Dear Subscribers

This month, I am very excited to launch our 2025 IT in Education Salary Survey!

Click here to take our 2025 Salary Survey!

Having previously run this in 2020 and 2023, this will be our third salary survey for the sector, a very important benchmark on IT salaries as well as working arrangements and benefits within
educational settings.

The last few years have seen significant change, starting with the pandemic, when all schools were forced to rapidly adapt to online learning and new technologies, to now where we’re seeing roles advertised for Data Transformation Lead, roles including AI skills and new roles like Learning Technologist. 

Running IT in education could mean a role in a small primary school, a large secondary school or, a Multi-Academy Trust or Independent School Groups with numerous schools spanning several geographical sites. The role of IT Director or IT Manager can be extremely wide ranging and incorporate a diverse skill set, not least being agile, learning new skills as technologies emerge, and being comfortable explaining sometimes complex technologies in a clear and succinct way to the various stakeholders. 

Schools simply couldn’t operate without IT!

Specialist Recruitment

As a specialist recruiter within IT, Data and Finance in Educational settings, we believe it is important for those working in the sector to have clarity on salaries and information on working patterns and trends to inform them when looking for their next IT role. One of the key deciding factors in any job is the salary.

Of course, there are many other important factors too but, having knowledge across the sector on where to pitch yourself and your unique skill set allows a candidate to go into an interview with a strong negotiating position.

Aside from informing individuals, our survey takes a look at the wider picture as we are able to send it to our extensive database of IT candidates built up over more than ten years. This gives us a strong picture of the sector and how individuals are feeling about their roles, the changes coming along, changes in working arrangements and so on.

As this is our third survey, we will also be in a position to draw out important trends from our reports relating to the last 5-years. We hope to be in a position to be able to see indicators of what is to come through the feedback we receive.

What does the ESP Salary Survey cover?

Our Salary Survey, as you would expect, has salary at its core.

In addition we cover questions on other important elements, such as – pension arrangements, working arrangements and hours, flexibility (remote, hybrid, etc), working patterns (term time only, or also in the holidays?), full time or part time, and so on. This and other vital information will come out of the survey to ensure we get a well rounded picture of IT in Education.

We will send our follow up report including trends and full analysis to everyone who takes our salary survey by the middle of March.

Our Sponsors MSP LAB

We would like to thank MSP LAB for being our Survey Sponsor this year. MSP LAB eliminates digital headaches and delivers exceptional IT to prestigious schools through their distinct and attentive counsel.

Founded by Adam and Dean, it is built upon their shared values and passion for the Independent School market. They are The IT Authority for Independent Schools.

Learn more about MSP LAB here.

Data Security

Reporting of responses will be entirely anonymous and we treat all data with the respect and security that you would expect. Our privacy policy is available here www.esp-recruit.co.uk/privacy-policy.

We will never disclose information provided to us in relation to an individual’s name or an institution’s name.

Take the Survey

To take our 2025 It in Education Salary Survey, please click here. We will send our follow up report including trends and full analysis to everyone who takes our salary survey by the beginning of March.

We do hope you find this useful and informative.