October 2025 North West IT Salary & Contractor Rates

Job Title Yearly Salary
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Median		 Yearly Salary
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Day Rate
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Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
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IT Support & Administration 🛠️            
             
IT Support – Service Desk £24,000 £29,500 £35,000 £200 £275 £325
2nd Line Support – Service Desk £28,000 £35,000 £42,000 £250 £325 £375
3rd Line Support £38,000 £46,000 £55,000 £325 £425 £500
Mac Engineer £30,000 £37,000 £44,000 £250 £325 £375
Applications Support £35,000 £43,000 £52,000 £300 £400 £500
IT Analyst £38,000 £47,000 £55,000 £300 £400 £500
M365 Administrator £35,000 £45,000 £55,000 £300 £375 £450
             
Specialist & Engineering 💻 Yearly Salary
Low		 Yearly Salary
Median		 Yearly Salary
High 		 Contractor
Day Rate
Low		 Contractor
Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
High
             
Business Analyst £40,000 £50,000 £60,000 £350 £450 £550
Systems Analyst £38,000 £48,000 £58,000 £325 £425 £525
Database Administrator £40,000 £49,500 £60,000 £350 £450 £550
Network Engineer £42,000 £52,500 £65,000 £375 £475 £575
Infrastructure Engineer £38,000 £49,000 £60,000 £350 £450 £550
Snr Systems Administrator £50,000 £60,000 £75,000 £400 £500 £650
Snr Network Engineer £50,000 £60,000 £75,000 £400 £500 £650
Network Security Engineer £45,000 £57,500 £70,000 £400 £500 £600
Cloud Engineer £42,500 £55,000 £75,000 £400 £525 £650
Data Analyst £38,000 £47,500 £60,000 £350 £450 £550
Artificial Intelligence Engineer £50,000 £65,000 £85,000 £500 £650 £800
Cyber Security Engineer £48,000 £60,000 £75,000 £450 £550 £700
Data Governance £45,000 £58,000 £70,000 £400 £500 £600
             
Management & Leadership 📈 Yearly Salary
Low		 Yearly Salary
Median		 Yearly Salary
High 		 Contractor
Day Rate
Low		 Contractor
Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
High
             
Systems Architect £50,000 £65,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £700
IT Project Manager £45,000 £55,000 £65,000 £400 £500 £600
Service Desk Team Leader £35,000 £45,000 £55,000 £300 £400 £500
Director of IT £70,000 £90,000 £110,000 £550 £700 £850
Head of IT £65,000 £82,500 £100,000 £500 £650 £800
Digital Transformation Director £70,000 £95,000 £115,000 £600 £750 £900
Manager of IT £50,000 £65,000 £80,000 £400 £550 £650
Infrastructure Manager £48,000 £62,500 £75,000 £400 £500 £600
DevOps Manager £60,000 £75,000 £90,000 £500 £600 £750
Network Manager £48,000 £62,500 £75,000 £400 £500 £600
Cyber Security Manager £55,000 £70,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £700
Service Delivery Manager £48,000 £60,000 £75,000 £350 £450 £550
Service Desk Manager £40,000 £50,000 £62,500 £300 £400 £500
Database Manager £48,000 £60,000 £75,000 £400 £500 £600
Systems Manager £50,000 £65,000 £80,000 £400 £525 £650
Head of Information Security £80,000 £105,000 £130,000 £550 £750 £900
Operations Manager of IT £50,000 £65,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £700

 

If your company is thinking of hiring, do it now. As demand rises, so too with the rates of pay and the difficulty levels of attracting and securing the right talent.

If, however, your company is slowing down – beware! If your IT staff start to feel insecure, talent competitors and recruiters will find it very easy to persuade your staff to interview elsewhere. Despite the stress and negativity that may exist, take the time to focus on reassuring your team and, where appropriate, reward their loyalty. It’s a false economy to avoid salary increases for your best people. Doing so risks leave yourself vulnerable to losing key staff and the larger costs in both time and money of replacing them.

Should you be considering recruitment or simply would like some advice on anything recruitment related, please do not hesitate to give us a call and see how we can really help you to Recruit Someone Worth Recruiting.

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