Trainee Job Trends in Aberdeen

Trainee
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median Trainee salary in Aberdeen is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeen 4.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
75th Percentile £32,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £31,750 £24,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year +32.29% +6.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 47 230 138
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.92% 96.23% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 106 76
10th Percentile - £28,750 £33,125
25th Percentile £25,375 £45,000 £39,707
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £53,125 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £78,625 £72,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,933 £51,500
% change year-on-year -14.99% +2.78% -6.36%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Trainee' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Trainee job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Trainee
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Aberdeen.

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Aberdeen

Trainee Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, Trainee job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aberdeen region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
1 2 (100.00%) WordPress

Trainee Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft