IT Assistant Job Trends

IT Assistant
UK

The median IT Assistant salary in the UK is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 590 641 689
Rank change year-on-year +51 +48 +278
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 63 58 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.12% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 50 19 28
10th Percentile £23,250 £29,250 £13,804
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,000 £24,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £62,500 £27,475
Median % change year-on-year -46.40% +127.48% -4.44%
75th Percentile £34,813 £82,050 £39,055
90th Percentile £38,875 £86,301 £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £73,000 £26,250
% change year-on-year -54.11% +178.10% +11.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Assistant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IT Assistant job vacancy trend in the UK

IT Assistant
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for IT Assistant job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for IT Assistant job vacancies in the UK

IT Assistant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Assistant over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 2026. 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
UK excluding London +66 51 £33,500 -54.11% 7
England +46 42 £30,000 -52.00% 9
Scotland - 17 £33,500 -
Midlands +31 14 £23,500 -67.81% 1
East Midlands +2 10 £23,500 -72.83%
North of England +1 10 £35,000 -40.67% 3
London +46 8 £35,000 +14.75% 4
Work from Home +63 6 £60,000 -26.92% 5
North West +18 5 £35,000 -57.34% 1
Yorkshire -17 5 £30,000 - 2
East of England +22 4 £30,000 -
West Midlands +21 4 £60,000 -17.81% 1
South West +13 4 £25,768 +11.34%
South East +28 2 £32,500 -16.13% 3

IT Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT Assistant job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring IT Assistant in the job title.

1 25 (39.68%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (34.92%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (30.16%) Degree
3 19 (30.16%) LAN
3 19 (30.16%) Microsoft
4 17 (26.98%) VoIP
4 17 (26.98%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (20.63%) SharePoint
6 12 (19.05%) Customer Service
6 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
7 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (14.29%) Windows
8 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Excel
9 7 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
10 6 (9.52%) SLA
11 5 (7.94%) Azure
11 5 (7.94%) Entra ID
11 5 (7.94%) FreeMarker
11 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
11 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
11 5 (7.94%) NetSuite
11 5 (7.94%) Oracle
11 5 (7.94%) Project Delivery
11 5 (7.94%) Project Management
11 5 (7.94%) Service Delivery
11 5 (7.94%) SQL Server
11 5 (7.94%) VBA
11 5 (7.94%) VMware
12 4 (6.35%) Business Continuity

IT Assistant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 13 (20.63%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.94%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (34.92%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.94%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.76%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (30.16%) LAN
2 17 (26.98%) VoIP
2 17 (26.98%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (4.76%) Ethernet
3 3 (4.76%) Internet
4 2 (3.17%) WAN
5 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
General
1 40 (63.49%) Social Skills
2 21 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.52%) Finance
4 5 (7.94%) Retail
5 4 (6.35%) Law
5 4 (6.35%) Legal
5 4 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Police
7 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.94%) FreeMarker
Miscellaneous
1 21 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.94%) NHS
3 3 (4.76%) LIMS
3 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.17%) EPoS
5 1 (1.59%) iPad
5 1 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.59%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Android
2 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.68%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 7 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (7.94%) Project Delivery
4 5 (7.94%) Project Management
4 5 (7.94%) Service Delivery
5 4 (6.35%) Business Continuity
5 4 (6.35%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (6.35%) Information Security
5 4 (6.35%) IT Strategy
6 3 (4.76%) ERP
6 3 (4.76%) Information Management
6 3 (4.76%) Logistics
6 3 (4.76%) Mathematics
6 3 (4.76%) Portfolio Management
6 3 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (4.76%) Workload Management
7 2 (3.17%) Data Security
7 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (3.17%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
1 5 (7.94%) VBA
2 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Degree
2 3 (4.76%) ECDL
3 1 (1.59%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) GDPR
3 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.94%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 19 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) Oracle
2 5 (7.94%) VMware
3 2 (3.17%) Xero
4 1 (1.59%) Apple
4 1 (1.59%) Salesforce