Trainee
UK
The median Trainee salary in the UK is £23,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 646 | 682 | 155 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +36 | -527 | +175 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee | 84 | 220 | 2,383 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.22% | 2.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | 0.23% | 2.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 80 | 157 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21,500 | £21,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £19,750 | £22,750 | £24,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £23,500 | £24,500 | £31,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.08% | -20.97% | +37.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £30,000 | £29,500 | £49,600 |
| 90th Percentile | £43,750 | £30,950 | £53,923 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £23,500 | £24,500 | £27,125 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.08% | -9.68% | +20.56% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 50,706 | 94,386 | 91,123 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.83% | 94.69% | 91.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,254 | 67,482 | 57,423 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Trainee
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Trainee in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Trainee
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Trainee.
Trainee
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Trainee over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.
Trainee
Top 13 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 17 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +22 | 73 | £22,500 | -8.16% | 134 |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 56 | £23,500 | -4.08% | 103 |
| Work from Home | +165 | 40 | £21,500 | -10.42% | 44 |
| Midlands | +45 | 20 | £21,500 | -17.31% | 11 |
| London | +108 | 17 | £21,500 | -28.33% | 52 |
| North of England | +4 | 14 | £23,750 | +1.06% | 20 |
| North West | -16 | 13 | £23,500 | -20.34% | 15 |
| West Midlands | +54 | 12 | £21,500 | -10.42% | 7 |
| South East | +50 | 11 | £23,500 | -4.08% | 25 |
| South West | +103 | 9 | £25,000 | -0.99% | 22 |
| East Midlands | +6 | 8 | £21,500 | -17.31% | 4 |
| East of England | +28 | 2 | £22,500 | -19.64% | 10 |
| North East | +24 | 1 | £25,000 | +6.38% | 2 |
Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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.
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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: