IT Assistant Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Assistant salary in the UK excluding London is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 692 712 848
Rank change year-on-year +20 +136 -152
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Assistant 88 16 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.029% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.033% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 71 16 20
10th Percentile £22,750 £19,000 £20,000
25th Percentile £23,000 £21,813 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,500 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% +30.68%
75th Percentile £31,750 £75,000 £30,000
90th Percentile £37,500 - £30,241
UK median annual salary £27,000 £28,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% -6.67% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Assistant in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Assistant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Assistant in the UK excluding London

IT Assistant
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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 +10 21 £24,000 -2.04% 1
Midlands -21 17 £36,250 -27.50%
South West -26 15 £26,000 -5.45% 1
North of England +14 13 £32,500 -50.00% 1
South East -16 12 £26,500 -3.64% 5
Yorkshire +73 11 £32,500 +62.50% 1
East Midlands - 11 £35,000 -
Scotland -59 10 £23,500 +8.05% 1
West Midlands -5 6 £37,600 -24.80%
North West -27 2 £22,250 -70.33%
IT Assistant
UK

IT Assistant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Assistant in the job title.

1 48 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 37 (42.05%) Microsoft
3 30 (34.09%) Windows
4 26 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (23.86%) Finance
6 20 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Office
7 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Excel
8 16 (18.18%) ERP
8 16 (18.18%) Active Directory
9 14 (15.91%) SQL
10 13 (14.77%) CRM
10 13 (14.77%) SharePoint
10 13 (14.77%) Intranet
10 13 (14.77%) Driving Licence
11 12 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
12 11 (12.50%) Legal
13 10 (11.36%) Windows Server
13 10 (11.36%) Computer Science
13 10 (11.36%) Spreadsheet
13 10 (11.36%) Android
13 10 (11.36%) Degree
13 10 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (10.23%) Marketing
14 9 (10.23%) MS Access
14 9 (10.23%) VoIP
14 9 (10.23%) JavaScript
15 8 (9.09%) Project Management
15 8 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 8 (9.09%) Manufacturing

IT Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (14.77%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.82%) WordPress
3 3 (3.41%) CMS
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (21.59%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (11.36%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (3.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) NetSuite
1 2 (2.27%) Sage 200
1 2 (2.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 20 (22.73%) 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 13 (14.77%) Intranet
2 9 (10.23%) VoIP
3 7 (7.95%) DHCP
3 7 (7.95%) DNS
4 2 (2.27%) ISDN
5 1 (1.14%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.23%) MS Access
2 8 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 5 (5.68%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.41%) Power BI
5 2 (2.27%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Git
General
1 48 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.86%) Finance
3 12 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.50%) Legal
5 9 (10.23%) Marketing
6 8 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 7 (7.95%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.55%) Law
10 3 (3.41%) Aerospace
10 3 (3.41%) Automotive
10 3 (3.41%) Electronics
10 3 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (3.41%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.41%) Retail
11 1 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
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 10 (11.36%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (7.95%) Onboarding
3 7 (7.95%) Smartcard
4 6 (6.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
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 30 (34.09%) Windows
2 10 (11.36%) Android
2 10 (11.36%) Windows Server
3 6 (6.82%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.41%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.41%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.27%) Linux
5 2 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (18.18%) ERP
3 13 (14.77%) CRM
4 10 (11.36%) Computer Science
5 8 (9.09%) Information Security
5 8 (9.09%) Project Management
6 7 (7.95%) Customer Service
6 7 (7.95%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (7.95%) Kalman Filter
6 7 (7.95%) Time Management
7 6 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (5.68%) Customer Experience
9 4 (4.55%) Business Continuity
9 4 (4.55%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (4.55%) Data Privacy
9 4 (4.55%) Data Security
10 3 (3.41%) Content Management
10 3 (3.41%) E-Commerce
10 3 (3.41%) Logistics
10 3 (3.41%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 14 (15.91%) SQL
2 9 (10.23%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.41%) PHP
3 3 (3.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (11.36%) Degree
2 2 (2.27%) CISA
3 1 (1.14%) CISSP
3 1 (1.14%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.14%) MCSA
3 1 (1.14%) MCSE
3 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (3.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.27%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.27%) ITGC
3 2 (2.27%) PMO
3 2 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.41%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 37 (42.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.68%) Sage
2 5 (5.68%) SYSPRO
3 3 (3.41%) Cisco
3 3 (3.41%) SAP
3 3 (3.41%) WooCommerce
4 2 (2.27%) Oracle
4 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.14%) Apple