Personal Assistant Jobs

Personal Assistant
UK

The median Personal Assistant salary in the UK is £17,500 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 686 895 966
Rank change year-on-year +209 +71 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Personal Assistant 4 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.007% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.007% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16,250 £27,873 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £17,500 £28,975 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.60% - -
75th Percentile £20,313 £42,500 -
90th Percentile £23,125 £44,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £17,500 £28,975 -
% change year-on-year -39.60% - -

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 49,007 93,784 92,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,411 67,216 58,370
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,375 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

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
Top 5 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 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
UK excluding London +181 4 £17,500 -39.60% 4
England +157 4 £17,500 -39.60% 4
Midlands - 3 £17,500 -
West Midlands - 3 £17,500 -
East of England - 1 £25,000 -

Personal Assistant Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 4 (100.00%) CRM
2 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 3 (75.00%) Agriculture
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) ChatGPT
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Social Media
3 1 (25.00%) Canva
3 1 (25.00%) Instagram
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics

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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Canva
1 1 (25.00%) ChatGPT
General
1 3 (75.00%) Agriculture
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CRM
2 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Instagram
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft