The base salary is the smallest part. Employment costs, tool subscriptions, reactive firefighting, and a 27-day annual coverage gap turn a £50,000 hire into a significantly larger financial commitment. Here's the full picture.
Your Internal IT Setup
Total headcount requiring IT support.
Gross annual salary before employer costs.
Covers employer NI, pension, and office overhead. UK typical: 1.2–1.4.
Monthly IT tooling: endpoint, monitoring, backup, licensing.
Proportion of time firefighting vs. proactive improvement.
True Cost Breakdown
Direct Monthly Cost
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Salary load + tooling. Before the efficiency gap or coverage gap.
Efficiency Gap
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Monthly cost consumed by reactive firefighting — fixing yesterday's problems rather than preventing tomorrow's.
Coverage Gap — 27 Days ◆ 10.7% of your working year
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Monthly cost equivalent of days when no IT cover exists. No fallback. No escalation path.
27 days = UK average leave + sickness. Based on daily salary load × 50% disruption factor.
Total Internal Financial Weight
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Per month — the full picture, not just the salary line.
BOOM Managed IT — Same Coverage
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£60 per user / month · Full managed infrastructure · Evidenced controls · 27-day gap eliminated
The numbers have spoken. Let's talk about what comes next.
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