IT Administrator Job Trends in the Midlands

IT Administrator
England > Midlands

The median IT Administrator salary in the Midlands is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 232 215
Rank change year-on-year +23 -17 +105
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 15 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.19% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.23% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 15
10th Percentile £23,750 £37,878 £24,600
25th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £42,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +34.92% +14.55%
75th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £35,875
90th Percentile - £47,000 £42,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% -

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 7,094 6,010 5,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 94.19% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,323 2,791 4,449
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.53% -5.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,614 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

IT Administrator job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for IT Administrator job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for IT Administrator job vacancies 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 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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 -9 8 £32,500 -18.75% 1
West Midlands +24 7 £31,500 -30.00% 1
IT Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT 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 IT Administrator in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 5 (33.33%) Azure
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 5 (33.33%) Project Management
3 5 (33.33%) Smartsheet
3 5 (33.33%) Time Management
4 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Change Management
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
5 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
5 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (6.67%) ERP
5 1 (6.67%) ETL
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (6.67%) Migration
5 1 (6.67%) ODBC
5 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
5 1 (6.67%) Power BI
5 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (6.67%) PowerShell

IT 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (33.33%) Smartsheet
2 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 8 (53.33%) Law
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 5 (33.33%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) Time Management
3 4 (26.67%) Data Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Change Management
4 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (6.67%) Data Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (6.67%) ERP
4 1 (6.67%) ETL
4 1 (6.67%) Migration
4 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) DBS Check
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft