Trainee Job Trends in Leeds

Trainee
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Trainee salary in Leeds is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 117 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.49% 0.051% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.053% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £27,350 - -
25th Percentile £28,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - -
75th Percentile £32,750 - -
90th Percentile £40,100 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £22,000 -
% change year-on-year +38.64% - -

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 988 1,893 2,056
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 95.70% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 622 1,238 1,309
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £81,625 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,617 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.23% -9.09% +4.76%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Trainee in Leeds

Trainee
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Leeds

Trainee
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee in Leeds over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Trainee in Leeds

Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 29 August 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 Leeds region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Multimedia
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) GitHub
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) CEH
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis

Trainee Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Mining
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Multimedia
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) R
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (40.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft