The first part of the 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Trainee
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank636548519
Rank change year-on-year
Down-88Down-29
Matching permanent IT job ads242338243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.201 %0.276 %0.255 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.212 %0.293 %0.273 %
Number of salaries quoted175274211
Average salary£20,000£21,000£19,875
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %+5.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£17,500£16,000£17,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£32,850£26,500
UK excluding London average salary£20,000£21,000£20,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76 %+5.00 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Trainee
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

Trainee
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Trainee over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-99225£20,000-4.76 %
LondonDown-3767£21,000-12.50 %
South EastDown-8351£20,250-3.57 %
North WestDown-630£18,000-10.00 %
ManchesterUp+1128£18,000+5.88 %
YorkshireDown-2423£19,000-24.00 %
East of EnglandUp+619£22,500-1.09 %
City of LondonDown-319£21,000-4.54 %
South WestDown-3319£25,000+25.00 %
West YorkshireDown-717£19,000-24.00 %
BerkshireDown-4117£20,750-5.68 %
SurreyDown-2415£22,500+7.14 %
ReadingDown-2013£20,750-2.35 %
TeddingtonNew entry-13--
LeedsDown-229£20,000-20.00 %
West SussexUp+28£19,500-7.14 %
BristolDown-67£16,250+8.33 %
NorfolkDown-97£19,250-23.00 %
West MidlandsDown-247£22,500+40.62 %
HalifaxNew entry-7£19,000-
ReigateNew entry-7£22,500-
WiltshireNew entry-7£27,000-
HertfordshireUp+136£23,000-
BuckinghamshireUp+66£19,500+21.87 %
North YorkshireDown-46£22,500+15.38 %
NorwichDown-126£16,500-34.00 %
HuddersfieldNew entry-6£19,000-
Northern IrelandNew entry-6--
North EastDown-45£20,000-5.88 %
Milton KeynesUp+94£17,500+9.37 %

Trainee
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

1216 (38.99 %)Degree
2125 (22.56 %)Finance
388 (15.88 %)Computer Science
483 (14.98 %).NET
578 (14.08 %)SQL
677 (13.90 %)Java
767 (12.09 %)C#
866 (11.91 %)SQL Server
962 (11.19 %)JavaScript
1060 (10.83 %)HTML
1158 (10.47 %)Microsoft
1253 (9.567 %)C
1253 (9.567 %)ASP.NET
1351 (9.206 %)CSS
1447 (8.484 %)Marketing
1544 (7.942 %)Software Engineering
1641 (7.401 %)Advertising
1641 (7.401 %)Oracle
1740 (7.220 %)MS Excel
1838 (6.859 %)UNIX
1838 (6.859 %)jQuery
1936 (6.498 %)Security Cleared
1936 (6.498 %)Business Development
2035 (6.318 %)Windows
2035 (6.318 %)XML
2132 (5.776 %)Web Development
2230 (5.415 %)Banking
2327 (4.874 %)Java EE
2327 (4.874 %)Mathematics
2327 (4.874 %)PHP

Trainee
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
183 (14.98 %).NET
260 (10.83 %)HTML
353 (9.567 %)ASP.NET
451 (9.206 %)CSS
538 (6.859 %)jQuery
635 (6.318 %)XML
727 (4.874 %)Java EE
824 (4.332 %)Dojo
922 (3.971 %)GWT
922 (3.971 %)Hibernate
1021 (3.791 %)Ajax
1120 (3.610 %).NET Framework
1212 (2.166 %)EDI
1310 (1.805 %)J2EE
146 (1.083 %)CakePHP
146 (1.083 %)Smarty
155 (0.903 %)WCF
155 (0.903 %)ASP
163 (0.542 %)JSP
163 (0.542 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
121 (3.791 %)SharePoint
28 (1.444 %)ColdFusion
28 (1.444 %)CMS
37 (1.264 %)SugarCRM
46 (1.083 %)SharePoint 2010
55 (0.903 %)Telligent Community
63 (0.542 %)WordPress
72 (0.361 %)Joomla!
