Trainee
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Trainee salary in Cardiff is £24,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 34 | 51 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | - | - |
| DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Trainee | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 0.35% | 0.62% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.36% | 0.65% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £24,000 | £23,000 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | - |
| South Wales median annual salary | £24,000 | £23,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +4.35% | - | - |
All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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.
| DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title | 278 | 615 | 397 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 97.89% | 95.50% | 90.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 191 | 502 | 327 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,600 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £37,101 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,221 | £51,152 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.82% | -7.00% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,622 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £29,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.00% | - | -4.20% |
Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings that featured Trainee in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Trainee
Salary Trend in Cardiff
Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Cardiff.
