Trainee Jobs in the UK excluding London

Trainee
UK > UK excluding London

The median Trainee salary in the UK excluding London is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 100 138
Rank change year-on-year -469 +38 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 188 1,968 1,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 3.32% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 3.72% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 134 11 63
10th Percentile £21,321 £20,750 -
25th Percentile £22,313 £23,094 £19,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £27,125 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +20.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £28,000 £41,050 £29,375
90th Percentile £30,750 £53,923 £34,016
UK median annual salary £24,500 £31,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year -20.97% +37.78% -2.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,720 52,840 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,860 30,029 42,498
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Trainee in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Trainee in the UK excluding London

Trainee
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Trainee in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Trainee in the UK excluding London

Trainee
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Trainee in the UK excluding London

Trainee
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
North of England -284 53 £23,500 -11.32% 91
South East -31 45 £24,500 +1.03% 42
Midlands -227 36 £26,000 +0.97% 61
North West -236 29 £29,500 -4.84% 51
East Midlands -95 22 £26,000 +20.93% 23
East of England -104 21 £28,000 - 21
North East - 18 £23,500 - 8
South West -88 17 £25,250 -37.23% 49
West Midlands -193 14 £24,000 -20.00% 38
Scotland -185 7 £25,000 - 24
Yorkshire -145 6 £24,000 +9.09% 33
Northern Ireland - 5 £22,000 - 2
Wales +6 4 £23,000 -50.23% 12
Trainee
UK

Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Trainee 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 66 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 62 (32.98%) Degree
3 59 (31.38%) Microsoft Office
4 50 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (23.40%) Microsoft
6 41 (21.81%) Legal
6 41 (21.81%) Driving Licence
7 40 (21.28%) Customer Service
7 40 (21.28%) Agile
8 37 (19.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (18.09%) Finance
10 23 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
11 22 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
11 22 (11.70%) Marketing
12 20 (10.64%) Retail
13 16 (8.51%) CCTV
14 15 (7.98%) Azure
14 15 (7.98%) Project Management
15 14 (7.45%) Decision-Making
16 13 (6.91%) Economics
17 12 (6.38%) Mathematics
18 10 (5.32%) Windows
18 10 (5.32%) JavaScript
18 10 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
18 10 (5.32%) Mentoring
19 9 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
19 9 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
19 9 (4.79%) Computer Science
19 9 (4.79%) SQL
19 9 (4.79%) Business Intelligence

Trainee Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 59 (31.38%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (12.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.72%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.13%) Revit
5 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.53%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.98%) Azure
2 9 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.72%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.13%) GitHub
5 2 (1.06%) AWS
6 1 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.19%) SQL Server
1 6 (3.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (2.66%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (3.19%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.13%) GitLab
2 4 (2.13%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (35.11%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.81%) Legal
3 37 (19.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (18.09%) Finance
5 22 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (11.70%) Marketing
6 20 (10.64%) Retail
7 8 (4.26%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.66%) Electronics
10 4 (2.13%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Aviation
12 2 (1.06%) Law
12 2 (1.06%) Military
12 2 (1.06%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.19%) .NET
1 6 (3.19%) ASP.NET
1 6 (3.19%) Classic ASP
1 6 (3.19%) HTML
1 6 (3.19%) HTML5
1 6 (3.19%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (1.06%) REST
2 2 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.81%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.51%) CCTV
3 10 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.60%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.06%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.06%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.32%) Windows
2 4 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (21.28%) Agile
2 40 (21.28%) Customer Service
3 15 (7.98%) Project Management
4 14 (7.45%) Decision-Making
5 13 (6.91%) Economics
6 12 (6.38%) Mathematics
7 10 (5.32%) Mentoring
8 9 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (4.79%) Computer Science
9 8 (4.26%) Business Analysis
9 8 (4.26%) Data Analysis
10 7 (3.72%) ERP
10 7 (3.72%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (3.19%) Business Strategy
11 6 (3.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (3.19%) Software Testing
12 4 (2.13%) Actionable Insight
12 4 (2.13%) DevOps
12 4 (2.13%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.32%) JavaScript
2 9 (4.79%) SQL
3 6 (3.19%) C#
3 6 (3.19%) VB
3 6 (3.19%) VBScript
4 4 (2.13%) PHP
5 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (32.98%) Degree
2 6 (3.19%) HNC
3 5 (2.66%) HND
4 4 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.60%) AAT
5 3 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.06%) GNVQ
6 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.06%) PhD
6 2 (1.06%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.06%) QA
1 2 (1.06%) SLA
2 1 (0.53%) GDPR
2 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 8 (4.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.13%) Ansible
1 4 (2.13%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.06%) Oracle
3 1 (0.53%) Adobe
3 1 (0.53%) Facebook
3 1 (0.53%) Infor
3 1 (0.53%) NEC
3 1 (0.53%) Quadient