Trainer Job Trends

Trainer
UK

The median Trainer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 458 666
Rank change year-on-year +376 +208 +253
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainer 1,621 306 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.87% 0.49% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.20% 0.52% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 113 179 34
10th Percentile £28,942 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £43,750 £48,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £56,750 £52,500 £77,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year -12.50% +18.52% -3.57%

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 50,704 58,391 48,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.90% 94.00% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 31,404 32,367 37,457
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -

Trainer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Trainer job vacancy trend in the UK

Trainer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Trainer job vacancies in the UK

Trainer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainer over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Trainer in the UK

Trainer
Top 17 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 7 December 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 +378 1,525 £34,000 -15.00% 7,276
UK excluding London +326 1,349 £35,000 -12.50% 322
England +362 1,267 £35,805 -10.49% 308
North of England +231 591 £34,000 +4.62% 82
Midlands +150 275 £30,000 -25.00% 67
Yorkshire +134 272 £34,000 - 36
North West +161 230 £40,000 +23.08% 37
West Midlands +126 180 £28,928 -10.99% 29
South East +122 148 £37,500 -11.76% 68
South West +121 143 £34,000 +4.62% 32
Scotland +87 132 £35,000 -22.22% 15
London +80 96 £53,750 +7.50% 18
East Midlands +76 95 £32,500 -35.00% 36
North East - 89 £30,000 - 9
East of England +82 75 £36,500 +4.29% 51
Wales +43 43 £30,000 -7.69% 9
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 5

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, 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 Trainer in the job title.

1 1,478 (91.18%) AI
2 1,475 (90.99%) Chatbot
2 1,475 (90.99%) Conversational UI
3 1,473 (90.87%) PayPal
4 1,468 (90.56%) Degree
5 827 (51.02%) Master's Degree
6 826 (50.96%) PhD
7 516 (31.83%) Chemistry
8 217 (13.39%) Content Writing
9 186 (11.47%) Mathematics
10 145 (8.95%) Physics
11 119 (7.34%) Biochemistry
11 119 (7.34%) Biology
11 119 (7.34%) Biotechnology
11 119 (7.34%) Data Interpretation
11 119 (7.34%) Experimental Design
12 108 (6.66%) Customer Service
13 70 (4.32%) Computer Science
14 66 (4.07%) Statistics
15 45 (2.78%) Biostatistics
16 30 (1.85%) Cybersecurity
17 25 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
18 20 (1.23%) Economics
19 16 (0.99%) Microsoft
20 14 (0.86%) Coaching
21 11 (0.68%) Windows
21 11 (0.68%) Workflow
22 10 (0.62%) Content Development
22 10 (0.62%) iManage
22 10 (0.62%) Microsoft 365

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 (0.12%) Moodle
1 2 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1,475 (90.99%) Chatbot
2 25 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.062%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.062%) InDesign
5 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.19%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (0.62%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (0.31%) SaaS
3 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
3 3 (0.19%) Power Platform
4 2 (0.12%) AWS
4 2 (0.12%) Azure
4 2 (0.12%) Azure AI
4 2 (0.12%) Dialogflow
4 2 (0.12%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.062%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.062%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.062%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.062%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.49%) Metadata
2 1 (0.062%) Power BI
General
1 497 (30.66%) Analytical Skills
2 70 (4.32%) Retail
3 41 (2.53%) Social Skills
4 37 (2.28%) Law
4 37 (2.28%) Legal
5 20 (1.23%) Agriculture
6 18 (1.11%) Marketing
6 18 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (0.68%) Aerospace
8 8 (0.49%) Finance
9 7 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (0.43%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.31%) Electronics
10 5 (0.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.25%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.19%) Automotive
12 3 (0.19%) Aviation
13 1 (0.062%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.062%) Police
13 1 (0.062%) Public Speaking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (0.12%) HTML
2 2 (0.12%) Hugging Face
2 2 (0.12%) NLTK
2 2 (0.12%) SpaCy
3 1 (0.062%) REST
3 1 (0.062%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 119 (7.34%) Molecular Biology
2 22 (1.36%) e-Learning
3 13 (0.80%) Driving Licence
3 13 (0.80%) Onboarding
4 8 (0.49%) iPhone
5 7 (0.43%) EPoS
6 5 (0.31%) NHS
6 5 (0.31%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.19%) Social Media
8 2 (0.12%) Learning Management System
8 2 (0.12%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.062%) Blog
9 1 (0.062%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.062%) FMCG
9 1 (0.062%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.062%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.062%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.68%) Windows
2 8 (0.49%) Android
2 8 (0.49%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.062%) Linux
3 1 (0.062%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,478 (91.18%) AI
2 1,475 (90.99%) Conversational UI
3 516 (31.83%) Chemistry
4 217 (13.39%) Content Writing
5 186 (11.47%) Mathematics
6 145 (8.95%) Physics
7 119 (7.34%) Biochemistry
7 119 (7.34%) Biology
7 119 (7.34%) Biotechnology
7 119 (7.34%) Data Interpretation
7 119 (7.34%) Experimental Design
8 108 (6.66%) Customer Service
9 70 (4.32%) Computer Science
10 66 (4.07%) Statistics
11 45 (2.78%) Biostatistics
12 30 (1.85%) Cybersecurity
13 20 (1.23%) Economics
14 14 (0.86%) Coaching
15 11 (0.68%) Workflow
16 10 (0.62%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 1,468 (90.56%) Degree
2 827 (51.02%) Master's Degree
3 826 (50.96%) PhD
4 8 (0.49%) DV Cleared
4 8 (0.49%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.31%) City & Guilds
5 5 (0.31%) NVQ Level 3
6 4 (0.25%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.19%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.062%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.062%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.062%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.062%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.19%) WCAG
2 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
2 2 (0.12%) QA
3 1 (0.062%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.062%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.062%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.12%) FTK
Vendors
1 1,473 (90.87%) PayPal
2 16 (0.99%) Microsoft
3 10 (0.62%) iManage
4 8 (0.49%) Cisco
5 3 (0.19%) Google
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle
5 3 (0.19%) SAP
6 2 (0.12%) Samsung
7 1 (0.062%) Adobe
7 1 (0.062%) Ceridian
7 1 (0.062%) Red Hat