IT Salary & Contract Rate Guide – UK
Jul 31, 2020
IT Salary & Contract Rate Guide – UK
Jul 31, 2020

Sometimes you just need to know how your salary compares to the competition – whether that be for yourself or your next hire.

 

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Below is a selection of the positions we have recently filled and the average salary accepted.

Management – Permanent & Contract

 
Permanent Salary
% Rate Change
 Contract Rate
% Rate Change
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
£100,000
-9%
£1050
+4%
 
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
£84,000
+16%
£973
+3%
 
IT Director
£100,000
-1%
 £710
-13%
 
Head of IT
£73,500
+1%
 £850
+6%
 
IT Manager
£55,000
0%
 £540
+1%
 
Infrastructure Manager
£60,000
-2%
 £530
-2%
 
DevOps Manager
£85,000
0%
£680
+1%
 
Senior Network Manager
£65,000
-22%
£630
+12.5%
 
Security Manager
£65,000
-7%
£650
+3%
 
Senior Service Delivery Manager
£57,500
0%
 £530
0%
 
Service Desk Manager
£41,500
-2%
 £415
+17%
 
Database Manager
£50,000
-11%
 £695
-2%
 
Development Manager
£72,500
-3%
 £650
0%
 
E-Commerce Manager
£64,000
-1%
 £460
-8%
 
Systems Manager
£50,000
0%
 £515
-12%
 

 

Team – Permanent & Contracts

 
Permanent Salary
% Rate Change
Contract Rate
% Rate Change
1st Line Support
£26,000
+2%
£190
-1%
2nd Line Support
£31,000
-4%
£220
-1%
3rd Line Support
£39,000
0%
£330
-7%
Mac Engineer
£35,000
+3%
£225
-7%
Applications Support
£40,000
-20%
£450
-4%
Business Analyst
£52,500
0%
£530
-10%
Systems Analyst
£40,000
-3%
£442
-11%
Database Administrator
£50,000
0%
£530
+1%
.NET Development Team Leader
£73,000
-14%
£575
-14%
Service Desk Team Leader
£36,250
+4%
£300
-6%
Network Engineer
£50,000
0%
£470
0%
Infrastructure Engineer
£47,500
0%
£470
0%
Systems Architect
£72,500
0%
£690
-3%
Project Manager
£55,000
0%
£560
0%
Linux Administrator
£44,500
-1%
£570
+7%
Software Architect
£75,000
+7%
£650
0%
Snr Systems Administrator
£48,000
+3%
£420
0%
Snr Cisco Network Engineer
£73,750
+28%
£440
-22%
Network Security Engineer
£58,750
-2%
£475
-5%

 

*Contract Rate includes Langley James mark up fee. Which is an 18% mark up with a minimum £50.

As specialist recruiters in the IT market place, we network extensively with people to ensure we can find the top talent when companies are considering recruiting or have particular business issues they may need to address.

We have worked with a wealth of companies across the UK having saved them both time and money when recruiting for key positions in their teams.

If there is anything you would like assistance with, even just advice, or insight on anything recruitment related, please get in touch.

 

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