Trainee
UK

The median Trainee salary in the UK 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 673 145 325
Rank change year-on-year -528 +180 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 223 2,599 1,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 2.47% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 2.70% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 157 27 101
10th Percentile £21,490 £21,400 £19,250
25th Percentile £22,750 £24,188 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £30,000 £21,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +42.86% -8.70%
75th Percentile £29,500 £48,750 £32,000
90th Percentile £30,950 £53,923 £37,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £27,125 £22,382
% change year-on-year -9.68% +21.19% +1.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Trainee in the UK

Trainee
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Trainee.

Salary trend for Trainee in the UK

Trainee
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Trainee in the UK

Trainee
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the UK 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
England -505 195 £24,500 -18.33% 565
UK excluding London -474 189 £24,500 -9.68% 495
North of England -284 55 £23,500 -24.19% 193
South East -16 46 £24,250 - 65
Midlands -229 37 £26,000 +8.33% 87
North West -234 29 £29,500 -4.84% 134
London -187 22 £30,000 -35.14% 117
East Midlands -107 21 £26,500 +16.48% 41
East of England -98 20 £28,500 - 45
North East - 18 £23,500 - 14
West Midlands -198 16 £24,000 -20.00% 46
South West -94 15 £21,878 -19.35% 63
Work from Home +86 9 £26,384 -26.61% 42
Yorkshire -137 8 £25,000 -8.26% 46
Scotland -185 8 £25,000 - 30
Wales +5 4 £23,000 - 14
Northern Ireland - 4 £22,000 - 5

Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Trainee in the job title.

1 87 (39.01%) Social Skills
2 83 (37.22%) Degree
3 77 (34.53%) Microsoft Office
4 71 (31.84%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (21.52%) Microsoft
6 47 (21.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 44 (19.73%) Driving Licence
8 43 (19.28%) Finance
8 43 (19.28%) Agile
9 41 (18.39%) Legal
9 41 (18.39%) Customer Service
10 35 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
11 30 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
12 25 (11.21%) Marketing
12 25 (11.21%) Economics
13 24 (10.76%) Retail
14 20 (8.97%) Mathematics
15 19 (8.52%) Project Management
16 18 (8.07%) Azure
17 17 (7.62%) Computer Science
18 16 (7.17%) CCTV
18 16 (7.17%) Data Analysis
19 14 (6.28%) Decision-Making
19 14 (6.28%) Business Strategy
19 14 (6.28%) Mentoring
20 12 (5.38%) Information Management
20 12 (5.38%) Business Analysis
20 12 (5.38%) Statistics
20 12 (5.38%) Actionable Insight
20 12 (5.38%) Collaborative Culture

Trainee Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.35%) SharePoint
1 3 (1.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 77 (34.53%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (13.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.14%) AutoCAD
4 4 (1.79%) Revit
5 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (8.07%) Azure
2 9 (4.04%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (3.14%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.79%) GitHub
6 2 (0.90%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.79%) Wireless
2 3 (1.35%) RIP
3 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.69%) SQL Server
1 6 (2.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (2.24%) Power BI
3 3 (1.35%) QGIS
4 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (2.69%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.79%) GitLab
2 4 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 87 (39.01%) Social Skills
2 47 (21.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 43 (19.28%) Finance
4 41 (18.39%) Legal
5 35 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (11.21%) Marketing
7 24 (10.76%) Retail
8 11 (4.93%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (4.04%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.59%) Public Sector
11 7 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.24%) Electronics
13 4 (1.79%) Banking
13 4 (1.79%) Military
14 2 (0.90%) Aviation
14 2 (0.90%) Law
14 2 (0.90%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.69%) .NET
1 6 (2.69%) ASP.NET
1 6 (2.69%) Classic ASP
1 6 (2.69%) HTML
1 6 (2.69%) HTML5
1 6 (2.69%) Razor View Engine
2 3 (1.35%) EDI
3 2 (0.90%) REST
3 2 (0.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (19.73%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.17%) CCTV
3 10 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.79%) Cyberattack
4 4 (1.79%) IBM Mainframe
4 4 (1.79%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.35%) Social Media
5 3 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.90%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.90%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.93%) Windows
2 4 (1.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (31.84%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (19.28%) Agile
3 41 (18.39%) Customer Service
4 25 (11.21%) Economics
5 20 (8.97%) Mathematics
6 19 (8.52%) Project Management
7 17 (7.62%) Computer Science
8 16 (7.17%) Data Analysis
9 14 (6.28%) Business Strategy
9 14 (6.28%) Decision-Making
9 14 (6.28%) Mentoring
10 12 (5.38%) Actionable Insight
10 12 (5.38%) Business Analysis
10 12 (5.38%) Collaborative Culture
10 12 (5.38%) Information Management
10 12 (5.38%) Statistics
11 11 (4.93%) User Acceptance Testing
12 9 (4.04%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (3.59%) DevOps
13 8 (3.59%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.48%) JavaScript
1 10 (4.48%) SQL
2 6 (2.69%) C#
2 6 (2.69%) VB
2 6 (2.69%) VBScript
3 4 (1.79%) PHP
4 1 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 83 (37.22%) Degree
2 6 (2.69%) HNC
3 5 (2.24%) HND
4 4 (1.79%) CompTIA CySA+
4 4 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (1.79%) DBS Check
4 4 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (1.35%) AAT
5 3 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.90%) GNVQ
6 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.90%) PhD
6 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.90%) SLA
2 1 (0.45%) GDPR
2 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 8 (3.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.79%) Ansible
1 4 (1.79%) Kubernetes
1 4 (1.79%) Terraform
2 1 (0.45%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 48 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.79%) IBM
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe
4 1 (0.45%) Facebook
4 1 (0.45%) Infor
4 1 (0.45%) NEC
4 1 (0.45%) Quadient