November 2025 North West IT, Tech and AI Salary & Contractor Rates

Job Title Yearly Salary
Low		 Yearly Salary
Median		 Yearly Salary
High 		 Contractor
Day Rate
Low		 Contractor
Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
High
IT Support & Administration 🛠️            
             
IT Support – Service Desk £28,000 £34,000 £40,000 £250 £300 £375
2nd Line Support £32,000 £39,000 £48,000 £275 £350 £425
3rd Line Support £42,000 £52,000 £65,000 £350 £450 £550
Applications Support £38,000 £48,000 £60,000 £325 £425 £525
IT Analyst £38,000 £48,000 £60,000 £325 £425 £525
Mac Engineer £33,000 £40,000 £48,000 £275 £350 £425
Service Desk Team Leader £37,000 £45,000 £55,000 £325 £400 £475
             
Infrastructure & Systems 💻 Yearly Salary
Low		 Yearly Salary
Median		 Yearly Salary
High 		 Contractor
Day Rate
Low		 Contractor
Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
High
             
Cloud Architect (AWS/Azure) £75,000 £95,000 £125,000 £600 £800 £1,050
Cyber Security Analyst £45,000 £60,000 £80,000 £400 £550 £700
DevOps Engineer £60,000 £80,000 £105,000 £500 £700 £900
Field Service Engineer £28,000 £34,000 £42,000 £230 £300 £375
Infrastructure Engineer £45,000 £58,000 £75,000 £375 £500 £625
Linux Administrator £40,000 £50,000 £65,000 £350 £450 £575
Network Engineer £45,000 £55,000 £70,000 £375 £500 £625
Network Security Engineer £55,000 £70,000 £90,000 £450 £600 £750
Senior Cisco Engineer £60,000 £75,000 £95,000 £450 £600 £750
Senior Systems Administrator £50,000 £63,000 £80,000 £400 £550 £700
Storage & Backup Engineer £44,000 £56,000 £70,000 £375 £475 £600
Systems Architect £60,000 £78,000 £100,000 £500 £650 £800
Virtualisation Specialist (VMware/Hyper-V) £50,000 £65,000 £80,000 £400 £550 £700
VOIP/Telephony Engineer £36,000 £46,000 £60,000 £325 £425 £525
             
Management & Leadership 📈 Yearly Salary
Low		 Yearly Salary
Median		 Yearly Salary
High 		 Contractor
Day Rate
Low		 Contractor
Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
High
Chief Information Officer (CIO) £100,000 £150,000 £200,000 £750 £1,100 £1,400
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) £110,000 £160,000 £210,000 £750 £1,100 £1,400
CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) £100,000 £130,000 £170,000 £700 £900 £1,200
Development Manager £70,000 £95,000 £125,000 £550 £750 £950
Governance Manager (IT/Data) £70,000 £88,000 £110,000 £500 £700 £900
Head of IT £70,000 £95,000 £120,000 £600 £800 £1,000
Infrastructure Manager £60,000 £80,000 £100,000 £500 £650 £850
IT Director £90,000 £125,000 £170,000 £650 £850 £1,100
IT Manager £55,000 £72,000 £90,000 £450 £600 £750
             
Development & Data Yearly Salary
Low		 Yearly Salary
Median		 Yearly Salary
High 		 Contractor
Day Rate
Low		 Contractor
Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
High
             
AI Product Manager £65,000 £85,000 £110,000 £450 £700 £900
BI Developer £40,000 £55,000 £70,000 £350 £475 £600
Data Scientist £60,000 £80,000 £105,000 £450 £650 £850
Database Administrator (DBA) £45,000 £60,000 £75,000 £400 £525 £650
Development Team Leader £65,000 £85,000 £110,000 £500 £700 £850
Front End Developer (React/Angular) £45,000 £60,000 £80,000 £375 £500 £650
Full Stack Developer £53,000 £70,000 £95,000 £425 £575 £750
MLOps Engineer £70,000 £90,000 £120,000 £500 £700 £950
QA/Test Analyst £35,000 £45,000 £60,000 £325 £425 £550
Senior Developer £65,000 £85,000 £110,000 £500 £650 £820
Software Architect £70,000 £90,000 £120,000 £550 £750 £950
Software Developer (.NET/Java/Python) £48,000 £65,000 £85,000 £400 £550 £680
             
Project, Business & Service Management Yearly Salary
Low		 Yearly Salary
Median		 Yearly Salary
High 		 Contractor
Day Rate
Low		 Contractor
Day Rate
Median		 Contractor
Day Rate
High
             
Business Analyst £45,000 £60,000 £75,000 £350 £475 £600
Change Manager £55,000 £70,000 £90,000 £450 £600 £750
E-Commerce Manager £50,000 £65,000 £85,000 £375 £500 £650
IT Project Manager £50,000 £65,000 £80,000 £400 £500 £600
ITIL Process Manager £50,000 £65,000 £80,000 £400 £525 £650
Product Owner £60,000 £78,000 £95,000 £450 £600 £750
Programme Manager £70,000 £95,000 £120,000 £550 £750 £950
Scrum Master £50,000 £65,000 £80,000 £400 £550 £700
Service Delivery Manager £50,000 £65,000 £85,000 £400 £550 £700
Systems Analyst £40,000 £55,000 £70,000 £350 £450 £575
Training Manager (IT) £40,000 £52,000 £65,000 £300 £400 £500

 

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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