Average IT Support wage?

y2viks

y2viks

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Hi,

Is there any site where I can find out the average salary for an IT Support guy? I'm pretty sure it'll be higher in some parts of the country then others, but is there a site which can give me a ballpark figure.

Need some ammunition for a meeting i'm having soon :D

Thanks

Viks
 
Surely its down to experience, location, size of the company etc....

Experience being the most determining factor.
 
y2viks said:
Hi,

Is there any site where I can find out the average salary for an IT Support guy? I'm pretty sure it'll be higher in some parts of the country then others, but is there a site which can give me a ballpark figure.

Need some ammunition for a meeting i'm having soon :D

Thanks

Viks
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Like said it can vary wildly :)

Ranges from 11k for Northern Helpdesk roles to 6 figure salarys for CCIE's in London imo :) BTW that is not a dig at Northern people :p
 
'IT Support Guy' is far to broader title, as has been said anything from minimum wage to 60k a year could be considered IT support. If it's bog standard firtline helpdesk stuff supporting end users deskyops/office 14k is not unusual, it then scales with skills and responsibilities etc.
 
Teledude said:
Like said it can vary wildly :)

Ranges from 11k for Northern Helpdesk roles to 6 figure salarys for CCIE's in London imo :) BTW that is not a dig at Northern people :p
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Nay prob lad... 11k tis nuff ta feed our pigeons an buy enuff pints fer tha year. Wife has some n'all fer housekeepin like. New cap n pipe once-year tis enuff fer us!
 
Sorry about that, that was pretty vague.

I would say i worked for a small-mid sized company, been there for 2 years and i'm based in East Anglia.

I do pretty much anything required from building a PC to creating servers and administrating Citrix, Exchange etc...

Thanks

Viks
 
y2viks said:
Hi,

Is there any site where I can find out the average salary for an IT Support guy? I'm pretty sure it'll be higher in some parts of the country then others, but is there a site which can give me a ballpark figure.

Need some ammunition for a meeting i'm having soon :D

Thanks

Viks
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I think for a basic tech support job it's probably around 13-16k depending on the region... but for a good company in London and the south (and the North if said company has offices up there) then you can expect to be on ~19-22k. :)

y2viks said:
I would say i worked for a small-mid sized company, been there for 2 years and i'm based in East Anglia.

I do pretty much anything required from building a PC to creating servers and administrating Citrix, Exchange etc...
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I'd say at least 19-20k for that.
 
The Computing Careers site and the BCS sites both have salary survey results you can look things up in, although the latter only for 2005.

The first one will allow you to breakdown by skill and geographic area, (and yes I am under paid by it :( ).
 
Im 1st line IT support. Mainly user support for college students and staff, with a bit of teaching video editing but sometimes also reimaging machines, using Novell console1 etc etc. I started on about 11.5K, and im now on 13.5k after a year and a bit. Its not great, but the experience is more than good. :)
 
AtreuS said:
Nay prob lad... 11k tis nuff ta feed our pigeons an buy enuff pints fer tha year. Wife has some n'all fer housekeepin like. New cap n pipe once-year tis enuff fer us!
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Proper yorkshire liek

Ey up lad!

Hmmm i might be looking into the same job when i finish college

Dno if its really that enjoyable liek, cant be in a job and being sad.
 
y2viks said:
Sorry about that, that was pretty vague.

I would say i worked for a small-mid sized company, been there for 2 years and i'm based in East Anglia.

I do pretty much anything required from building a PC to creating servers and administrating Citrix, Exchange etc...

Thanks

Viks
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£15k if you're lucky.
 
Can't believe how low some of these salaries are.

I've been doing this for 4 years and would say £25-£30k depending on experience for that sort of thing and if SE England.

Even my junior technician started on £21k with no experience.
 
Over Clocker said:
Can't believe how low some of these salaries are.

I've been doing this for 4 years and would say £25-£30k depending on experience for that sort of thing and if SE England.

Even my junior technician started on £21k with no experience.
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It really does depend on the company though... large multi-national companies will pay that... but many smaller ones won't.
 
Over Clocker said:
This was a local secondary school.

I'm now running my own small company though, but still, by the time I left the school I was on about £33k.
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I'd say that your experience is not typical, and that the school and possibly your own company are paying more than they need to. Why £21k for a junior technician? Why not £20k, or £19k? Or £15k?
 
Seen many school/university junior IT jobs starting on 15/16k... i'd say a junior starting on 21k with no experience is either an exaggeration, or a complete extreme. Can't think why you'd pay a complete rookie with no experience that sort of wage...
 
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