National Minimum Wage

Chapter 3: Young People, Interns and Apprentices
Figure 3.10: Proportion of Apprentices Receiving On-the-job and Off-the-job Training,
by Sector, GB, 2011
Business administration
Children’s care, learning and development
Construction
Customer service
Electrotechnical
Engineering
Hairdressing
Health and social care
Hospitality and catering
Retail
Team leadership and management
Other frameworks
Source: LPC estimates based on BIS Apprentice Pay Survey, GB, 2011.
Apprentice Pay
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Proportion of apprentices who undertook training (per cent)
Off-the-job training On-the-job training
3.62 Table 3.2 shows that the median gross hourly pay of apprentices across the UK was £5.87 in
2011, and that the mean gross hourly pay was £5.83. There was some variation on the level
of apprentice pay between countries. Wales had the highest median pay of £6.30 an hour,
while Scotland had the lowest, with median hourly pay of £5.62.
Table 3.2: Mean and Median Gross Hourly Pay for Apprentices, by Country, 2011
£ Mean gross hourly pay Median gross hourly pay
England 5.80 5.83
Scotland 5.91 5.62
Wales 6.62 6.30
Northern Ireland 5.70 5.93
United Kingdom 5.83 5.87
Source: BIS Apprentice Pay Survey, UK, 2011.
3.63 As mentioned in paragraph 3.58, a random selection of apprentices in England, Scotland and
Wales (Great Britain), and all apprentices in Northern Ireland were contacted for the BIS
Apprentice Pay Survey. Due to the different sampling methodologies used, the data for Great
Britain are not comparable with the data for Northern Ireland. Although some very high-level
estimates have been produced at the UK level (such as in Table 3.2 above), the rest of this
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