The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Assistant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Assistant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Assistant
Rank 831 877 833
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 31 21 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.029% 0.017% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.018% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 19 20 36
Average salary £25,000 £20,500 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.95% -14.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £15,900 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £44,100 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £21,500 £20,000 £20,000
% change year-on-year
+7.50% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

IT Assistant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing IT Assistant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

IT Assistant Jobs Demand Trend

IT Assistant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IT Assistant within the UK.

IT Assistant Salary Trend

IT Assistant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Assistant over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

IT Assistant Salary Histogram

IT Assistant
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Assistant within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +34 30 £25,000 +19.04%
London +44 12 £34,500 +32.69%
Birmingham 0 8 £22,500 -48.86%
West Midlands -14 8 £22,500 -27.41%
South East +2 4 £19,500 -2.50%
East Midlands -3 3 £21,500 +7.50%
City of London - 3 £25,750 -
Leicestershire -7 2 - -
Kent -18 2 £11,500 -28.12%
Wigston - 2 - -
Tonbridge - 2 £11,500 -
South West +4 1 £25,000 -
Reading +3 1 £20,674 +14.85%
Berkshire +3 1 £20,674 +14.85%
Yorkshire -5 1 £17,000 +13.33%
Lincolnshire -13 1 £21,500 +22.85%
North West - 1 £25,000 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £17,000 -
Surrey - 1 £19,500 -
Somerset - 1 £25,000 -
Cheshire - 1 £25,000 -
Stamford - 1 £21,500 -
Shepton Mallet - 1 £25,000 -
Leeds - 1 £17,000 -
Knutsford - 1 £25,000 -

IT Assistant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Assistant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Assistant in their job title.

1 30 (52.63%) Finance
2 25 (43.86%) CISA
3 23 (40.35%) Degree
4 16 (28.07%) Business Development
4 16 (28.07%) Financial Modelling
4 16 (28.07%) Practice Management
4 16 (28.07%) Risk Management
4 16 (28.07%) Data Analysis
4 16 (28.07%) Knowledge Management
4 16 (28.07%) Business Analysis
4 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
4 16 (28.07%) Oracle
4 16 (28.07%) SAP
4 16 (28.07%) Windows
4 16 (28.07%) SAS
4 16 (28.07%) ERP
4 16 (28.07%) Analytics
5 10 (17.54%) C
6 9 (15.79%) Windows XP
6 9 (15.79%) MS Exchange
7 8 (14.04%) MS Office
7 8 (14.04%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
8 7 (12.28%) Windows 7
8 7 (12.28%) Banking
9 6 (10.53%) Information Security
9 6 (10.53%) Change Management
9 6 (10.53%) COBIT
9 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
9 6 (10.53%) LAN

