Trainee Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Trainee
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Trainee salary in Cambridgeshire is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 77 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.42% 0.34% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.37% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £29,300 - -
25th Percentile £29,375 £28,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £29,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% - -
75th Percentile £40,750 £29,500 -
90th Percentile £43,300 - -
East of England median annual salary £27,000 £27,000 -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 673 1,095 629
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 93.03% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 456 741 359
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £85,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Trainee in Cambridgeshire

Trainee
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Trainee
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 3 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough - 3 £33,000 - 12
Trainee
East of England

Trainee Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 3 September 2025, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Tableau
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification

Trainee Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft