Personal Assistant
UK

The median Personal Assistant salary in the UK is £28,975 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 988 -
Rank change year-on-year +107 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Personal Assistant 7 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.007% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.008% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,873 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,975 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile £44,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,975 - -

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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%

Personal Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Personal Assistant in the UK

Personal Assistant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Personal Assistant in the UK

Personal Assistant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Personal Assistant over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Personal Assistant in the UK

Personal Assistant
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Personal Assistant within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +79 7 £28,975 - 7
UK excluding London -10 6 £28,975 - 5
North of England - 6 £28,975 - 3
North East - 4 £28,975 -
South West - 2 £40,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £40,000 - 3

Personal Assistant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Personal 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 Personal Assistant in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (57.14%) Kalman Filter
2 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (57.14%) Freedom of Information
2 4 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
4 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
4 2 (28.57%) Expense Management
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) French Language
4 2 (28.57%) Spanish Language
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Social Media
5 1 (14.29%) Tandem
5 1 (14.29%) Slack
5 1 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Self-Awareness

Personal 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Slack
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) French Language
2 2 (28.57%) Spanish Language
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Freedom of Information
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
3 1 (14.29%) Social Media
3 1 (14.29%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
2 4 (57.14%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Expense Management
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
5 1 (14.29%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Self-Awareness
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft