The first table below looks at the demand for the Trainee role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Trainee
Rank 651 657 558
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -99
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 212 247 341
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.196% 0.205% 0.274%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.208% 0.216% 0.291%
Number of salaries quoted 173 178 276
Average salary £22,500 £20,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £17,500 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £32,750
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £20,000 £21,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -4.76%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Trainee
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Trainee Jobs Demand Trend

Trainee
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Trainee within the UK.

Trainee Salary Trend

Trainee
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Trainee over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Trainee Salary Histogram

Trainee
Top 30 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 UK 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
England -2 203 £22,500 +12.50%
London +29 47 £25,000 +19.04%
South East -4 46 £20,500 -2.38%
South West +8 28 £20,500 -18.00%
North West +2 28 £22,500 +25.00%
East of England +7 23 £22,500 -
Yorkshire -1 18 £19,375 +1.97%
City of London +1 17 £24,000 +11.62%
Cheshire - 17 £22,500 -
Surrey +5 15 £24,000 +6.66%
Bristol +3 15 £20,000 +23.07%
West Midlands -14 11 £30,000 +33.33%
Somerset +6 10 £20,500 -18.00%
Birmingham -9 10 £30,000 -
Manchester -37 10 £15,500 -13.88%
Hampshire +3 9 £21,000 -30.00%
West Sussex -12 9 £18,500 -5.12%
Hertfordshire +12 8 £21,500 -6.52%
North Yorkshire -1 8 £17,000 -26.08%
Bridgwater - 8 £20,500 -
Sheffield - 7 £25,000 -
South Yorkshire - 7 £25,000 -
Bedfordshire -11 6 £30,000 +50.00%
Dunstable - 6 £30,000 -
Abingdon - 6 £20,000 -
Wilmslow - 6 £19,000 -
Oxfordshire - 6 £20,000 -
East Midlands -2 5 £25,000 +31.57%
Cambridgeshire - 5 £22,500 -
Essex +18 4 - -

Trainee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 160 (38.46%) Degree
2 86 (20.67%) .NET
3 84 (20.19%) SQL
4 77 (18.51%) Finance
5 73 (17.55%) C#
6 66 (15.87%) Microsoft
7 61 (14.66%) Java
7 61 (14.66%) SQL Server
7 61 (14.66%) Computer Science
8 57 (13.70%) HTML
8 57 (13.70%) Windows
9 49 (11.78%) Oracle
9 49 (11.78%) CSS
10 48 (11.54%) MS Excel
11 42 (10.10%) ASP.NET
12 39 (9.375%) JavaScript
13 36 (8.654%) MS Office
14 30 (7.212%) B2B
15 29 (6.971%) XML
16 26 (6.250%) Security Cleared
17 25 (6.010%) Business Development
17 25 (6.010%) Linux
18 24 (5.769%) VB
18 24 (5.769%) Active Directory
18 24 (5.769%) Telecoms
19 23 (5.529%) QA
19 23 (5.529%) SC Cleared
20 22 (5.288%) Mathematics
20 22 (5.288%) Software Engineering
21 21 (5.048%) MVC