72 (0.361 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.181 %)Drupal
81 (0.181 %)Oracle Workflow
81 (0.181 %)SharePoint Server
81 (0.181 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
140 (7.220 %)MS Excel
225 (4.513 %)MS Office
39 (1.625 %)Spreadsheet
46 (1.083 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.903 %)Photoshop
55 (0.903 %)Final Cut Pro
64 (0.722 %)MS Visio
64 (0.722 %)Adobe Director
73 (0.542 %)MATLAB
81 (0.181 %)SPSS
81 (0.181 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (0.722 %)Visualfiles
23 (0.542 %)BASE24
32 (0.361 %)Academy Housing
32 (0.361 %)Academy Revenues and Benefits
32 (0.361 %)Maximo
41 (0.181 %)Summit
41 (0.181 %)SAP CO
41 (0.181 %)Sentinel
41 (0.181 %)HFM
41 (0.181 %)SAP HR
41 (0.181 %)SAP FI
41 (0.181 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.181 %)Oracle CRM
41 (0.181 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.181 %)SAP FI/CO
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (3.069 %)Internet
215 (2.708 %)TCP/IP
35 (0.903 %)Broadband
44 (0.722 %)ATM
44 (0.722 %)Network Security
44 (0.722 %)Intranet
53 (0.542 %)Wireless
53 (0.542 %)VoIP
62 (0.361 %)FTP
62 (0.361 %)SAN
62 (0.361 %)IP Telephony
62 (0.361 %)3G
62 (0.361 %)Firewall
62 (0.361 %)NAS
71 (0.181 %)tcpdump
71 (0.181 %)Extranet
71 (0.181 %)Wireshark
71 (0.181 %)BT 21CN
71 (0.181 %)DNS
71 (0.181 %)HTTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
166 (11.91 %)SQL Server
218 (3.249 %)Crystal Reports
218 (3.249 %)SQL Server 2008
314 (2.527 %)MS Access
411 (1.986 %)QlikView
57 (1.264 %)RDBMS
66 (1.083 %)Data Warehouse
75 (0.903 %)Oracle 11g
84 (0.722 %)Ingres
84 (0.722 %)ETL
84 (0.722 %)BusinessObjects
84 (0.722 %)SQL Server Integration Services
93 (0.542 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
102 (0.361 %)MySQL
102 (0.361 %)SAP BI
102 (0.361 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.361 %)NonStop SQL
102 (0.361 %)SAP BW
111 (0.181 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.181 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (3.971 %)JUnit
216 (2.888 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.181 %)JDeveloper
31 (0.181 %)JIRA
31 (0.181 %)SpecFlow
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1125 (22.56 %)Finance
247 (8.484 %)Marketing
341 (7.401 %)Advertising
430 (5.415 %)Banking
515 (2.708 %)Telecoms
614 (2.527 %)Pharmaceutical
712 (2.166 %)Retail
712 (2.166 %)German Language
811 (1.986 %)Electronics
811 (1.986 %)Aerospace
97 (1.264 %)Publishing
105 (0.903 %)Back Office
114 (0.722 %)Law
114 (0.722 %)Manufacturing
114 (0.722 %)Billing
114 (0.722 %)Music
123 (0.542 %)French Language
132 (0.361 %)Spanish Language
132 (0.361 %)Games
141 (0.181 %)Investment Banking
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
188 (15.88 %)Computer Science
227 (4.874 %)Mathematics
320 (3.610 %)Management Information System
414 (2.527 %)Social Media
512 (2.166 %)Statistics
611 (1.986 %)Blackberry
79 (1.625 %)E-Learning
88 (1.444 %)Digital Media
97 (1.264 %)Open Source
106 (1.083 %)iPad
106 (1.083 %)Physics
114 (0.722 %)Social Network
114 (0.722 %)e-Health
114 (0.722 %)Economics
114 (0.722 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
