IT Systems Administrator Jobs in the Midlands

IT System Administrator
England > Midlands

The median IT System Administrator salary in the Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 297 359
Rank change year-on-year -20 +62 -66
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 26 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.19% 0.11% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.12% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 26 9 8
10th Percentile £30,750 £26,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,966 £26,375 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.97% -22.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £44,500 £33,750 £49,063
90th Percentile - £35,500 £50,900
England median annual salary £38,500 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +18.46% -18.75% +14.29%

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 13,212 7,602 10,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.51% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,398 4,488 7,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £37,500 £37,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

IT Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the Midlands

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in the Midlands

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Systems Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Systems Administrator in the Midlands

IT Systems 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 Systems Administrator within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 +2 15 £42,000 +51.35%
East Midlands -24 11 £37,000 +19.35% 5
IT Systems Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Systems 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 Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 14 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 8 (30.77%) Firewall
3 8 (30.77%) Perl
3 8 (30.77%) Python
3 8 (30.77%) LAN
3 8 (30.77%) WAN
3 8 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
3 8 (30.77%) Wiki
3 8 (30.77%) PowerShell
3 8 (30.77%) Patch Management
4 7 (26.92%) Azure
4 7 (26.92%) Windows
5 4 (15.38%) SQL
5 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
5 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
5 4 (15.38%) WSUS
5 4 (15.38%) PKI
5 4 (15.38%) Agile
5 4 (15.38%) Project Management
5 4 (15.38%) Information Security
5 4 (15.38%) High Availability
5 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (15.38%) Business Transformation
5 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
5 4 (15.38%) Power BI
5 4 (15.38%) Mentoring

IT Systems 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 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
1 8 (30.77%) Intrusion Detection
1 8 (30.77%) LAN
1 8 (30.77%) WAN
2 1 (3.85%) SAN
2 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Wiki
2 4 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) PKI
2 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Amazon Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (30.77%) Patch Management
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
3 4 (15.38%) Business Transformation
3 4 (15.38%) Cost Reduction
3 4 (15.38%) High Availability
3 4 (15.38%) Information Security
3 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 4 (15.38%) Project Management
3 4 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
5 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.85%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.85%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Perl
1 8 (30.77%) PowerShell
1 8 (30.77%) Python
2 4 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Apple
2 1 (3.85%) EMC
2 1 (3.85%) Google
2 1 (3.85%) HP
2 1 (3.85%) VMware