IT Assistant
UK

The median IT Assistant salary in the UK is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 815 958 1179
Rank change year-on-year +143 +221 -282
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 95 21 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.020% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.022% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 79 18 53
10th Percentile £22,750 £21,625 £20,150
25th Percentile £23,072 £24,438 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £33,750 £39,000 £30,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £62,500 £33,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £25,500 £25,750
% change year-on-year +5.88% -0.97% +14.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Assistant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Assistant in the UK

IT Assistant
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Assistant.

Salary trend for IT Assistant in the UK

IT Assistant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Assistant over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Assistant in the UK

IT Assistant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Assistant within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +171 86 £27,000 -1.82% 14
UK excluding London +60 81 £27,000 +5.88% 12
Work from Home +94 20 £32,000 +6.67% 2
East of England +35 19 £24,000 -2.04% 1
Midlands +29 15 £35,000 -30.00% 3
South West -19 15 £26,000 -5.45%
London +130 14 £35,000 +7.69% 1
North of England +65 13 £32,500 +27.45% 5
Yorkshire +105 11 £32,500 +49.43% 2
South East +27 10 £26,500 -3.64% 3
East Midlands - 10 £28,750 -
Scotland -56 9 £23,500 +8.05%
West Midlands +30 5 £37,600 -24.80% 3
North West +19 2 £22,250 -70.33% 3

IT Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, IT Assistant 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 featuring IT Assistant in the job title.

1 51 (53.68%) Social Skills
2 43 (45.26%) Microsoft
3 34 (35.79%) Windows
4 29 (30.53%) Finance
5 25 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (23.16%) ERP
7 20 (21.05%) SQL
7 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
8 19 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
9 18 (18.95%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (16.84%) Windows Server
11 14 (14.74%) Project Management
11 14 (14.74%) Active Directory
11 14 (14.74%) Degree
12 13 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
12 13 (13.68%) Driving Licence
12 13 (13.68%) CRM
12 13 (13.68%) Legal
13 11 (11.58%) SharePoint
13 11 (11.58%) Sage
13 11 (11.58%) Intranet
14 10 (10.53%) SAP
14 10 (10.53%) Data Privacy
14 10 (10.53%) IT Audit
14 10 (10.53%) Marketing
14 10 (10.53%) Computer Science
14 10 (10.53%) Spreadsheet
14 10 (10.53%) Android
14 10 (10.53%) Public Sector
15 9 (9.47%) JavaScript

IT Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (11.58%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.32%) WordPress
3 3 (3.16%) CMS
4 1 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (10.53%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (2.11%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.11%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.95%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.37%) Amazon EC2
2 7 (7.37%) AWS
3 4 (4.21%) Azure
4 3 (3.16%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.16%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.16%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.16%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.11%) Intacct
6 1 (1.05%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.58%) Intranet
2 7 (7.37%) DHCP
2 7 (7.37%) DNS
2 7 (7.37%) VoIP
3 1 (1.05%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.47%) MS Access
2 8 (8.42%) DB2
2 8 (8.42%) Relational Database
3 5 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Git
General
1 51 (53.68%) Social Skills
2 29 (30.53%) Finance
3 13 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (13.68%) Legal
4 10 (10.53%) Marketing
4 10 (10.53%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.37%) Manufacturing
5 7 (7.37%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.32%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.21%) Law
8 3 (3.16%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.16%) Automotive
8 3 (3.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.16%) Retail
9 2 (2.11%) Electronics
9 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) Akka
2 3 (3.16%) CSS
2 3 (3.16%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.37%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (7.37%) Smartcard
3 6 (6.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 4 (4.21%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.16%) FMCG
5 3 (3.16%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.16%) Video Editing
6 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 34 (35.79%) Windows
2 16 (16.84%) Windows Server
3 10 (10.53%) Android
4 8 (8.42%) Linux
4 8 (8.42%) Unix
5 4 (4.21%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.16%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (23.16%) ERP
3 14 (14.74%) Project Management
4 13 (13.68%) CRM
5 10 (10.53%) Computer Science
5 10 (10.53%) Data Privacy
5 10 (10.53%) IT Audit
6 8 (8.42%) Agile
6 8 (8.42%) Analytics
6 8 (8.42%) Creative Thinking
6 8 (8.42%) Data Analytics
6 8 (8.42%) Information Security
6 8 (8.42%) Technical Analysis
7 7 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (7.37%) Kalman Filter
8 6 (6.32%) Customer Experience
9 5 (5.26%) Customer Service
9 5 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (4.21%) Business Continuity
10 4 (4.21%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.05%) SQL
2 9 (9.47%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.16%) PHP
3 3 (3.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (14.74%) Degree
2 8 (8.42%) CISA
3 2 (2.11%) CISSP
4 1 (1.05%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.05%) MCSA
4 1 (1.05%) MCSE
4 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) ITGC
1 8 (8.42%) PMO
1 8 (8.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 14 (14.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.16%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 43 (45.26%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.58%) Sage
3 10 (10.53%) SAP
4 8 (8.42%) Oracle
5 5 (5.26%) SYSPRO
6 3 (3.16%) Cisco
6 3 (3.16%) WooCommerce
7 2 (2.11%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.05%) Apple