Administrator Job Trends in the Midlands

Administrator
England > Midlands

The median Administrator salary in the Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 153 132
Rank change year-on-year +71 -21 +17
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 229 72 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.72% 1.28% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 1.41% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 159 46 165
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% +0.63% +3.23%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,829 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £61,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -21.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,626 5,110 12,048
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 90.62% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8,812 3,240 8,288
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,391 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Administrator
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the Midlands

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

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 18 July 2026. 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 +43 122 £40,000 +42.86% 14
West Midlands +55 107 £36,250 -32.48% 19
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 July 2026, Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 46 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 36 (15.72%) CRM
3 34 (14.85%) SQL
4 30 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (10.92%) Active Directory
6 24 (10.48%) Hyper-V
7 23 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
8 22 (9.61%) Security Cleared
9 19 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (8.30%) Salesforce
10 18 (7.86%) Firewall
10 18 (7.86%) Logistics
10 18 (7.86%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (7.42%) HubSpot
12 16 (6.99%) Azure
12 16 (6.99%) GDPR
12 16 (6.99%) SC Cleared
13 15 (6.55%) Microsoft Exchange
14 14 (6.11%) Internet
14 14 (6.11%) SharePoint
15 13 (5.68%) Data Analysis
15 13 (5.68%) ERP
15 13 (5.68%) Linux
15 13 (5.68%) Patch Management
16 12 (5.24%) Data Entry
16 12 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
16 12 (5.24%) SAP
17 11 (4.80%) AWS
18 10 (4.37%) Analytics
18 10 (4.37%) High Availability

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (6.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.62%) WordPress
4 1 (0.44%) Mendix
Applications
1 23 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.37%) iTrent
2 7 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 30 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (6.99%) Azure
3 11 (4.80%) AWS
4 9 (3.93%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.49%) Mimecast
6 6 (2.62%) GitHub
6 6 (2.62%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.75%) SaaS
8 2 (0.87%) GCP
9 1 (0.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.44%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.44%) dbt
9 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.44%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.86%) Firewall
2 14 (6.11%) Internet
3 9 (3.93%) Network Security
4 8 (3.49%) DNS
4 8 (3.49%) SAN
5 7 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.62%) DHCP
6 6 (2.62%) Wireless
7 3 (1.31%) VPN
8 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.44%) Broadband
9 1 (0.44%) VLAN
9 1 (0.44%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.37%) SAP HANA
2 8 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.62%) Power BI
4 4 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.31%) GIS
5 3 (1.31%) MySQL
5 3 (1.31%) Power Query
5 3 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.44%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.62%) Git
General
1 28 (12.23%) Social Skills
2 16 (6.99%) Finance
3 11 (4.80%) Marketing
3 11 (4.80%) Retail
4 10 (4.37%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.62%) Multimedia
7 5 (2.18%) Legal
8 4 (1.75%) Billing
8 4 (1.75%) Games
8 4 (1.75%) German Language
9 3 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.31%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.44%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.62%) CSS
1 6 (2.62%) HTML
2 5 (2.18%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.48%) Clustering
2 7 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.31%) Replication
3 3 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
4 2 (0.87%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (0.44%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.44%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.44%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.44%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.68%) Linux
2 10 (4.37%) Windows
3 7 (3.06%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.31%) Debian
6 2 (0.87%) CentOS
6 2 (0.87%) Solaris
6 2 (0.87%) Unix
7 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (15.72%) CRM
2 19 (8.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (7.86%) Logistics
3 18 (7.86%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (5.68%) Data Analysis
4 13 (5.68%) ERP
4 13 (5.68%) Patch Management
5 12 (5.24%) Data Entry
6 10 (4.37%) Analytics
6 10 (4.37%) High Availability
6 10 (4.37%) ITIL
6 10 (4.37%) Process Improvement
6 10 (4.37%) Statistics
7 9 (3.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (3.93%) Validation
8 8 (3.49%) Server Management
8 8 (3.49%) Storage Management
9 7 (3.06%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (3.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (3.06%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.85%) SQL
2 8 (3.49%) Python
3 7 (3.06%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.62%) R
5 4 (1.75%) C
5 4 (1.75%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.31%) Bash
6 3 (1.31%) VBA
7 1 (0.44%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.44%) PHP
7 1 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (9.61%) Security Cleared
2 16 (6.99%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.06%) CIPD
4 6 (2.62%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 6 (2.62%) Azure Certification
4 6 (2.62%) Degree
4 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.18%) A+ Certification
5 5 (2.18%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.87%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.99%) GDPR
2 7 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.62%) QA
4 5 (2.18%) SLA
5 3 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.87%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.87%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.44%) NIST
7 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (10.92%) Active Directory
2 24 (10.48%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.62%) Failover Clustering
1 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.31%) Ansible
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.87%) Puppet
4 2 (0.87%) Terraform
5 1 (0.44%) Podman
Vendors
1 46 (20.09%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.30%) Salesforce
3 17 (7.42%) HubSpot
4 12 (5.24%) SAP
5 8 (3.49%) HP
5 8 (3.49%) Veeam
6 7 (3.06%) SonicWALL
6 7 (3.06%) Zoho
7 3 (1.31%) Oracle
8 2 (0.87%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.87%) Sybase
9 1 (0.44%) Sage
9 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.44%) Workday