October 2025 UK IT 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
Support & Administration 🛠️            
             
IT Support – Service Desk £26,000 £33,000 £40,000 £225 £300 £375
2nd Line Support – Service Desk £32,000 £40,000 £50,000 £275 £350 £425
3rd Line Support £42,000 £52,000 £65,000 £350 £475 £575
Mac Engineer £33,000 £40,000 £48,000 £260 £340 £410
Applications Support £37,000 £48,000 £60,000 £325 £425 £525
IT Analyst £40,000 £50,000 £60,000 £300 £400 £500
M365 Administrator £38,000 £48,000 £58,000 £325 £400 £475
             
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 £42,000 £55,000 £72,000 £375 £475 £575
Systems Analyst £40,000 £50,000 £62,000 £350 £450 £550
Database Administrator £42,000 £54,000 £66,000 £375 £475 £575
Network Engineer £45,000 £57,000 £70,000 £400 £500 £600
Infrastructure Engineer £42,000 £52,000 £65,000 £375 £475 £575
Snr Systems Administrator £55,000 £68,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £700
Snr Network Engineer £55,000 £68,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £700
Network Security Engineer £50,000 £62,500 £75,000 £425 £525 £650
Cloud Engineer £55,000 £70,000 £90,000 £475 £600 £750
Data Analyst £40,000 £50,000 £65,000 £375 £475 £575
Artificial Intelligence Engineer £60,000 £80,000 £100,000 £550 £700 £850
Cyber Security Engineer £55,000 £70,000 £85,000 £500 £600 £750
Data Governance £50,000 £65,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £700
             
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 £60,000 £75,000 £95,000 £500 £600 £800
IT Project Manager £48,000 £60,000 £75,000 £425 £525 £650
Service Desk Team Leader £38,000 £47,000 £58,000 £325 £400 £475
Director of IT £85,000 £100,000 £125,000 £650 £800 £950
Head of IT £70,000 £85,000 £100,000 £550 £700 £850
Digital Transformation Director £85,000 £110,000 £140,000 £700 £850 £1,050
Manager of IT £60,000 £78,000 £95,000 £475 £600 £750
Infrastructure Manager £55,000 £70,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £650
DevOps Manager £65,000 £85,000 £100,000 £550 £700 £850
Network Manager £55,000 £70,000 £85,000 £450 £550 £650
Cyber Security Manager £60,000 £75,000 £90,000 £475 £575 £700
Service Delivery Manager £55,000 £65,000 £80,000 £400 £525 £650
Service Desk Manager £42,000 £50,000 £60,000 £325 £400 £475
Database Manager £50,000 £62,000 £75,000 £450 £550 £650
Systems Manager £55,000 £68,000 £85,000 £450 £575 £700
Head of Information Security £90,000 £115,000 £140,000 £600 £800 £950
Operations Manager of IT £55,000 £70,000 £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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