IT Administrator Jobs in the North West

IT Administrator
England > North West

The median IT Administrator salary in the North West is £25,480 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 264 288
Rank change year-on-year -3 +24 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 22 27 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.28% 0.26% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.27% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 20 24 6
10th Percentile - £25,650 £23,000
25th Percentile - £26,250 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,480 £30,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% +7.14% -25.33%
75th Percentile £31,563 £45,000 £30,000
90th Percentile £39,250 - £32,000
England median annual salary £27,500 £33,966 £32,500
% change year-on-year -19.04% +4.51% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 7,220 9,862 6,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.79% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 7,544 3,993
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the North West

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the North West

IT Administrator
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Administrator within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Manchester +65 22 £25,480 -43.38%
IT Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 North West region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 20 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 18 (81.82%) Asset Management
2 18 (81.82%) Process Improvement
2 18 (81.82%) Social Skills
3 17 (77.27%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
4 16 (72.73%) SLA
4 16 (72.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (72.73%) Data Protection Act
4 16 (72.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (72.73%) Line Management
4 16 (72.73%) Data Protection
4 16 (72.73%) Social Media
4 16 (72.73%) Customer Service
4 16 (72.73%) DBS Check
5 4 (18.18%) Firewall
5 4 (18.18%) Windows
6 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
7 2 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (9.09%) Aruba
7 2 (9.09%) Network Management
7 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
7 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (9.09%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (9.09%) Azure
7 2 (9.09%) Cisco

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Stack
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) DHCP
2 2 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) BusinessObjects
General
1 18 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Law
2 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 16 (72.73%) Data Protection Act
1 16 (72.73%) Social Media
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Asset Management
1 18 (81.82%) Process Improvement
2 16 (72.73%) Continuous Improvement
2 16 (72.73%) Customer Service
2 16 (72.73%) Data Protection
2 16 (72.73%) Line Management
3 2 (9.09%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (9.09%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (9.09%) Network Management
3 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (9.09%) Resource Management
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.55%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.55%) Migration
4 1 (4.55%) Patch Management
4 1 (4.55%) Service Management
4 1 (4.55%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.55%) Task Automation
4 1 (4.55%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (72.73%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.55%) RHEV
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Aruba
2 2 (9.09%) Cisco
2 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (4.55%) Veeam
3 1 (4.55%) Veritas