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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 144 124
Rank change year-on-year -430 -20 +99
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee 195 1,390 2,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.26% 2.46% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 2.77% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 139 9 62
10th Percentile £21,495 £20,700 £19,250
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,000 £19,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £30,000 £23,250
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +29.03% +5.68%
75th Percentile £28,000 £49,600 £28,750
90th Percentile £30,750 £53,923 £33,750
UK median annual salary £24,500 £35,950 £24,000
% change year-on-year -31.85% +49.79% +4.35%

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 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -266 53 £23,500 -11.32% 33
South East -14 48 £24,000 -1.03% 33
Midlands -215 34 £26,000 +0.97% 36
North West -218 29 £29,500 -4.84% 16
East Midlands -82 23 £26,000 +20.93% 17
East of England -80 22 £28,000 - 16
South West -48 20 £25,250 -52.65% 32
North East - 18 £23,500 - 3
West Midlands -187 11 £24,000 -20.00% 19
Scotland -149 9 £25,000 - 16
Yorkshire -113 6 £24,000 +9.09% 15
Northern Ireland - 5 £22,000 -
Wales +12 4 £23,000 -50.23% 5
Trainee
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 62 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 59 (30.26%) Degree
3 57 (29.23%) Microsoft Office
4 49 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 41 (21.03%) Legal
6 41 (21.03%) Driving Licence
7 40 (20.51%) Customer Service
7 40 (20.51%) Agile
8 34 (17.44%) Finance
8 34 (17.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 24 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
10 22 (11.28%) Marketing
10 22 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
11 20 (10.26%) Retail
12 16 (8.21%) CCTV
13 15 (7.69%) Azure
13 15 (7.69%) Project Management
14 14 (7.18%) Decision-Making
15 13 (6.67%) Mathematics
15 13 (6.67%) Economics
16 11 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (5.13%) Windows
17 10 (5.13%) JavaScript
17 10 (5.13%) Mentoring
18 9 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
18 9 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
18 9 (4.62%) Computer Science
19 8 (4.10%) Business Analysis
19 8 (4.10%) Data Analysis

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 (1.54%) SharePoint
Applications
1 57 (29.23%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (12.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.59%) AutoCAD
4 4 (2.05%) Revit
5 2 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.51%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.69%) Azure
2 9 (4.62%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.59%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.05%) GitHub
5 2 (1.03%) AWS
6 1 (0.51%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.08%) SQL Server
1 6 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 6 (3.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Dreamweaver
1 6 (3.08%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.05%) GitLab
2 4 (2.05%) Jenkins
General
1 62 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 41 (21.03%) Legal
3 34 (17.44%) Finance
3 34 (17.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (11.28%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.28%) Marketing
5 20 (10.26%) Retail
6 8 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.08%) Electronics
9 5 (2.56%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Aviation
11 2 (1.03%) Law
11 2 (1.03%) Military
11 2 (1.03%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.08%) .NET
1 6 (3.08%) ASP.NET
1 6 (3.08%) Classic ASP
1 6 (3.08%) HTML
1 6 (3.08%) HTML5
1 6 (3.08%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (1.03%) REST
2 2 (1.03%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.03%) Driving Licence
2 16 (8.21%) CCTV
3 11 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.03%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.03%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.13%) Windows
2 4 (2.05%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.13%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (20.51%) Agile
2 40 (20.51%) Customer Service
3 15 (7.69%) Project Management
4 14 (7.18%) Decision-Making
5 13 (6.67%) Economics
5 13 (6.67%) Mathematics
6 10 (5.13%) Mentoring
7 9 (4.62%) Computer Science
8 8 (4.10%) Business Analysis
8 8 (4.10%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (4.10%) Data Analysis
9 7 (3.59%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (3.08%) Business Strategy
10 6 (3.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (3.08%) ERP
10 6 (3.08%) Software Testing
11 4 (2.05%) Collaborative Culture
11 4 (2.05%) SDLC
11 4 (2.05%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.13%) JavaScript
2 8 (4.10%) SQL
3 6 (3.08%) C#
3 6 (3.08%) VB
3 6 (3.08%) VBScript
4 4 (2.05%) PHP
5 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (30.26%) Degree
2 6 (3.08%) HNC
3 5 (2.56%) HND
4 4 (2.05%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.54%) AAT
5 3 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.03%) GNVQ
6 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.03%) PhD
6 2 (1.03%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.54%) QA
2 2 (1.03%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.03%) SLA
3 1 (0.51%) GDPR
3 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 8 (4.10%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.05%) Ansible
1 4 (2.05%) Kubernetes
1 4 (2.05%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.03%) Oracle
3 1 (0.51%) Adobe
3 1 (0.51%) Facebook
3 1 (0.51%) Infor
3 1 (0.51%) NEC
3 1 (0.51%) Quadient