IT Assistant Jobs in England

IT Assistant
UK > England

The median IT Assistant salary in England is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 632 745 913
Rank change year-on-year +113 +168 +160
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 39 86 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.10% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.11% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 31 75 15
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £24,550
25th Percentile £25,625 £23,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £27,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £45,375
90th Percentile £39,625 £38,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -1.82% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,417 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Assistant in England

IT Assistant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Assistant in England

IT Assistant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Assistant in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Assistant in England

IT Assistant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Assistant within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
South East +105 21 £31,500 +18.87% 2
North of England +47 10 £31,250 -3.85% 6
Yorkshire +57 7 £32,500 - 6
London +102 4 £30,500 -12.86% 5
North West +14 3 £24,500 +10.11%
West Midlands +56 2 £73,000 +94.15% 1
Midlands +50 2 £73,000 +108.57% 2
South West +100 1 £27,500 +5.77% 7
East of England +19 1 £27,500 +14.58% 1
IT Assistant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 across the England region featuring IT Assistant in the job title.

1 19 (48.72%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 10 (25.64%) Computer Science
5 9 (23.08%) Information Security
5 9 (23.08%) Windows
5 9 (23.08%) DBS Check
6 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (20.51%) Finance
7 7 (17.95%) Law
7 7 (17.95%) Legal
7 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
7 7 (17.95%) GDPR
8 6 (15.38%) Digital Signage
8 6 (15.38%) Retail
8 6 (15.38%) Automotive
9 5 (12.82%) Data Management
9 5 (12.82%) Degree
10 3 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
10 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
11 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
11 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (5.13%) Customer Service
11 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (5.13%) Decision-Making
11 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
11 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
11 2 (5.13%) Advertising

IT Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Git
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Finance
3 7 (17.95%) Law
3 7 (17.95%) Legal
4 6 (15.38%) Automotive
4 6 (15.38%) Retail
5 2 (5.13%) Advertising
5 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Electronics
6 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Digital Signage
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.56%) Android
3 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (25.64%) Computer Science
3 9 (23.08%) Information Security
4 7 (17.95%) Mentoring
5 5 (12.82%) Data Management
6 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
6 3 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
7 2 (5.13%) Change Management
7 2 (5.13%) Customer Service
7 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.13%) Decision-Making
7 2 (5.13%) Information Management
7 2 (5.13%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (2.56%) Business Continuity
8 1 (2.56%) CRM
8 1 (2.56%) Mathematics
8 1 (2.56%) Physics
8 1 (2.56%) Project Management
8 1 (2.56%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) C
1 1 (2.56%) C++
1 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) DBS Check
2 5 (12.82%) Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.13%) Postgraduate
4 1 (2.56%) MCP
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) GDPR
2 2 (5.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft