IT Administrator Jobs in the Midlands

IT Administrator
England > Midlands

The median IT Administrator salary in the Midlands is £34,995 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 317 338
Rank change year-on-year +40 +21 -75
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 34 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.29% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 33 11 15
10th Percentile £23,250 £26,250 £22,350
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,995 £31,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% - +12.73%
75th Percentile £40,000 £38,125 £42,500
90th Percentile £44,500 £38,750 £51,300
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% -4.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,029 8,504 10,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.59% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,246 4,760 7,119
10th Percentile £26,125 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the Midlands

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the Midlands

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the Midlands

IT 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 IT Administrator within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
West Midlands +36 23 £34,995 -0.01% 6
East Midlands -4 11 £33,966 +9.57% 4
IT Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
3 11 (32.35%) Firewall
3 11 (32.35%) Wiki
4 10 (29.41%) PowerShell
4 10 (29.41%) Patch Management
4 10 (29.41%) Perl
4 10 (29.41%) Python
4 10 (29.41%) LAN
4 10 (29.41%) WAN
4 10 (29.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (26.47%) Active Directory
6 8 (23.53%) Windows
6 8 (23.53%) Azure
7 5 (14.71%) Entra ID
7 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
7 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
7 5 (14.71%) Power BI
7 5 (14.71%) SQL
8 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
8 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
8 4 (11.76%) Project Management
8 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
8 4 (11.76%) PKI
8 4 (11.76%) WSUS
8 4 (11.76%) Information Security
8 4 (11.76%) Agile
8 4 (11.76%) Cost Reduction
8 4 (11.76%) Accessibility

IT 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 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) Entra ID
2 5 (14.71%) Power Platform
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (32.35%) Firewall
2 10 (29.41%) Intrusion Detection
2 10 (29.41%) LAN
2 10 (29.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) Power BI
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Finance
2 3 (8.82%) Local Government
3 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Wiki
2 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
3 4 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 4 (11.76%) PKI
3 4 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (23.53%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (29.41%) Patch Management
3 4 (11.76%) Agile
3 4 (11.76%) Business Transformation
3 4 (11.76%) Cost Reduction
3 4 (11.76%) High Availability
3 4 (11.76%) Information Security
3 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
3 4 (11.76%) Project Management
3 4 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (8.82%) Software Engineering
5 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.94%) Application Packaging
6 1 (2.94%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (2.94%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.94%) Logistics
6 1 (2.94%) Server Building
6 1 (2.94%) Software Audit
6 1 (2.94%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) Perl
1 10 (29.41%) PowerShell
1 10 (29.41%) Python
2 5 (14.71%) SQL
3 1 (2.94%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (26.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) WSUS
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Aruba