123 (0.542 %)Mainframe
123 (0.542 %)Web 2.0
123 (0.542 %)Data Integration
132 (0.361 %)Cloud Computing
132 (0.361 %)Video Conferencing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
138 (6.859 %)UNIX
235 (6.318 %)Windows
321 (3.791 %)Linux
45 (0.903 %)Windows XP
54 (0.722 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (0.361 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (0.361 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
62 (0.361 %)Windows NT
62 (0.361 %)AIX
62 (0.361 %)HPUX
62 (0.361 %)Solaris
71 (0.181 %)VMS
71 (0.181 %)OpenVMS
71 (0.181 %)Mac OS
71 (0.181 %)Windows 7
71 (0.181 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
144 (7.942 %)Software Engineering
236 (6.498 %)Business Development
332 (5.776 %)Web Development
426 (4.693 %)Software Testing
426 (4.693 %)Workflow
525 (4.513 %)UML
525 (4.513 %)OO
617 (3.069 %)Business Intelligence
617 (3.069 %)B2B
714 (2.527 %)Quality Management
714 (2.527 %)SEO
714 (2.527 %)Content Management
813 (2.347 %)Software Architecture
813 (2.347 %)Test Strategy
910 (1.805 %)Project Management
109 (1.625 %)ITIL
109 (1.625 %)Regression Testing
118 (1.444 %)Online Marketing
127 (1.264 %)Information Security
127 (1.264 %)E-Commerce
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
178 (14.08 %)SQL
277 (13.90 %)Java
367 (12.09 %)C#
462 (11.19 %)JavaScript
553 (9.567 %)C
627 (4.874 %)PHP
724 (4.332 %)VB.NET
820 (3.610 %)C++
911 (1.986 %)VB
107 (1.264 %)T-SQL
114 (0.722 %)PL/SQL
123 (0.542 %)Perl
132 (0.361 %)COBOL
132 (0.361 %)Shell Script
132 (0.361 %)Bash shell
141 (0.181 %)VBA
141 (0.181 %)Python
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1216 (38.99 %)Degree
236 (6.498 %)Security Cleared
323 (4.152 %)SC Cleared
419 (3.430 %)ISEB
57 (1.264 %)Postgraduate
65 (0.903 %)Microsoft Certification
65 (0.903 %)DV Cleared
74 (0.722 %)CTC Cleared
82 (0.361 %)MCITP
82 (0.361 %)CISSP
82 (0.361 %)MCSE
82 (0.361 %)MCP
91 (0.181 %)HND
91 (0.181 %)MCSA
91 (0.181 %)Cisco Certification
91 (0.181 %)A+ Certification
91 (0.181 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.181 %)NCDA
91 (0.181 %)NCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (4.152 %)QA
221 (3.791 %)ISO 9001
37 (1.264 %)SLA
42 (0.361 %)TickIT
42 (0.361 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.361 %)ISO 8583
51 (0.181 %)ISO/IEC 27001
51 (0.181 %)ISO 14001
51 (0.181 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (0.903 %)Active Directory
22 (0.361 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.181 %)Snort
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (1.444 %)Tivoli
24 (0.722 %)Netcool
32 (0.361 %)Nagios
32 (0.361 %)BladeLogic
41 (0.181 %)SCOM
41 (0.181 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.181 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
158 (10.47 %)Microsoft
241 (7.401 %)Oracle
321 (3.791 %)SAP
418 (3.249 %)IBM
511 (1.986 %)Salesforce.com
69 (1.625 %)Apple
78 (1.444 %)BMC
78 (1.444 %)CA
78 (1.444 %)Infor
87 (1.264 %)i2
87 (1.264 %)Siebel
87 (1.264 %)Sage
96 (1.083 %)Capita
96 (1.083 %)Google
96 (1.083 %)Zend
96 (1.083 %)HP
105 (0.903 %)Adobe
105 (0.903 %)Open Text
114 (0.722 %)Business Objects
123 (0.542 %)Informatica