Trainee
UK

The median Trainee salary in the UK is £24,825 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 681 124
Rank change year-on-year +34 -557 +179
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 103 136 2,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.18% 2.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.19% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 20 108 60
10th Percentile - £21,850 £21,475
25th Percentile £21,250 £23,500 £24,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,825 £25,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% -9.09% +30.95%
75th Percentile £31,000 £30,750 £41,456
90th Percentile £36,763 £31,250 £48,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £22,500 £24,500 £27,125
% change year-on-year -8.16% -9.68% +26.16%

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 58,382 72,271 103,031
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.21% 95.11% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 27,057 54,665 65,549
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,984 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% -4.76% +5.00%

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 6 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Trainee in the UK

Trainee
Top 15 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 6 February 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 96 £24,825 -0.70% 181
UK excluding London +28 79 £22,500 -8.16% 132
North of England +12 25 £32,250 +29.00% 42
London +28 24 £30,000 - 58
Work from Home +90 23 £22,500 -14.72% 24
East of England +18 20 £22,500 -22.41% 12
North West -2 12 £36,125 +59.65% 26
South East +16 10 £24,650 +0.61% 29
South West +44 9 £22,400 +5.39% 24
North East +22 8 £25,000 -1.96% 7
East Midlands +18 8 £30,000 +3.45% 5
Midlands +1 8 £30,000 +11.11% 18
Yorkshire +45 5 - - 10
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 1
Scotland +27 2 - - 6

Trainee Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 February 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.

1 66 (64.08%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (48.54%) Software Testing
3 45 (43.69%) Social Skills
4 42 (40.78%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (33.98%) Mentoring
6 28 (27.18%) QA
7 24 (23.30%) Degree
8 22 (21.36%) Computer Science
9 21 (20.39%) Scrum
10 20 (19.42%) Agile
10 20 (19.42%) Test Automation
11 17 (16.50%) Azure
11 17 (16.50%) AWS
12 16 (15.53%) Security Cleared
12 16 (15.53%) Web Services
13 15 (14.56%) SQL
13 15 (14.56%) SC Cleared
14 14 (13.59%) Customer Service
15 8 (7.77%) .NET
15 8 (7.77%) SQL Server
15 8 (7.77%) C#
15 8 (7.77%) Python
15 8 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (7.77%) Django
15 8 (7.77%) Mathematics
15 8 (7.77%) Software Engineering
16 7 (6.80%) Collaborative Working
17 6 (5.83%) Collaborative Culture
17 6 (5.83%) SDLC
17 6 (5.83%) Microsoft

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 1 (0.97%) CMS
1 1 (0.97%) Confluence
1 1 (0.97%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.97%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (16.50%) AWS
1 17 (16.50%) Azure
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.97%) Figma
3 1 (0.97%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) JIRA
General
1 45 (43.69%) Social Skills
2 42 (40.78%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (3.88%) Automotive
3 4 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.91%) Finance
4 3 (2.91%) Marketing
5 2 (1.94%) German Language
5 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (1.94%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.94%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.97%) Billing
6 1 (0.97%) Electronics
6 1 (0.97%) Law
6 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.97%) Multimedia
6 1 (0.97%) Police
6 1 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (15.53%) Web Services
2 8 (7.77%) .NET
2 8 (7.77%) Django
3 1 (0.97%) CSS
3 1 (0.97%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (3.88%) Driving Licence
2 2 (1.94%) CCTV
2 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.97%) BYOD
3 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.97%) CentOS
1 1 (0.97%) Linux
1 1 (0.97%) SUSE
1 1 (0.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (64.08%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (48.54%) Software Testing
3 35 (33.98%) Mentoring
4 22 (21.36%) Computer Science
5 21 (20.39%) Scrum
6 20 (19.42%) Agile
6 20 (19.42%) Test Automation
7 14 (13.59%) Customer Service
8 8 (7.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (7.77%) Mathematics
8 8 (7.77%) Software Engineering
9 7 (6.80%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (5.83%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (5.83%) SDLC
11 5 (4.85%) Data Visualisation
11 5 (4.85%) Visualisation
12 4 (3.88%) Chemistry
12 4 (3.88%) Data Analysis
12 4 (3.88%) Physics
12 4 (3.88%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.56%) SQL
2 8 (7.77%) C#
2 8 (7.77%) Python
3 1 (0.97%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (23.30%) Degree
2 16 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 15 (14.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.91%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.91%) MCP
4 3 (2.91%) MCSA
4 3 (2.91%) MCSE
4 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.97%) CEH
5 1 (0.97%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.97%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (27.18%) QA
2 1 (0.97%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.97%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (5.83%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.97%) Adobe
2 1 (0.97%) Atlassian
2 1 (0.97%) Instagram
2 1 (0.97%) Red Hat
2 1 (0.97%) SAP