Trainee Contracts in England

Trainee
UK > England

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Trainee daily rate in England.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 538 648
Rank change year-on-year +55 +110 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Trainee 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.011% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.012% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £186 £175
Median % change year-on-year - +6.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile - - £188
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate - £186 £175
% change year-on-year - +6.29% +75.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Median hourly rate £14.30 £11.44 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - -
UK median hourly rate £14.30 £11.44 -
% change year-on-year +25.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Trainee in England

Trainee
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Trainee in England.

Daily rate trend for Trainee in England

Trainee
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Trainee in England.

Hourly rate trend for Trainee in England

Trainee
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +18 1 - - 112
North East -1 1 - - 16
South East - 1 - - 117
Trainee
UK

Trainee Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Trainee contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Physics
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel

Trainee Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (50.00%) Physics
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft