IT Systems Administrator Jobs in Birmingham

IT System Administrator
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT System Administrator salary in Birmingham is £35,248 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
19 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 - 190
Rank change year-on-year - - -52
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 16 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.59% - 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 16 0 2
10th Percentile £29,000 - £51,425
25th Percentile £30,750 - £51,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,248 - £52,750
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.71%
75th Percentile £44,500 - £53,563
90th Percentile - - £53,675
West Midlands median annual salary £35,500 £27,750 £52,750
% change year-on-year +27.93% -47.39% +50.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,541 1,895 3,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 93.49% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,078 1,440 2,390
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,538 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured IT Systems Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in Birmingham

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in Birmingham.

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in Birmingham

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, IT Systems Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (68.75%) Wiki
2 11 (68.75%) Firewall
3 10 (62.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (62.50%) Perl
3 10 (62.50%) Python
3 10 (62.50%) LAN
3 10 (62.50%) WAN
3 10 (62.50%) PowerShell
3 10 (62.50%) Patch Management
4 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 4 (25.00%) Azure
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
6 3 (18.75%) Local Government
7 2 (12.50%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (12.50%) Windows
7 2 (12.50%) Linux
7 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (6.25%) Aruba
8 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
8 1 (6.25%) Data Centre Operations
8 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
8 1 (6.25%) Telecoms

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) Firewall
2 10 (62.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 10 (62.50%) LAN
2 10 (62.50%) WAN
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Local Government
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Wiki
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (62.50%) Patch Management
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.25%) Data Centre Operations
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) Perl
1 10 (62.50%) PowerShell
1 10 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Aruba
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