IT Administrator Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Administrator
England > West Midlands

The median IT Administrator salary in the West Midlands is £34,995 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 243 247 293
Rank change year-on-year +4 +46 -67
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 20 6 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.23% 0.10% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.12% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 14
10th Percentile £22,400 £26,375 £22,750
25th Percentile £29,875 £27,906 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,995 £36,250 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +16.94% +19.23%
75th Percentile £44,500 £38,750 £39,188
90th Percentile - £42,625 £49,625
England median annual salary £33,983 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +4.56% +3.17% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 8,050 5,197 7,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.93% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,794 3,200 4,854
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,256
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the West Midlands

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the West Midlands

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the West Midlands

IT Administrator
Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham - 15 £34,995 -
Staffordshire - 2 £41,000 - 3
Coventry +24 1 - -
Warwickshire +13 1 £27,500 -21.43%
Worcestershire -25 1 £40,000 +44.14%
IT Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Patch Management
2 8 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (40.00%) Wiki
2 8 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (40.00%) Firewall
2 8 (40.00%) Perl
2 8 (40.00%) Python
2 8 (40.00%) LAN
2 8 (40.00%) WAN
3 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (15.00%) Windows
4 3 (15.00%) Azure
4 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (15.00%) Local Government
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.00%) Linux
6 1 (5.00%) Java
6 1 (5.00%) SQL
6 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (5.00%) Logistics
6 1 (5.00%) Power BI
6 1 (5.00%) Software Audit
6 1 (5.00%) Customer Service

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

Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Firewall
1 8 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 8 (40.00%) LAN
1 8 (40.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 3 (15.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Wiki
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) Patch Management
3 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (5.00%) Logistics
5 1 (5.00%) Software Audit
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) Perl
1 8 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Java
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft