IT Assistant Jobs in England

IT Assistant
UK > England

The median IT Assistant salary in England is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 877 1131
Rank change year-on-year +117 +254 -229
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 91 22 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.096% 0.027% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.029% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 73 20 45
10th Percentile £23,000 £19,000 £20,300
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -3.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £33,750 £65,625 -
90th Percentile £38,750 £75,000 £37,210
UK median annual salary £27,000 £27,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,043 75,204 138,046
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.22% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 65,775 49,529 75,271
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Assistant in England

IT Assistant
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Assistant in England

IT Assistant
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Assistant in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Assistant in England

IT Assistant
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Assistant within the England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
East of England +13 21 £24,000 -2.04% 2
Midlands -8 17 £36,250 -27.50%
South West -15 15 £26,000 -5.45% 1
London +91 13 £40,000 +33.33% 3
North of England +25 13 £32,500 -50.00%
South East -14 12 £26,500 -3.64% 6
Yorkshire +65 11 £32,500 +62.50%
East Midlands - 11 £35,000 -
West Midlands -8 6 £37,600 -24.80%
North West -23 2 £22,250 -70.33%
IT Assistant
UK

IT Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 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 England region featuring IT Assistant in the job title.

1 46 (50.55%) Social Skills
2 34 (37.36%) Windows
2 34 (37.36%) Microsoft
3 27 (29.67%) Finance
4 26 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (21.98%) ERP
5 20 (21.98%) Microsoft Office
6 19 (20.88%) Microsoft Excel
7 18 (19.78%) SQL
8 16 (17.58%) Active Directory
9 14 (15.38%) Windows Server
9 14 (15.38%) Degree
10 13 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (14.29%) Driving Licence
10 13 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (14.29%) Intranet
10 13 (14.29%) Legal
10 13 (14.29%) CRM
10 13 (14.29%) SharePoint
11 12 (13.19%) Project Management
12 10 (10.99%) Computer Science
12 10 (10.99%) Marketing
12 10 (10.99%) Spreadsheet
12 10 (10.99%) Android
13 9 (9.89%) Sage
13 9 (9.89%) Manufacturing
13 9 (9.89%) VoIP
13 9 (9.89%) JavaScript
13 9 (9.89%) MS Access
14 8 (8.79%) SAP

IT Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.59%) WordPress
3 3 (3.30%) CMS
3 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (21.98%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (20.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (10.99%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (6.59%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (2.20%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.20%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
2 7 (7.69%) AWS
3 4 (4.40%) Azure
4 3 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.30%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.30%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.30%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.20%) Intacct
6 1 (1.10%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (14.29%) Intranet
2 9 (9.89%) VoIP
3 7 (7.69%) DHCP
3 7 (7.69%) DNS
4 2 (2.20%) ISDN
5 1 (1.10%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.89%) MS Access
2 8 (8.79%) Relational Database
3 6 (6.59%) DB2
4 5 (5.49%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Git
General
1 46 (50.55%) Social Skills
2 27 (29.67%) Finance
3 13 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (14.29%) Legal
4 10 (10.99%) Marketing
5 9 (9.89%) Manufacturing
6 8 (8.79%) Public Sector
7 6 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (4.40%) Electronics
8 4 (4.40%) Law
9 3 (3.30%) Aerospace
9 3 (3.30%) Automotive
9 3 (3.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (3.30%) Retail
10 2 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) Akka
2 3 (3.30%) CSS
2 3 (3.30%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.69%) Smartcard
3 6 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (3.30%) FMCG
4 3 (3.30%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (3.30%) Video Editing
5 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 34 (37.36%) Windows
2 14 (15.38%) Windows Server
3 10 (10.99%) Android
4 6 (6.59%) Linux
4 6 (6.59%) Unix
4 6 (6.59%) Windows 10
5 3 (3.30%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (21.98%) ERP
3 13 (14.29%) CRM
4 12 (13.19%) Project Management
5 10 (10.99%) Computer Science
6 8 (8.79%) Data Privacy
6 8 (8.79%) Information Security
6 8 (8.79%) IT Audit
7 7 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (7.69%) Customer Service
7 7 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (7.69%) Time Management
8 6 (6.59%) Agile
8 6 (6.59%) Analytics
8 6 (6.59%) Creative Thinking
8 6 (6.59%) Customer Experience
8 6 (6.59%) Data Analytics
8 6 (6.59%) Technical Analysis
9 4 (4.40%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.78%) SQL
2 9 (9.89%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.30%) PHP
3 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (15.38%) Degree
2 6 (6.59%) CISA
3 2 (2.20%) CISSP
4 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.10%) MCSA
4 1 (1.10%) MCSE
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (6.59%) ITGC
2 6 (6.59%) PMO
3 3 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.20%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.20%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (17.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.30%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 34 (37.36%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.89%) Sage
3 8 (8.79%) SAP
4 6 (6.59%) Oracle
5 5 (5.49%) SYSPRO
6 3 (3.30%) Cisco
6 3 (3.30%) WooCommerce
7 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.10%) Apple