Trainee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 86 (20.67%) .NET
2 57 (13.70%) HTML
3 49 (11.78%) CSS
4 42 (10.10%) ASP.NET
5 29 (6.971%) XML
6 19 (4.567%) jQuery
7 18 (4.327%) Web Services
8 16 (3.846%) Spring
9 13 (3.125%) iBATIS
9 13 (3.125%) Drools
10 12 (2.885%) Ajax
11 10 (2.404%) ASP
12 9 (2.163%) HTML5
13 8 (1.923%) JSON
14 6 (1.442%) XHTML
14 6 (1.442%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (1.202%) Java EE
16 3 (0.721%) CakePHP
16 3 (0.721%) Symfony
16 3 (0.721%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 21 (5.048%) MS Exchange
2 19 (4.567%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 15 (3.606%) CMS
4 13 (3.125%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.683%) Exchange Server 2003
5 7 (1.683%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.442%) Live Communications Server
7 5 (1.202%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.481%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.481%) IIS
8 2 (0.481%) Apache
9 1 (0.240%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.240%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 48 (11.54%) MS Excel
2 36 (8.654%) MS Office
3 12 (2.885%) MS Project
4 10 (2.404%) MS PowerPoint
5 3 (0.721%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.481%) PaintShop Pro
6 2 (0.481%) Fireworks
6 2 (0.481%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.240%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (1.202%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.721%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.721%) SAP LE
3 1 (0.240%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.240%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.327%) TCP/IP
2 14 (3.365%) Firewall
2 14 (3.365%) Internet
3 12 (2.885%) MPLS
4 11 (2.644%) NAS
4 11 (2.644%) Intranet
4 11 (2.644%) SAN
4 11 (2.644%) DSL
5 8 (1.923%) ATM
6 6 (1.442%) Extranet
7 5 (1.202%) Wireless
8 4 (0.962%) Network Security
9 3 (0.721%) IMAP
9 3 (0.721%) VPN
9 3 (0.721%) SMS
9 3 (0.721%) LDAP
10 2 (0.481%) LAN
10 2 (0.481%) HTTP
10 2 (0.481%) SSL
10 2 (0.481%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (14.66%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.644%) Oracle 10g
3 9 (2.163%) Oracle 11g
4 8 (1.923%) MySQL
5 6 (1.442%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.442%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (1.202%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (0.721%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.721%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.481%) Oracle OWB
8 2 (0.481%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.481%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.481%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.240%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.240%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.240%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.240%) TOAD
9 1 (0.240%) GIS
Development Applications
1 16 (3.846%) Subversion
2 15 (3.606%) Visual Studio
3 13 (3.125%) Eclipse
3 13 (3.125%) JUnit
4 5 (1.202%) Git (software)
5 1 (0.240%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.240%) PowerBuilder
General
1 77 (18.51%) Finance
2 24 (5.769%) Telecoms
3 20 (4.808%) Advertising
4 18 (4.327%) Marketing
4 18 (4.327%) Retail
5 13 (3.125%) Billing
6 7 (1.683%) Banking
7 5 (1.202%) Legal
7 5 (1.202%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.721%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.721%) Back Office
8 3 (0.721%) Electronics
9 2 (0.481%) Front Office
9 2 (0.481%) Law
9 2 (0.481%) Publishing
9 2 (0.481%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.240%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.240%) French Language
10 1 (0.240%) German Language
10 1 (0.240%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 61 (14.66%) Computer Science
2 22 (5.288%) Mathematics
3 13 (3.125%) Digital Media
4 9 (2.163%) Social Media
5 8 (1.923%) Blackberry
6 6 (1.442%) Replication
6 6 (1.442%) Clustering
6 6 (1.442%) NHS
6 6 (1.442%) Smartcard
6 6 (1.442%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.202%) Open Source
8 4 (0.962%) BBC
8 4 (0.962%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.721%) Statistics
10 2 (0.481%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.481%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.481%) Visualisation
10 2 (0.481%) IaaS
10 2 (0.481%) Economics
11 1 (0.240%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 57 (13.70%) Windows
2 25 (6.010%) Linux
3 20 (4.808%) UNIX
4 13 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (2.644%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (2.163%) Windows XP
7 8 (1.923%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.683%) Solaris
9 6 (1.442%) AIX
9 6 (1.442%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.481%) Debian
10 2 (0.481%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.481%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.481%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.240%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.240%) MVS
11 1 (0.240%) HPUX
11 1 (0.240%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (7.212%) B2B
2 25 (6.010%) Business Development
3 22 (5.288%) Software Engineering
4 21 (5.048%) MVC
5 20 (4.808%) Web Development
6 18 (4.327%) Unit Testing
7 17 (4.087%) Project Management
8 16 (3.846%) OO
8 16 (3.846%) Content Management
9 15 (3.606%) Problem Management
10 14 (3.365%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (3.125%) Time Management
11 13 (3.125%) ITIL
12 11 (2.644%) OOP
13 9 (2.163%) Software Testing
13 9 (2.163%) Business Analysis
13 9 (2.163%) CRM
13 9 (2.163%) E-Commerce
14 8 (1.923%) Scrum
14 8 (1.923%) RDF
Programming Languages
1 84 (20.19%) SQL
2 73 (17.55%) C#
3 61 (14.66%) Java
4 39 (9.375%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.769%) VB
6 15 (3.606%) VB.NET
7 12 (2.885%) PHP
8 11 (2.644%) VB6
8 11 (2.644%) C
9 7 (1.683%) Ruby
10 6 (1.442%) C++
11 5 (1.202%) VBScript
11 5 (1.202%) Python
12 4 (0.962%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.721%) ECMAScript
13 3 (0.721%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.721%) Perl
14 2 (0.481%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.481%) Bash shell
14 2 (0.481%) Korn
Qualifications
1 160 (38.46%) Degree
2 26 (6.250%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.529%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.644%) ISEB
5 10 (2.404%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.202%) MCP
7 3 (0.721%) CNA
7 3 (0.721%) Novell Certification
8 1 (0.240%) MCDST
8 1 (0.240%) MOS
8 1 (0.240%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.240%) CCNA
8 1 (0.240%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.240%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.240%) RHCE
8 1 (0.240%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.240%) MBA
8 1 (0.240%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.529%) QA
2 5 (1.202%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.721%) SLA
4 1 (0.240%) COBIT
4 1 (0.240%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 24 (5.769%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.885%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.481%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 2 (0.481%) Postfix
3 2 (0.481%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (0.481%) Snort
4 1 (0.240%) NDS
4 1 (0.240%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.240%) VMware ESX
4 1 (0.240%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (0.721%) BMC PATROL
2 2 (0.481%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.240%) Control-M
3 1 (0.240%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 66 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 49 (11.78%) Oracle
3 15 (3.606%) VMware
4 14 (3.365%) Cisco
5 13 (3.125%) Citrix
6 11 (2.644%) Brocade
6 11 (2.644%) EMC
6 11 (2.644%) SAP
7 9 (2.163%) HP
8 7 (1.683%) Fujitsu
9 5 (1.202%) SYSPRO
10 4 (0.962%) Adobe
11 3 (0.721%) Zend
11 3 (0.721%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.721%) Apple
12 2 (0.481%) BEA
12 2 (0.481%) Symantec
12 2 (0.481%) Intel
12 2 (0.481%) Aprimo
13 1 (0.240%) Google
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