Trainee Job Trends in the North of England

Trainee
England > North of England

The median Trainee salary in the North of England is £33,046 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 184 284
Rank change year-on-year -41 +100 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 136 122 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.57% 1.29% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.48% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 109 122 3
10th Percentile £26,000 £23,250 £24,960
25th Percentile £26,750 £25,543 £26,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,046 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.35% +1.67% +23.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £32,750 £36,250
90th Percentile - £45,000 £40,000
England median annual salary £30,000 £30,500 £26,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% +17.31% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 22,220 8,227 12,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 87.25% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 16,180 4,348 6,678
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year +8.18% -2.70% -5.79%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 of England.

Trainee job vacancy trend in the North of England

Trainee
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in the North of England

Trainee
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Trainee in the North of England

Trainee
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
North West -20 73 £31,523 +14.63% 14
Yorkshire -14 61 £35,000 +14.75% 18
North East -86 2 - - 8
Trainee
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, 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 of England region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 28 (20.59%) Ethical Hacking
2 19 (13.97%) Business Development
3 17 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 14 (10.29%) CAD
4 14 (10.29%) Client Onboarding
4 14 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (10.29%) Google
5 13 (9.56%) Customer Service
6 12 (8.82%) Analytical Thinking
6 12 (8.82%) AWS
6 12 (8.82%) Azure
6 12 (8.82%) CI/CD
6 12 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
6 12 (8.82%) Cloud Operations
6 12 (8.82%) Cloud Security
6 12 (8.82%) Configuration Management
6 12 (8.82%) Containerisation
6 12 (8.82%) Continuous Delivery
6 12 (8.82%) Continuous Deployment
6 12 (8.82%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (8.82%) DevOps
6 12 (8.82%) DevSecOps
6 12 (8.82%) Docker
6 12 (8.82%) GCP
6 12 (8.82%) Git
6 12 (8.82%) Incident Management
6 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (8.82%) Internet
6 12 (8.82%) Linux

Trainee Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (8.82%) AWS
1 12 (8.82%) Azure
1 12 (8.82%) Cloud Computing
1 12 (8.82%) GCP
2 2 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.82%) Internet
Development Applications
1 12 (8.82%) Git
General
1 28 (20.59%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.97%) Law
3 17 (12.50%) Military
4 14 (10.29%) Billing
5 12 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.62%) Finance
7 8 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.15%) Marketing
8 7 (5.15%) Retail
9 5 (3.68%) Advertising
10 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.29%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.82%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.47%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.82%) Linux
2 2 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.59%) Ethical Hacking
2 19 (13.97%) Business Development
3 17 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 14 (10.29%) CAD
4 14 (10.29%) Client Onboarding
4 14 (10.29%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (9.56%) Customer Service
6 12 (8.82%) Analytical Thinking
6 12 (8.82%) CI/CD
6 12 (8.82%) Cloud Operations
6 12 (8.82%) Cloud Security
6 12 (8.82%) Containerisation
6 12 (8.82%) Continuous Deployment
6 12 (8.82%) DevOps
6 12 (8.82%) DevSecOps
6 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (8.82%) Platform Engineering
6 12 (8.82%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 12 (8.82%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (5.88%) Postgraduate
2 5 (3.68%) Degree
3 2 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 12 (8.82%) Docker
Vendors
1 14 (10.29%) Google
2 12 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.74%) Brio