IT Assistant Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Assistant salary in the UK excluding London is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 682 722
Rank change year-on-year +141 +40 +108
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 34 81 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.085% 0.11% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.12% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 26 72 12
10th Percentile £24,500 £22,750 £19,375
25th Percentile £25,000 £23,000 £23,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £27,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +1.89% +2.91%
75th Percentile £33,750 £31,625 £34,063
90th Percentile £36,688 £37,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £31,500 £27,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -1.82% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 36,142 67,932 52,599
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.86% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 18,697 47,996 30,020
10th Percentile £26,987 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,320 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.37% -12.50% -

IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Assistant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Assistant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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 +106 21 £31,500 +18.87% 4
North of England +42 10 £32,500 - 8
Yorkshire +59 7 £32,500 - 8
North West -4 3 £24,500 +10.11%
South West +91 1 £27,500 +5.77% 7
Midlands +56 1 £73,000 +108.57% 1
West Midlands +39 1 £73,000 +94.15%
East of England +21 1 £27,500 +14.58% 1
IT Assistant
UK

IT Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Assistant in the job title.

1 18 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (26.47%) Computer Science
3 9 (26.47%) DBS Check
4 8 (23.53%) Information Security
4 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Windows
5 7 (20.59%) Finance
5 7 (20.59%) Legal
5 7 (20.59%) Mentoring
5 7 (20.59%) GDPR
6 6 (17.65%) Digital Signage
6 6 (17.65%) Automotive
6 6 (17.65%) Law
6 6 (17.65%) Retail
7 5 (14.71%) Data Management
8 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (5.88%) Degree
8 2 (5.88%) Strategic Roadmap
8 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (5.88%) Roadmaps
8 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
9 1 (2.94%) Budgeting
9 1 (2.94%) PMO
9 1 (2.94%) Architecture Roadmap
9 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.94%) Customer-Centricity

IT Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Git
General
1 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 7 (20.59%) Legal
4 6 (17.65%) Automotive
4 6 (17.65%) Law
4 6 (17.65%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.94%) Advertising
6 1 (2.94%) Electronics
6 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Digital Signage
2 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.94%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Android
2 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (26.47%) Computer Science
3 8 (23.53%) Information Security
4 7 (20.59%) Mentoring
5 5 (14.71%) Data Management
6 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.88%) Roadmaps
6 2 (5.88%) Strategic Roadmap
7 1 (2.94%) Architecture Roadmap
7 1 (2.94%) Budgeting
7 1 (2.94%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 1 (2.94%) Business Transformation
7 1 (2.94%) Coaching
7 1 (2.94%) Customer-Centricity
7 1 (2.94%) Decision-Making
7 1 (2.94%) Mathematics
7 1 (2.94%) People Management
7 1 (2.94%) Performance Metrics
7 1 (2.94%) Physics
7 1 (2.94%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) C
1 1 (2.94%) C++
1 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) MCP
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) GDPR
2 1 (2.94%) PMO
2 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (35.29%) Microsoft