuring Trainer in the job title.

1 459 (87.76%) Degree
2 456 (87.19%) Artificial Intelligence
3 451 (86.23%) Chatbot
3 451 (86.23%) Conversational UI
4 442 (84.51%) PayPal
5 302 (57.74%) Master's Degree
6 297 (56.79%) PhD
7 143 (27.34%) Mathematics
8 132 (25.24%) Chemistry
9 131 (25.05%) Python
10 127 (24.28%) Analytical Skills
11 117 (22.37%) C#
12 115 (21.99%) SQL
13 113 (21.61%) JavaScript
14 101 (19.31%) C++
14 101 (19.31%) HTML
14 101 (19.31%) Code Quality
15 96 (18.36%) Computer Science
16 86 (16.44%) Statistics
17 74 (14.15%) Physics
18 31 (5.93%) Software Engineering
19 29 (5.54%) Microsoft
20 21 (4.02%) e-Learning
20 21 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
21 18 (3.44%) Social Skills
21 18 (3.44%) Data Science
22 16 (3.06%) Machine Learning
23 13 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
23 13 (2.49%) Windows
23 13 (2.49%) Legal

Trainer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
2 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.19%) CMS
Applications
1 451 (86.23%) Chatbot
2 21 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.19%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 13 (2.49%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (1.91%) AWS
3 9 (1.72%) Dialogflow
4 5 (0.96%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.76%) Azure
5 4 (0.76%) GCP
6 3 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (0.57%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.38%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.19%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.19%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.15%) WebEx
2 2 (0.38%) Internet
3 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.15%) Metadata
2 4 (0.76%) Power BI
3 2 (0.38%) Power Query
4 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
General
1 127 (24.28%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (3.44%) Social Skills
3 13 (2.49%) Legal
4 11 (2.10%) Law
5 9 (1.72%) Agriculture
5 9 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (1.53%) Aerospace
6 8 (1.53%) Marketing
7 7 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.15%) Finance
8 6 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
8 6 (1.15%) Local Government
9 5 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.76%) Billing
10 4 (0.76%) Dutch Language
11 3 (0.57%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.38%) German Language
12 2 (0.38%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.38%) Retail
12 2 (0.38%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (19.31%) HTML
2 9 (1.72%) Hugging Face
2 9 (1.72%) SpaCy
3 6 (1.15%) NLTK
3 6 (1.15%) REST
4 4 (0.76%) .NET
4 4 (0.76%) PyTorch
4 4 (0.76%) TensorFlow
5 3 (0.57%) NumPy
5 3 (0.57%) Pandas
5 3 (0.57%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.02%) e-Learning
2 10 (1.91%) Molecular Biology
3 7 (1.34%) iPhone
4 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (0.96%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.57%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.38%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.19%) EPoS
8 1 (0.19%) Life Science
8 1 (0.19%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.49%) Windows
2 7 (1.34%) Windows 10
3 6 (1.15%) Android
4 2 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 456 (87.19%) Artificial Intelligence
2 451 (86.23%) Conversational UI
3 143 (27.34%) Mathematics
4 132 (25.24%) Chemistry
5 101 (19.31%) Code Quality
6 96 (18.36%) Computer Science
7 86 (16.44%) Statistics
8 74 (14.15%) Physics
9 31 (5.93%) Software Engineering
10 18 (3.44%) Data Science
11 16 (3.06%) Machine Learning
12 12 (2.29%) Biostatistics
13 10 (1.91%) Biochemistry
13 10 (1.91%) Biology
13 10 (1.91%) Biotechnology
13 10 (1.91%) Coaching
13 10 (1.91%) Data Interpretation
13 10 (1.91%) Experimental Design
14 9 (1.72%) Collaborative Culture
14 9 (1.72%) Conversational AI
Programming Languages
1 131 (25.05%) Python
2 117 (22.37%) C#
3 115 (21.99%) SQL
4 113 (21.61%) JavaScript
5 101 (19.31%) C++
6 5 (0.96%) Java
7 1 (0.19%) C
Qualifications
1 459 (87.76%) Degree
2 302 (57.74%) Master's Degree
3 297 (56.79%) PhD
4 9 (1.72%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.34%) MOS
6 6 (1.15%) HNC
6 6 (1.15%) HND
7 4 (0.76%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.38%) MCT
9 2 (0.38%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.19%) CCNA
10 1 (0.19%) CCNP
10 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.19%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 442 (84.51%) PayPal
2 29 (5.54%) Microsoft
3 10 (1.91%) Google
4 9 (1.72%) iManage
5 6 (1.15%) Cisco
6 4 (0.76%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.19%) Aderant
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe
7 1 (0.19%) F5
7 1 (0.19%) Facebook
7 1 (0.19%) Intapp
7 1 (0.19%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.19%) YouTube