Trainer
UK

The median Trainer salary in the UK is £66,212 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 548 846
Rank change year-on-year +432 +298 +178
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainer 1,503 398 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.66% 0.37% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.95% 0.39% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 157 287 75
10th Percentile £47,500 £27,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £63,876 £32,750 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,212 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.53% -2.44% -18.00%
75th Percentile £66,254 £45,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,296 £50,390 £61,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,219 £38,000 £37,750
% change year-on-year +74.26% +0.66% -5.50%

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 50,995 102,425 85,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.93% 91.23%
Number of salaries quoted 26,845 72,430 55,393
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,565 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,600 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +1.20% -6.54% +5.94%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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
UK excluding London +397 1,391 £66,219 +74.26% 362
England +407 1,388 £66,212 +65.53% 339
Work from Home +463 1,278 £66,219 +89.20% 183
North of England +227 457 £34,000 -10.53% 122
Midlands +217 403 £49,250 +23.13% 67
South East +259 309 £52,500 +31.25% 58
Yorkshire +184 249 £34,000 -10.53% 47
East Midlands +159 227 £41,000 +7.89% 34
West Midlands +146 176 £57,500 +43.75% 33
North West +71 165 £63,876 +50.30% 57
East of England +105 142 £66,230 +89.23% 30
London +106 54 £50,000 +8.63% 35
Scotland +150 47 - - 33
North East +80 43 - - 18
South West +106 22 £50,000 +31.34% 30
Wales +45 11 - - 20

Trainer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 1,464 (97.41%) Degree
2 1,461 (97.21%) Artificial Intelligence
3 750 (49.90%) Machine Learning
4 738 (49.10%) Problem-Solving
4 738 (49.10%) Retail
4 738 (49.10%) Google
4 738 (49.10%) Adobe
5 736 (48.97%) Manufacturing
6 735 (48.90%) Robotics
6 735 (48.90%) Red Team
6 735 (48.90%) Generative AI
6 735 (48.90%) LLM
6 735 (48.90%) Databricks
7 722 (48.04%) Chatbot
7 722 (48.04%) Conversational UI
8 717 (47.70%) PayPal
9 539 (35.86%) Data Privacy
10 503 (33.47%) Master's Degree
11 500 (33.27%) PhD
12 318 (21.16%) Chemistry
13 310 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
14 200 (13.31%) Mathematics
15 196 (13.04%) Dutch Language
15 196 (13.04%) Finnish Language
15 196 (13.04%) Norwegian Language
16 139 (9.25%) Computer Science
17 137 (9.12%) Statistics
18 123 (8.18%) Python
19 117 (7.78%) C#
20 116 (7.72%) SQL

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 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 722 (48.04%) Chatbot
2 20 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.067%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.067%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.067%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 1 (0.067%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.067%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 14 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (0.40%) Power Platform
3 5 (0.33%) Dialogflow
4 3 (0.20%) AWS
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (0.13%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.067%) Azure
6 1 (0.067%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.067%) GCP
6 1 (0.067%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.20%) Intranet
1 3 (0.20%) WebEx
2 2 (0.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.33%) Power BI
2 3 (0.20%) Big Data
2 3 (0.20%) Metadata
3 2 (0.13%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.13%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.13%) Power Query
4 1 (0.067%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.067%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 3 (0.20%) RStudio
General
1 738 (49.10%) Retail
2 736 (48.97%) Manufacturing
3 310 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
4 196 (13.04%) Dutch Language
4 196 (13.04%) Finnish Language
4 196 (13.04%) Norwegian Language
5 49 (3.26%) Catalan Language
6 15 (1.00%) Social Skills
7 13 (0.86%) Aerospace
8 12 (0.80%) Marketing
9 10 (0.67%) Agriculture
10 9 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (0.53%) Law
11 8 (0.53%) Legal
12 7 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
13 6 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.40%) Local Government
14 4 (0.27%) Finance
15 3 (0.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.72%) HTML
2 5 (0.33%) Hugging Face
2 5 (0.33%) SpaCy
3 4 (0.27%) .NET
4 3 (0.20%) NLTK
4 3 (0.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 735 (48.90%) Robotics
2 20 (1.33%) Molecular Biology
3 9 (0.60%) e-Learning
4 7 (0.47%) Onboarding
5 6 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (0.27%) iPhone
7 3 (0.20%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.20%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.067%) Life Science
8 1 (0.067%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.067%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.067%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.47%) Windows
2 4 (0.27%) Windows 10
3 3 (0.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,461 (97.21%) Artificial Intelligence
2 750 (49.90%) Machine Learning
3 738 (49.10%) Problem-Solving
4 735 (48.90%) Generative AI
4 735 (48.90%) LLM
4 735 (48.90%) Red Team
5 722 (48.04%) Conversational UI
6 539 (35.86%) Data Privacy
7 318 (21.16%) Chemistry
8 200 (13.31%) Mathematics
9 139 (9.25%) Computer Science
10 137 (9.12%) Statistics
11 101 (6.72%) Code Quality
12 86 (5.72%) Physics
13 69 (4.59%) Biochemistry
13 69 (4.59%) Biology
14 32 (2.13%) Content Writing
15 31 (2.06%) Software Engineering
16 20 (1.33%) Biotechnology
16 20 (1.33%) Experimental Design
Programming Languages
1 123 (8.18%) Python
2 117 (7.78%) C#
3 116 (7.72%) SQL
4 113 (7.52%) JavaScript
5 101 (6.72%) C++
6 5 (0.33%) Java
7 1 (0.067%) C
Qualifications
1 1,464 (97.41%) Degree
2 503 (33.47%) Master's Degree
3 500 (33.27%) PhD
4 8 (0.53%) DBS Check
5 6 (0.40%) HNC
5 6 (0.40%) HND
5 6 (0.40%) MOS
6 3 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.13%) CCNA
7 2 (0.13%) CCNP
7 2 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.13%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.13%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.067%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.067%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 738 (49.10%) Adobe
1 738 (49.10%) Google
2 735 (48.90%) Databricks
3 717 (47.70%) PayPal
4 22 (1.46%) Microsoft
5 5 (0.33%) iManage
6 3 (0.20%) Aderant
6 3 (0.20%) Cisco
7 2 (0.13%) Dell
8 1 (0.067%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.067%) SAP
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