Trainee Job Trends in Merseyside

Trainee
North West > Merseyside

The median Trainee salary in Merseyside is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 61 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 10 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 1.58% 0.38% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 0.39% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £26,750 - -
25th Percentile £28,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 - -
75th Percentile £32,750 - -
90th Percentile £45,000 - -
North West median annual salary £26,000 £30,000 £24,250
% change year-on-year -13.33% +23.71% -10.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 562 764 464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.06% 96.34% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 234 504 342
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,085 £30,100
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Trainee job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Trainee
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Merseyside.

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Merseyside

Trainee
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee in Merseyside over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Trainee in Merseyside

Trainee
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Liverpool +10 10 £30,500 - 16
Trainee
North West

Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 3 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 Merseyside region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Python
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (60.00%) Multimedia
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) GitHub
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Git
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) HTML
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) Internet
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) AWS Certification
2 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (40.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 4 (40.00%) CSS
3 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (20.00%) Data Mining
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (20.00%) CEH
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis

Trainee Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
1 4 (40.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Git
General
1 6 (60.00%) Multimedia
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) CSS
1 4 (40.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (20.00%) Line Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) R
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (40.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CEH
2 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft