Other vocational and industrial trainers: salary in the UK
About £31,153 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +5.6% on last year
£3,198 a month About £2,596 a month after tax 97 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £30,222 in 2021 to £38,380 in 2026 (+27%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £20,105 | £24,363 | £30,222 | £37,255 | x |
| 2022 | £22,406 | £26,427 | £32,307 | £39,411 | x |
| 2023 | £22,911 | £26,955 | £32,668 | £40,482 | x |
| 2024 | £23,366 | £28,138 | £34,527 | £42,016 | x |
| 2025 | £25,165 | £29,242 | £36,354 | £45,834 | x |
| 2026 | £26,496 | £30,342 | £38,380 | £47,576 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £38,380 a year and half earn more. That is 6% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £30,342 and £47,576; one in ten earns less than £26,496.
Ranked by median, it is number 170 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,596 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,592 in Scotland.
The median for men is £40,053 and for women £36,559, a gap of 9% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £26,496 | £2,208 |
| 20th | £29,327 | £2,444 |
| 25th (P25) | £30,342 | £2,529 |
| 30th | £31,763 | £2,647 |
| 40th | £35,407 | £2,951 |
| Median (50th) | £38,380 | £3,198 |
| 60th | £41,516 | £3,460 |
| 70th | £45,764 | £3,814 |
| 75th (P75) | £47,576 | £3,965 |
| 80th | £50,293 | £4,191 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £40,053 | £42,890 | 47 |
| Women | £36,559 | £38,544 | 49 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £31,153 | £2,596 |
| Scotland | £31,104 | £2,592 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £38,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 80 job titles to SOC 3574 Other vocational and industrial trainers. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Apprentice craftsman instructor
- Apprentice instructor
- Apprenticeship supervisor
- Assessor
- Back care adviser
- Business trainer
- Childcare assessor
- Civilian instructor
- Colliery training officer
- Competency assessor
- Craft instructor
- Customer service coach
- Customer service trainer
- Driving assessor
- Employee development adviser
- Executive coach
- Handicraft instructor
- Handicrafts instructor
- Industrial trainer
- Instructional officer
- Instructor
- Learning advocate
- Learning and development adviser
- Learning and development consultant
- Learning and development coordinator
- Learning and development specialist
- Lecturer
- Manual instructor
- Nvq assessor
- Nvq manager
- Prison instructor
- Regional trainer
- Retail coach
- Safety and training officer
- Sales teacher
- Sales training officer
- Scheme consultant
- School staff instructor
- Skills trainer
- Staff development officer
- Staff trainer
- Superintendent
- Supervising instructor
- Supervisor
- Supervisor-instructor
- Tec coordinator
- Technical coach
- Technical instructor
- Technical trainer
- Trainee instructor
- Trainee supervisor
- Trainer
- Trainer-assessor
- Training adviser
- Training agent
- Training analyst
- Training and compliance officer
- Training and development manager
- Training and development officer
- Training and education officer
Show all 80 titles
- Training assessor
- Training associate
- Training consultant
- Training coordinator
- Training course coordinator
- Training delivery manager
- Training development adviser
- Training development consultant
- Training development officer
- Training instructor
- Training manager
- Training officer
- Training provider
- Training service officer
- Training specialist
- Training supervisor
- Tutor
- Vocational assessor
- Vocational learning adviser
- Youth development officer
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.