Trainee Job Trends in the North East

Trainee
England > North East

The median Trainee salary in the North East is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 81 61
Rank change year-on-year +52 -20 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 57 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 5.56% 0.81% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.97% 0.85% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 57 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £25,000 £21,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.00% +16.28% -
75th Percentile £32,750 - -
90th Percentile £45,000 - -
England median annual salary £30,500 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +22.00% - -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 954 941 565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 95.63% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 630 429 486
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,212 £29,875
25th Percentile £30,875 £36,250 £36,862
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,749 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% - +1.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,754 £85,000 £72,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Trainee job vacancy trend in the North East

Trainee
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in the North East

Trainee
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee in the North East over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Trainee in the North East

Trainee
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the North East region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Tyne and Wear +52 57 £30,500 +22.00% 16
Trainee
England

Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 31 December 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 North East region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 31 (54.39%) Cybersecurity
1 31 (54.39%) Mentoring
2 29 (50.88%) Microsoft
2 29 (50.88%) Python
3 23 (40.35%) AWS
3 23 (40.35%) Azure
3 23 (40.35%) Business Analysis
3 23 (40.35%) Project Management
4 20 (35.09%) AWS Certification
4 20 (35.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 20 (35.09%) Azure Certification
4 20 (35.09%) CSS
4 20 (35.09%) Git
4 20 (35.09%) GitHub
4 20 (35.09%) HTML
4 20 (35.09%) Internet
4 20 (35.09%) JavaScript
4 20 (35.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (29.82%) Degree
5 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (24.56%) Change Management
7 11 (19.30%) A+ Certification
7 11 (19.30%) CEH
7 11 (19.30%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (19.30%) Ethical Hacking
7 11 (19.30%) Line Management
7 11 (19.30%) Network+ Certification
8 9 (15.79%) Analytics
8 9 (15.79%) Data Analysis
8 9 (15.79%) Data Analytics

Trainee Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (40.35%) AWS
1 23 (40.35%) Azure
2 20 (35.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 20 (35.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.79%) Data Mining
1 9 (15.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (35.09%) Git
General
1 31 (54.39%) Multimedia
2 26 (45.61%) Finance
3 9 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Retail
4 3 (5.26%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (35.09%) CSS
1 20 (35.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.26%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (54.39%) Cybersecurity
1 31 (54.39%) Mentoring
2 23 (40.35%) Business Analysis
2 23 (40.35%) Project Management
3 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (24.56%) Change Management
5 11 (19.30%) Ethical Hacking
5 11 (19.30%) Line Management
6 9 (15.79%) Analytics
6 9 (15.79%) Data Analysis
6 9 (15.79%) Data Analytics
7 3 (5.26%) Computer Science
7 3 (5.26%) Scrum
7 3 (5.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (50.88%) Python
2 20 (35.09%) JavaScript
3 9 (15.79%) SQL
4 8 (14.04%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) AWS Certification
1 20 (35.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 20 (35.09%) Azure Certification
1 20 (35.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (29.82%) Degree
3 11 (19.30%) A+ Certification
3 11 (19.30%) CEH
3 11 (19.30%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (19.30%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 29 (50.88%) Microsoft