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 to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 892 1118
Rank change year-on-year +132 +226 -239
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 88 22 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.096% 0.026% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.029% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 73 19 46
10th Percentile £23,000 £23,200 £20,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £39,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.65% +31.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £33,750 £68,750 -
90th Percentile £38,750 £75,000 £37,013
UK median annual salary £27,000 £30,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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 2 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 2 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 +14 20 £24,000 -2.04% 4
Midlands +4 16 £36,250 -27.50% 2
South West -15 15 £26,000 -5.45% 2
London +113 13 £40,000 +1.27% 4
North of England +37 13 £32,500 -56.67% 2
Yorkshire +69 11 £32,500 +62.50% 1
South East -1 11 £26,500 -3.64% 5
East Midlands - 10 £35,000 - 2
West Midlands -5 6 £37,600 -24.80%
North West -16 2 £22,250 -70.33% 1
IT Assistant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 44 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (38.64%) Microsoft
3 33 (37.50%) Windows
4 27 (30.68%) Finance
5 25 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
6 20 (22.73%) ERP
7 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Excel
8 18 (20.45%) SQL
9 15 (17.05%) Active Directory
10 14 (15.91%) Windows Server
11 13 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
11 13 (14.77%) Driving Licence
11 13 (14.77%) Degree
11 13 (14.77%) CRM
11 13 (14.77%) Legal
12 12 (13.64%) Intranet
12 12 (13.64%) Project Management
12 12 (13.64%) SharePoint
12 12 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (11.36%) Marketing
13 10 (11.36%) Computer Science
13 10 (11.36%) Spreadsheet
13 10 (11.36%) Android
14 9 (10.23%) JavaScript
14 9 (10.23%) MS Access
14 9 (10.23%) Sage
15 8 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (9.09%) Manufacturing
15 8 (9.09%) Information Security

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 12 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.82%) WordPress
3 3 (3.41%) CMS
4 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 20 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (11.36%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (6.82%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (2.27%) NetSuite
2 2 (2.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.95%) Amazon EC2
2 7 (7.95%) AWS
3 4 (4.55%) Azure
4 3 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.41%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.41%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.41%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.27%) Intacct
6 1 (1.14%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (13.64%) Intranet
2 8 (9.09%) VoIP
3 7 (7.95%) DHCP
3 7 (7.95%) DNS
4 1 (1.14%) ISDN
4 1 (1.14%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.23%) MS Access
2 8 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 6 (6.82%) DB2
4 5 (5.68%) SQL Server
5 3 (3.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Git
General
1 44 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (30.68%) Finance
3 13 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (14.77%) Legal
4 10 (11.36%) Marketing
5 8 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 8 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 6 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.55%) Law
8 3 (3.41%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.41%) Automotive
8 3 (3.41%) Electronics
8 3 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.41%) Retail
9 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.55%) Akka
2 3 (3.41%) CSS
2 3 (3.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.77%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.95%) Smartcard
3 6 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (5.68%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.41%) FMCG
5 3 (3.41%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.41%) Video Editing
6 2 (2.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 33 (37.50%) Windows
2 14 (15.91%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.36%) Android
4 6 (6.82%) Linux
4 6 (6.82%) Unix
5 5 (5.68%) Windows 10
6 3 (3.41%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (22.73%) ERP
3 13 (14.77%) CRM
4 12 (13.64%) Project Management
5 10 (11.36%) Computer Science
6 8 (9.09%) Data Privacy
6 8 (9.09%) Information Security
6 8 (9.09%) IT Audit
7 7 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (7.95%) Kalman Filter
8 6 (6.82%) Agile
8 6 (6.82%) Analytics
8 6 (6.82%) Creative Thinking
8 6 (6.82%) Customer Experience
8 6 (6.82%) Customer Service
8 6 (6.82%) Data Analytics
8 6 (6.82%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (6.82%) Technical Analysis
8 6 (6.82%) Time Management
9 4 (4.55%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.45%) SQL
2 9 (10.23%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.41%) PHP
3 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (14.77%) Degree
2 6 (6.82%) CISA
3 2 (2.27%) CISSP
4 1 (1.14%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.14%) MCSA
4 1 (1.14%) MCSE
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (6.82%) ITGC
2 6 (6.82%) PMO
3 3 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.14%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (17.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.41%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 34 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.23%) Sage
3 8 (9.09%) SAP
4 6 (6.82%) Oracle
5 5 (5.68%) SYSPRO
6 3 (3.41%) Cisco
6 3 (3.41%) WooCommerce
7 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.14%) Apple