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Salary Benchmarking for IT jobs

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The average UK salary in the UK can be determined by a number of different factors including location, experience, education level and organisation.

This is often referred to as salary benchmarking, which is the process of comparing pay rates for similar positions that are affected by these factors. For example, an

IT consultant

Contractor
Hertfordshire · Real Staffing
Assessment Consultant
Permanent
Leeds · Viqu
Lead Data Consultant
Contractor
London · LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
OT Security Consultant
Contractor
Sunderland Enterprise Park · Viqu
Intune Consultant
may earn more working in London than working in Manchester as location can play a big part.

Technojobs have collated data for 8 popular IT jobs and have compared the salaries from working in London to the average UK salary or contractor daily rate.

Annual Salary Comparison

  Average UK Salary Average London Salary

Software Developer

Permanent
Cardiff · Companies House
Senior Software Developer
Permanent
United Kingdom · CGI
Software Developer - Space
Permanent
Leicester · Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd
Software Development Manager
Permanent
London · Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd
Software Development Manager
Permanent
Newcastle upon Tyne · Client Server
Software Developer - FinTech
£40,000 £47,000

IT Security Administrator

Permanent
City of London · Nexus Jobs Limited
IT Operations Platforms and Security Lead
Contractor
London · Viqu
Security Architect
£48,000 £50,000

Web Developer

Permanent
Central Saint Giles · Nexus Jobs Limited
Fullstack Web Developer
Permanent
Billericay · Client Server
Senior Web Developer JavaScript VXX XX XX XX XX
Permanent
Saffron Walden · Nexus Jobs Limited
Fullstack with C# Dot net HTML Web Software Developer
Permanent
Essex · Nexus Jobs Limited
Full Stack Software Developer with C# AXX XX XX XX XX
Permanent
Basildon · Nexus Jobs Limited
Full Stack Software Developer with C# AXX XX XX XX XX
£39,000 £46,000

IT Consultant

Contractor
Hertfordshire · Real Staffing
Assessment Consultant
Permanent
Leeds · Viqu
Lead Data Consultant
Contractor
London · LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
OT Security Consultant
Contractor
Sunderland Enterprise Park · Viqu
Intune Consultant
£50,000 £52,000

Database Analyst

£47,000 £57,000

Java Developer

Permanent
London · Starling Bank
Software Engineer - Java
Permanent
Cardiff · Starling Bank
Software Engineer - Java
Permanent
Greater Manchester · Starling Bank
Software Engineer - Java
Contractor
Northampton · LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Java Developer
Permanent
London · BAE Systems
Java Software Engineer
£52,000 £60,000

IT Support

Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Graduate Support Engineer
Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Graduate Support Engineer
Permanent
Filton · BAE Systems
Principal Support Engineer
Contractor
Mayo Support Center · Progressive
Site Manager
£25,000 £28,000

Project Manager

Permanent
Broad Oak · BAE Systems
Graduate Project Manager
Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Graduate Project Manager
Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Dreadnought Service Project Manager
Permanent
Portsmouth · BAE Systems
IT Project Manager
Contractor
London · Viqu
Project Manager
£52,000 £60,000

Contractor's Daily Rate Comparison

  Average UK Daily Rate Average London Daily Rate

Software Developer

Permanent
Cardiff · Companies House
Senior Software Developer
Permanent
United Kingdom · CGI
Software Developer - Space
Permanent
Leicester · Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd
Software Development Manager
Permanent
London · Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd
Software Development Manager
Permanent
Newcastle upon Tyne · Client Server
Software Developer - FinTech
£350 £425

IT Security Administrator

£400 £425

Web Developer

Permanent
Central Saint Giles · Nexus Jobs Limited
Fullstack Web Developer
Permanent
Billericay · Client Server
Senior Web Developer JavaScript VXX XX XX XX XX
Permanent
Saffron Walden · Nexus Jobs Limited
Fullstack with C# Dot net HTML Web Software Developer
Permanent
Essex · Nexus Jobs Limited
Full Stack Software Developer with C# AXX XX XX XX XX
Permanent
Basildon · Nexus Jobs Limited
Full Stack Software Developer with C# AXX XX XX XX XX
£350 £400

IT Consultant

Contractor
Hertfordshire · Real Staffing
Assessment Consultant
Permanent
Leeds · Viqu
Lead Data Consultant
Contractor
London · LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
OT Security Consultant
Contractor
Sunderland Enterprise Park · Viqu
Intune Consultant
£450 £475

Database Analyst

£380 £400

Java Developer

Permanent
London · Starling Bank
Software Engineer - Java
Permanent
Cardiff · Starling Bank
Software Engineer - Java
Permanent
Greater Manchester · Starling Bank
Software Engineer - Java
Contractor
Northampton · LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Java Developer
Permanent
London · BAE Systems
Java Software Engineer
£500 £520

IT Support

Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Graduate Support Engineer
Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Graduate Support Engineer
Permanent
Filton · BAE Systems
Principal Support Engineer
Contractor
Mayo Support Center · Progressive
Site Manager
£170 £180

Project Manager

Permanent
Broad Oak · BAE Systems
Graduate Project Manager
Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Graduate Project Manager
Permanent
Lancaster · BAE Systems
Dreadnought Service Project Manager
Permanent
Portsmouth · BAE Systems
IT Project Manager
Contractor
London · Viqu
Project Manager
£440 £480

All information and figures are provided by Technojobs data. 

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