IT Administrator Jobs in Birmingham

IT Administrator
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median IT Administrator salary in Birmingham is £35,050 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 129 129
Rank change year-on-year +27 0 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 2 17 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.14% 0.62% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.65% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 1
10th Percentile £32,215 £26,400 -
25th Percentile £33,138 £29,000 £22,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,050 £34,995 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +55.53% -42.68%
75th Percentile £37,338 £44,500 £22,750
90th Percentile £38,485 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £26,500 £34,995 £35,000
% change year-on-year -24.27% -0.01% +12.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,326 2,602 1,799
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 94.38% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 773 2,116 1,376
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,997 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,500 £84,964 £82,125
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in Birmingham

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in Birmingham

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, IT 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 Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Wiki
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Vendor Relationship Management
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X

IT 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
1 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Vendor Relationship Management