IT salaries
- Average IT salary over £33,000!
- Earnings rise quickly
- Become self-employed in time
Call us FREE on
0800 083 0261
0800 083 0261
| Typical Career | Support Desk Technician | Support Analyst |
|---|---|---|
| Earnings Potential | Up to £22,000 pa | Up to £26,000 pa |
| Activities | Working with end users resolving day to day problems and troubleshooting | Working with end users resolving more complex issues, supporting operating systems and desktops. |
See our Support Professional career track for more information
| Typical Career | Support Analyst | Web Designer | Senior Web Designer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Potential | Up to £26,000 pa | Up to £30,000 pa | Up to £43,000 pa |
| Activities | Working with end users resolving more complex issues, supporting operating systems and desktops. | Heading up web design projects, client or server side | Understanding client brand values and interpreting them as creative concepts. Developing secure solutions for companies who trade via the web |
See our Website Design Professional career track for more information.
| Typical Career | Network Administrator | Network Engineer | Systems Architect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Potential | Up to £35,000 pa | Up to £45,000 pa | Up to £55,000 pa |
| Activities | Administration and maintenance of Microsoft networks, working with the Network Manager. | Strategic management and development of networks and security | Technology management, technical and infrastructure operations and security across businesses |
See our Network Professional career track for more information.
| Typical Career | Web Application Developer | Senior Web Application Developer |
|---|---|---|
| Earnings Potential | Up to £28,000 pa | Up to £40,000 pa |
| Activities | Working as part of a development team involved in developing software solutions | Working as a senior member of the web development team to develop, define and implement innovative web based solutions and development strategies |
See our Programming Professional career track for more information
| Typical Career | Support Analyst | Database Administrator | Senior Database Administrator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings Potential | Up to £26,000 pa | Up to £32,000 pa | Up to £40,000 pa |
| Activities | Working with end users resolving more complex issues, supporting operating systems and desktops. | Assisting the Senior DBA in the administration, support and maintenance of databases | Ensuring the integrity and security of the database. Controlling access and ensuring data flow within the business |
See our Database Administrator Professional career track for more information
NOTE: All salary statistics on this page are taken from the 2008 Benchmark of Salaries & Employment Trends in IT report published by the National Computing Centre.
The demand for IT professionals remains high despite the economic downturn, so IT salaries and related benefits are amongst the highest of any industry sector in the UK. As well as basic pay, IT salaries are supplemented by pension benefits, private medical insurance, expenses and bonus plans.
Of course experience pays, but first-time entrants are also in-demand as there are insufficient numbers of qualified professionals to satisfy the ever-growing number of IT projects.
You may have to be realistic in terms of your first IT salary, but remuneration rises quickly in-line with experience, so getting a foot on the ladder is the all important task.
Our unique Careers Service is available to all Computeach students and ensures you receive the job hunting support when you need it.
Computeach people are now working in hundreds of top organisations, including:
Salary statistics can be open to interpretation. Some advertisers are seeking experience and nearly all are seeking professional certification. The latter is something you can gain with Computeach and of course your experience will develop in time.
The following IT salaries are typical examples by job type.
