IT Assistant
UK
The median IT Assistant salary in the UK is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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 14 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 674 | 783 | 952 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +109 | +169 | +227 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant | 38 | 95 | 21 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.069% | 0.096% | 0.021% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.076% | 0.10% | 0.023% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29 | 79 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,500 | £22,750 | £21,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,000 | £23,072 | £24,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,500 | £27,000 | £27,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -1.82% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £33,750 | £33,750 | £39,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £34,925 | £38,750 | £62,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,500 | £27,000 | £25,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | +5.88% | -0.97% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 49,912 | 93,707 | 92,673 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,050 | 67,086 | 58,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.62% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Assistant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Assistant
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Assistant.
IT Assistant
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Assistant over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.
IT Assistant
Top 12 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 14 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 |
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| England | +93 | 37 | £31,500 | +16.67% | 28 |
| UK excluding London | +136 | 33 | £31,500 | +16.67% | 24 |
| South East | +112 | 21 | £31,500 | +18.87% | 3 |
| North of England | +48 | 9 | £32,500 | - | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 6 | £32,500 | - | 6 |
| London | +104 | 4 | £30,500 | -12.86% | 7 |
| North West | +7 | 3 | £24,500 | +10.11% | |
| Work from Home | +101 | 2 | £30,875 | -3.52% | 4 |
| South West | +93 | 1 | £27,500 | +5.77% | 11 |
| West Midlands | +50 | 1 | £73,000 | +94.15% | |
| Midlands | +47 | 1 | £73,000 | +108.57% | 1 |
| East of England | +28 | 1 | £27,500 | +14.58% | 1 |
IT Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 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 featuring IT Assistant in the job title.
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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: