The first table below looks at the demand for the Trainee role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Trainee in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Trainee
Rank 215 217 209
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 28 30 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.390% 0.423% 0.364%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.408% 0.441% 0.381%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 18
Average salary £22,500 £18,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £15,800 £16,500 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £26,250 £24,300
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £20,000 £21,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -4.76%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Trainee
England

Trainee
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Trainee across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Trainee Jobs Demand Trend

Trainee
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Trainee across the North West region.

North West Trainee Salary Trend

Trainee
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Trainee across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Trainee Salary Histogram

Trainee
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire - 17 £22,500 -
Manchester -37 10 £15,500 -13.88%
Lancashire 0 1 £17,000 -
Trainee
England

Trainee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Trainee in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Trainee in their job title.

1 20 (47.62%) SQL
2 17 (40.48%) Computer Science
3 15 (35.71%) Degree
4 13 (30.95%) .NET
4 13 (30.95%) C#
4 13 (30.95%) HTML
5 11 (26.19%) JavaScript
6 10 (23.81%) ASP.NET
7 8 (19.05%) CSS
7 8 (19.05%) Software Engineering
7 8 (19.05%) MVC
8 7 (16.67%) Finance
9 6 (14.29%) Windows
10 5 (11.90%) ERP
10 5 (11.90%) ASP
10 5 (11.90%) Project Management
10 5 (11.90%) Web Services
10 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
10 5 (11.90%) VBScript
10 5 (11.90%) VB
10 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
10 5 (11.90%) Ajax
10 5 (11.90%) Software Testing
10 5 (11.90%) Information Management
10 5 (11.90%) jQuery
10 5 (11.90%) JSON
10 5 (11.90%) SYSPRO
10 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (11.90%) Mathematics
11 3 (7.143%) SMS

Trainee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Trainee in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Trainee in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (30.95%) .NET
1 13 (30.95%) HTML
2 10 (23.81%) ASP.NET
3 8 (19.05%) CSS
4 5 (11.90%) ASP
4 5 (11.90%) Web Services
4 5 (11.90%) Ajax
4 5 (11.90%) jQuery
4 5 (11.90%) JSON
4 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (2.381%) XML
5 1 (2.381%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.762%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.762%) PaintShop Pro
1 2 (4.762%) Photoshop
1 2 (4.762%) MS Excel
1 2 (4.762%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.143%) SMS
1 3 (7.143%) TCP/IP
1 3 (7.143%) LDAP
1 3 (7.143%) IMAP
2 1 (2.381%) IKE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (7.143%) Legal
2 3 (7.143%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.381%) Retail
3 1 (2.381%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (40.48%) Computer Science
2 5 (11.90%) Mathematics
3 3 (7.143%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.143%) UNIX
2 3 (7.143%) Linux
3 1 (2.381%) Windows XP
3 1 (2.381%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) Software Engineering
1 8 (19.05%) MVC
2 5 (11.90%) ERP
2 5 (11.90%) Project Management
2 5 (11.90%) Business Analysis
2 5 (11.90%) Software Testing
2 5 (11.90%) Information Management
3 2 (4.762%) Time Management
3 2 (4.762%) Web Development
3 2 (4.762%) Web Application Development
3 2 (4.762%) SEO
4 1 (2.381%) E-Commerce
4 1 (2.381%) Telemarketing
4 1 (2.381%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 20 (47.62%) SQL
2 13 (30.95%) C#
3 11 (26.19%) JavaScript
4 5 (11.90%) VBScript
4 5 (11.90%) VB
5 3 (7.143%) C
5 3 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (35.71%) Degree
2 1 (2.381%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.381%) MCP
2 1 (2.381%) MCDST
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) SYSPRO
2 3 (7.143%) Oracle
3 2 (4.762%) Aprimo
3 2 (4.762%) Microsoft
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