Trainee Jobs in the UK excluding London

Trainee
UK > UK excluding London

The median Trainee salary in the UK excluding London is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 96 154
Rank change year-on-year -474 +58 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 189 2,140 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 3.45% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 3.86% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 134 15 62
10th Percentile £21,255 £21,050 -
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,750 £19,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £27,125 £22,382
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +21.19% +1.74%
75th Percentile £28,000 £31,281 £32,000
90th Percentile £30,750 £45,854 £35,577
UK median annual salary £24,500 £30,000 £21,000
% change year-on-year -18.33% +42.86% -8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,438 55,416 67,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.30% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,143 31,373 42,828
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,368
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,725 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Trainee in the UK excluding London

Trainee
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Trainee in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Trainee in the UK excluding London

Trainee
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Trainee in the UK excluding London

Trainee
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 of England -284 55 £23,500 -24.19% 192
South East -16 46 £24,250 - 68
Midlands -229 37 £26,000 +8.33% 86
North West -234 29 £29,500 -4.84% 133
East Midlands -107 21 £26,500 +16.48% 40
East of England -98 20 £28,500 - 48
North East - 18 £23,500 - 14
West Midlands -198 16 £24,000 -20.00% 46
South West -94 15 £21,878 -19.35% 62
Yorkshire -137 8 £25,000 -8.26% 46
Scotland -185 8 £25,000 - 29
Wales +5 4 £23,000 - 14
Northern Ireland - 4 £22,000 - 5
Trainee
UK

Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 70 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 65 (34.39%) Degree
3 63 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 58 (30.69%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (23.28%) Microsoft
6 43 (22.75%) Agile
7 41 (21.69%) Legal
7 41 (21.69%) Driving Licence
7 41 (21.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (21.16%) Customer Service
9 38 (20.11%) Finance
10 24 (12.70%) Retail
11 23 (12.17%) Microsoft Excel
11 23 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
12 22 (11.64%) Marketing
13 16 (8.47%) CCTV
14 15 (7.94%) Project Management
15 14 (7.41%) Azure
15 14 (7.41%) Decision-Making
16 13 (6.88%) Economics
17 12 (6.35%) Mathematics
18 11 (5.82%) Windows
19 10 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
19 10 (5.29%) Mentoring
19 10 (5.29%) JavaScript
19 10 (5.29%) SQL
20 9 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
20 9 (4.76%) Manufacturing
20 9 (4.76%) Computer Science
20 9 (4.76%) Dynamics 365

Trainee Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 63 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (12.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.70%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.12%) Revit
5 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.53%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (7.41%) Azure
2 9 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.70%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.12%) GitHub
6 2 (1.06%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.17%) SQL Server
1 6 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (3.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (2.65%) Power BI
3 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.17%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (3.17%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.12%) GitLab
2 4 (2.12%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 41 (21.69%) Legal
3 38 (20.11%) Finance
4 24 (12.70%) Retail
5 23 (12.17%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (11.64%) Marketing
7 9 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.23%) Public Sector
9 7 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.65%) Electronics
11 4 (2.12%) Banking
12 3 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (1.06%) Aviation
13 2 (1.06%) Law
13 2 (1.06%) Military
13 2 (1.06%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.17%) .NET
1 6 (3.17%) ASP.NET
1 6 (3.17%) Classic ASP
1 6 (3.17%) HTML
1 6 (3.17%) HTML5
1 6 (3.17%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (1.06%) REST
2 2 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.69%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.47%) CCTV
3 10 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.12%) IBM Mainframe
4 4 (2.12%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.59%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.06%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.06%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.82%) Windows
2 4 (2.12%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.69%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (22.75%) Agile
3 40 (21.16%) Customer Service
4 15 (7.94%) Project Management
5 14 (7.41%) Decision-Making
6 13 (6.88%) Economics
7 12 (6.35%) Mathematics
8 10 (5.29%) Mentoring
9 9 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (4.76%) Computer Science
10 8 (4.23%) Business Analysis
10 8 (4.23%) Data Analysis
10 8 (4.23%) DevOps
10 8 (4.23%) ERP
11 7 (3.70%) User Acceptance Testing
12 6 (3.17%) Business Strategy
12 6 (3.17%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (3.17%) Software Testing
13 4 (2.12%) Actionable Insight
13 4 (2.12%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.29%) JavaScript
1 10 (5.29%) SQL
2 6 (3.17%) C#
2 6 (3.17%) VB
2 6 (3.17%) VBScript
3 4 (2.12%) PHP
4 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 65 (34.39%) Degree
2 6 (3.17%) HNC
3 5 (2.65%) HND
4 4 (2.12%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.59%) AAT
5 3 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.06%) GNVQ
6 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.06%) PhD
6 2 (1.06%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.06%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.06%) SLA
2 1 (0.53%) GDPR
2 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (0.53%) QA
System Software
1 8 (4.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.12%) Ansible
1 4 (2.12%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (23.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.12%) IBM
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle
4 1 (0.53%) Adobe
4 1 (0.53%) Facebook
4 1 (0.53%) Infor
4 1 (0.53%) NEC
4 1 (0.53%) Quadient