diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7fc3178b44..46a58ccfb4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Deprecated the `precision_plugin` constructor argument from `Accelerator` ([#10570](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10570))
 
 
--
+- Deprecated the property `Trainer.slurm_job_id` in favor of the new `SLURMEnvironment.job_id()` method ([#10622](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/10622))
 
 
 -
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py
index 53fa4c2a83..ad657e1e19 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+from typing import Optional
 
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments.cluster_environment import ClusterEnvironment
 
@@ -37,6 +38,21 @@ class SLURMEnvironment(ClusterEnvironment):
     def creates_processes_externally(self) -> bool:
         return True
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def job_id() -> Optional[int]:
+        job_id = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_ID")
+        if job_id:
+            try:
+                job_id = int(job_id)
+            except ValueError:
+                job_id = None
+
+        # in interactive mode, don't make logs use the same job id
+        in_slurm_interactive_mode = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_NAME") == "bash"
+        if in_slurm_interactive_mode:
+            job_id = None
+        return job_id
+
     @property
     def main_address(self) -> str:
         # figure out the root node addr
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/logger_connector/logger_connector.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/logger_connector/logger_connector.py
index d970d98c60..b98f13138b 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/logger_connector/logger_connector.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/logger_connector/logger_connector.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import torch
 
 import pytorch_lightning as pl
 from pytorch_lightning.loggers import LightningLoggerBase, LoggerCollection, TensorBoardLogger
+from pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments.slurm_environment import SLURMEnvironment
 from pytorch_lightning.trainer.connectors.logger_connector.result import _METRICS, _OUT_DICT, _PBAR_DICT
 from pytorch_lightning.trainer.states import RunningStage, TrainerFn
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import DeviceType, memory
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ class LoggerConnector:
             # default logger
             self.trainer.logger = (
                 TensorBoardLogger(
-                    save_dir=self.trainer.default_root_dir, version=self.trainer.slurm_job_id, name="lightning_logs"
+                    save_dir=self.trainer.default_root_dir, version=SLURMEnvironment.job_id(), name="lightning_logs"
                 )
                 if logger
                 else None
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
index cb446632cc..1ccdb9ecae 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/trainer.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from pytorch_lightning.loops import PredictionLoop, TrainingBatchLoop, TrainingE
 from pytorch_lightning.loops.dataloader.evaluation_loop import EvaluationLoop
 from pytorch_lightning.loops.fit_loop import FitLoop
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins import DDPSpawnPlugin, ParallelPlugin, PLUGIN_INPUT, PrecisionPlugin, TrainingTypePlugin
+from pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments.slurm_environment import SLURMEnvironment
 from pytorch_lightning.profiler import (
     AdvancedProfiler,
     BaseProfiler,
@@ -1725,18 +1726,8 @@ class Trainer(
 
     @property
     def slurm_job_id(self) -> Optional[int]:
-        job_id = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_ID")
-        if job_id:
-            try:
-                job_id = int(job_id)
-            except ValueError:
-                job_id = None
-
-        # in interactive mode, don't make logs use the same job id
-        in_slurm_interactive_mode = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_NAME") == "bash"
-        if in_slurm_interactive_mode:
-            job_id = None
-        return job_id
+        rank_zero_deprecation("Method `slurm_job_id` is deprecated in v1.6.0 and will be removed in v1.7.0.")
+        return SLURMEnvironment.job_id()
 
     @property
     def lightning_optimizers(self) -> List[LightningOptimizer]:
diff --git a/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py b/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py
index c801696196..9c0c12f981 100644
--- a/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py
+++ b/tests/deprecated_api/test_remove_1-7.py
@@ -378,6 +378,12 @@ def test_v1_7_0_trainer_log_gpu_memory(tmpdir):
         _ = Trainer(log_gpu_memory="min_max")
 
 
+def test_v1_7_0_deprecated_slurm_job_id():
+    trainer = Trainer()
+    with pytest.deprecated_call(match="Method `slurm_job_id` is deprecated in v1.6.0 and will be removed in v1.7.0."):
+        trainer.slurm_job_id
+
+
 @RunIf(min_gpus=1)
 def test_v1_7_0_deprecate_gpu_stats_monitor(tmpdir):
     with pytest.deprecated_call(match="The `GPUStatsMonitor` callback was deprecated in v1.5"):