I.T Job offer, low paid?

edinburgher

£22k is great for 6 months experience. While you might be able to add value with additional extras, that's the sort of thing that will help determine your *next* job and salary. You're being paid to complete admin work - while your additional competencies might mean you can do more than just admin, they're probably considered by the employer as a 'nice to have', not a fundamental part of your role. Patience! IT moves fast, but 6 months is still a short time

[Deleted User]

It seems an expectable salary given your experience. If you want good money out of 'software implementation' then you need to get into consultancy. Lean how to setup Sharepoint, Confluence ect. and you can be pushing yourself into jobs paying £40k+

fairy_lights

That sounds more than fair as a starting salary, considering your experience.
The junior IT guys I work with do lots of very complicated techy type stuff and earn about that.

szam_

Agree with others, 6 months is not a background.

My first IT job (now 8 years ago) paid about £11,000, and required more technical skills than an administrator such as the one you are describing.

I was just happy to get my foot in the door of the industry to gain working experience.

Had I been offered 20k at the time, I'd had asked if it was some sort of prank.

21k is about right with only 6 months experience judging from jobs I've seen around the Manchester area (city based). I know people at my current place on the same or less and require more technical skills (because I trained some of them).

directdebiter

Average UK salary for IT administrator is £27k.
However also depends on level of role, package, location etc etc
For 6 months experince it sounds ok - I would also look at where thos job is going to take you in the future to see if worthwhile - e..g. is it a good stepping stone ?

Polarbeary

If that's outside London, that seems pretty good for 6 months experience!

xapprenticex

averages dont apply to the real world

shortcrust

Take it, learn stuff, make yourself valuable and get more money from them or get more money from someone else. I now work in the NHS and people who've studied for four years plus to be health profs might not be earning 22k after six months. You have to earn it! Work hard and start doing stuff that other people can't or don't do. I used to work in IT and often got big pay rises within a few months after starting with a new employer.

Doshwaster

xapprenticex wrote: »

averages dont apply to the real world

Especially with a job title such as "IT Administrator" which could mean anything from simple tasks such as creating new accounts and doing backups right through to designing and implementing whole corporate systems.

bluesnake

duckobsession, if you want more money like the £650-1200 the contractors I work with get you have to (1) Select the right area of skill (2) Skill up - train yourself, or go to training - get certification (3) Get relevant experience, because certification is not enough (4) have the personality, attitude, vision and intelligence to do the job (5) self belief, and be the best (6) luck and be 'around' at the right time.

Luck, skill and being personable go along way, and seem to work hand-in-hand.

(7) IT is not a job, but an obsession. Good IT people play with system at home. Many virtualize work environment and implement things in advance to make them look easy and go smooth. It is often more than a just a work thing.

If you are very organised and not that technical - do Project Management and get paid more than most IT jobs and is 9-5. Not that organised, but ok, then do ITIL and get paid more than most IT jobs and too is 9-5.