Administrator Jobs in the Midlands

Administrator
England > Midlands

The median Administrator salary in the Midlands is £37,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 June 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 123 168
Rank change year-on-year -57 +45 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 69 274 149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.03% 1.90% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 2.01% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 44 212 106
10th Percentile £25,113 £22,000 £17,375
25th Percentile £25,625 £26,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% - -8.82%
75th Percentile £51,110 £52,500 £52,188
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £53,530
England median annual salary £40,046 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +14.42% -26.32% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,145 13,606 7,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 94.22% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,842 9,622 4,502
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,688 £60,748 £66,925
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands -25 45 £33,750 -10.00% 187
West Midlands -37 24 £42,500 +6.25% 240
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 June 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 27 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (28.99%) Finance
4 19 (27.54%) SQL
5 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
6 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Excel
7 15 (21.74%) Data Analysis
8 14 (20.29%) Asset Management
8 14 (20.29%) Azure
8 14 (20.29%) IT Asset Management
9 13 (18.84%) Software Asset Management
9 13 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (18.84%) Cost Management
10 12 (17.39%) Customer Service
10 12 (17.39%) Data Management
11 11 (15.94%) SQL Server
12 10 (14.49%) Oracle
13 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (13.04%) Data Quality
13 9 (13.04%) SAP
13 9 (13.04%) Linux
13 9 (13.04%) Law
13 9 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
13 9 (13.04%) Analytics
14 8 (11.59%) Data Structures
14 8 (11.59%) Management Information System
14 8 (11.59%) T-SQL
14 8 (11.59%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (11.59%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (11.59%) Reverse Engineering

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.45%) CMS
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (7.25%) NetSuite
3 2 (2.90%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Azure
2 4 (5.80%) AWS
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.90%) SaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.45%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) Firewall
1 1 (1.45%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (1.45%) LAN
1 1 (1.45%) PBX
1 1 (1.45%) SAN
1 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.59%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (11.59%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (11.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 8 (11.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (10.14%) Data Lake
4 3 (4.35%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.90%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (2.90%) SAP HANA
6 1 (1.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle Forms
General
1 27 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (28.99%) Finance
4 9 (13.04%) Law
5 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.35%) Billing
6 3 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.35%) Retail
7 2 (2.90%) Advertising
7 2 (2.90%) Legal
7 2 (2.90%) Local Government
7 2 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.45%) Back Office
8 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.45%) Police
8 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) Middleware
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (2.90%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 1 (1.45%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) Data Structures
1 8 (11.59%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.25%) Pricing Data
3 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (2.90%) NHS
3 2 (2.90%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.45%) FMCG
4 1 (1.45%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.45%) Replication
4 1 (1.45%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Linux
2 5 (7.25%) Windows
3 4 (5.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (5.80%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
4 2 (2.90%) AIX
4 2 (2.90%) Unix
5 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Data Analysis
2 14 (20.29%) Asset Management
2 14 (20.29%) IT Asset Management
3 13 (18.84%) Cost Management
3 13 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (18.84%) Software Asset Management
4 12 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 12 (17.39%) Data Management
5 9 (13.04%) Analytics
5 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (11.59%) Reverse Engineering
7 7 (10.14%) Agile
7 7 (10.14%) Decision-Making
7 7 (10.14%) ETL
8 6 (8.70%) Data Protection
8 6 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
9 5 (7.25%) CRM
9 5 (7.25%) Data Entry
9 5 (7.25%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (27.54%) SQL
2 8 (11.59%) T-SQL
3 4 (5.80%) Bash
4 3 (4.35%) PL/SQL
4 3 (4.35%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.90%) Korn
Qualifications
1 4 (5.80%) DBS Check
1 4 (5.80%) Degree
2 2 (2.90%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.45%) OCA
3 1 (1.45%) OCP
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.80%) GDPR
3 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.80%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.90%) Docker
2 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Red Hat Satellite
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
2 2 (2.90%) Ansible
2 2 (2.90%) Grafana
2 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.90%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (2.90%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (24.64%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.49%) Oracle
3 9 (13.04%) SAP
4 5 (7.25%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.80%) IBM
5 4 (5.80%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.80%) VMware
6 2 (2.90%) RedGate
6 2 (2.90%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.45%) IFS
7 1 (1.45%) Ubiquiti