Trainee
UK > Wales
The median Trainee salary in Wales is £24,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 91 | 95 | 129 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | +34 | +2 |
| DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Trainee | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 0.054% | 0.22% | 0.066% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.066% | 0.24% | 0.075% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £22,000 | £42,819 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £24,000 | £23,000 | £46,210 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.35% | -50.23% | +68.82% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £24,000 | £49,600 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £25,000 | £24,000 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | -20.00% | +15.38% |
All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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.
| DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Wales with a recognized job title | 1,507 | 1,665 | 1,327 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 80.67% | 92.29% | 88.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,022 | 1,137 | 720 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,504 | £28,000 | £27,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,087 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £45,000 | £45,703 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.22% | -1.54% | -8.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £58,750 | £61,299 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,000 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings that featured Trainee in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Salary Trend in Wales
Salary distribution trend for Trainee job vacancies in Wales.
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Job Locations in Wales
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Trainee within the Wales region over the 6 months to 22 August 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 DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Wales | +1 | 1 | £24,000 | +4.35% | 53 |
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