IT Assistant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT Assistant in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with IT Assistant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.509%) .NET
2 1 (1.754%) HTML
2 1 (1.754%) ASP
2 1 (1.754%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 16 (28.07%) SAS
2 9 (15.79%) MS Exchange
3 4 (7.018%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.018%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (5.263%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (3.509%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (3.509%) Lync
6 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.754%) WorkSite
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) MS Office
2 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.509%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.754%) RoboHelp
4 1 (1.754%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.754%) FrameMaker
4 1 (1.754%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) LAN
1 6 (10.53%) WAN
1 6 (10.53%) Intranet
2 5 (8.772%) TCP/IP
2 5 (8.772%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.509%) Firewall
3 2 (3.509%) SAN
4 1 (1.754%) Internet
4 1 (1.754%) DNS
4 1 (1.754%) DHCP
4 1 (1.754%) FTP
4 1 (1.754%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (5.263%) SQL Server
1 3 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.754%) MySQL
2 1 (1.754%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.754%) FrontPage
General
1 30 (52.63%) Finance
2 7 (12.28%) Banking
3 2 (3.509%) Law
4 1 (1.754%) Marketing
4 1 (1.754%) Billing
4 1 (1.754%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.754%) Legal
4 1 (1.754%) Publishing
4 1 (1.754%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.754%) Korean Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Computer Science
2 5 (8.772%) Blackberry
3 4 (7.018%) iPad
4 3 (5.263%) iPhone
5 2 (3.509%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.754%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.754%) AS400
6 1 (1.754%) Wiki
6 1 (1.754%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.754%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.07%) Windows
2 9 (15.79%) Windows XP
3 8 (14.04%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (12.28%) Windows 7
5 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (5.263%) Windows 2000
7 2 (3.509%) Windows Vista
8 1 (1.754%) UNIX
8 1 (1.754%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Business Development
1 16 (28.07%) Financial Modelling
1 16 (28.07%) Practice Management
1 16 (28.07%) Risk Management
1 16 (28.07%) Data Analysis
1 16 (28.07%) Knowledge Management
1 16 (28.07%) Business Analysis
1 16 (28.07%) ERP
1 16 (28.07%) Analytics
2 6 (10.53%) Information Security
2 6 (10.53%) Change Management
3 4 (7.018%) Time Management
4 3 (5.263%) Project Management
5 2 (3.509%) Data Entry
5 2 (3.509%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (3.509%) Web Design
6 1 (1.754%) Demand Management
6 1 (1.754%) Service Management
6 1 (1.754%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.754%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) C
2 2 (3.509%) PHP
2 2 (3.509%) SQL
3 1 (1.754%) VB.NET
3 1 (1.754%) VBA
3 1 (1.754%) C#
3 1 (1.754%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (43.86%) CISA
2 23 (40.35%) Degree
3 2 (3.509%) CISSP
4 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.754%) MBA
4 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) COBIT
1 6 (10.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.754%) SLA
2 1 (1.754%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.263%) XenApp
2 2 (3.509%) vSphere
2 2 (3.509%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.509%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.754%) ISA Server
3 1 (1.754%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.754%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.509%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
1 16 (28.07%) Oracle
1 16 (28.07%) SAP
2 5 (8.772%) Citrix
2 5 (8.772%) VMware
3 4 (7.018%) HP
4 3 (5.263%) Veeam
5 2 (3.509%) ProCurve
5 2 (3.509%) Wyse
5 2 (3.509%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.509%) Symantec
5 2 (3.509%) Toshiba
5 2 (3.509%) Dell
5 2 (3.509%) Adobe
5 2 (3.509%) Juniper
6 1 (1.754%) Apple
Guildford, Surrey, South East
The ICT Department based at Guildford requires an 1st Line IT Support / ICT Support Assistant (ICT, Microsoft, Legal Practice Management, Digital Dictation) to help with the IT function...
Barlow Robbins
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
IT Support Assistant - Legal / Proclaim - Liverpool - £21k An IT Support Assistant is required by a leading legal firm based in Liverpool. The successful candidate will have some 1...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £21k plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
IT Support Assistant - Urgent - Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Dorset - Windows 7, Active Directory, MS Office - £14,000 - £17,000. A Windows, Server, Exchange, VMware IT Support Assistant is required...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £14000 - £17000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Radstock, Avon
The successful candidate will need to have experience in two of the following: - Windows Server (Essential) - Windows 7 & XP (Essential - Office 2010 (Essential) - Exchange 2010 - SharePoint 2010 - SQL...
Sanderson
Salary: £22 - £26000 per annum + Contributory pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Keighley, West Yorkshire
Ecology Building Society - Junior VB.NET Developer / IT Assistant... Your responsibilities will include: Using your Microsoft VB.NET and Microsoft SQL skills to maintain and create new software...
Ecology Building Society
Salary: Up to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
North West London
Preparing Reports from our website admin panel and google analytics... HTML5. XHTML. CSS3. JQuery. JavaScript. SEO... Photoshop & Fireworks for image processings for websites (slicing and exporting for website...
The Organic Pharmacy
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 3 May 2013