IT Systems Administrator Jobs in the West Midlands

IT System Administrator
England > West Midlands

The median IT System Administrator salary in the West Midlands is £42,000 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 248 250 302
Rank change year-on-year +2 +52 -62
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Systems Administrator 15 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.17% 0.052% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.058% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 5
10th Percentile £30,750 - -
25th Percentile £34,481 £26,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £27,750 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year +51.35% -28.85% +25.81%
75th Percentile £44,500 £33,313 £50,000
90th Percentile - £35,825 £51,800
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
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 Systems Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Systems Administrator in the West Midlands

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Systems Administrator in the West Midlands

IT Systems Administrator
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for IT Systems Administrator in the West Midlands

IT Systems 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 Systems 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 - 13 £42,000 -
Worcestershire -25 1 £40,000 +44.14%
Staffordshire - 1 £60,000 -
IT Systems Administrator
England

IT Systems Administrator Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Systems Administrator in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (53.33%) Patch Management
2 8 (53.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 8 (53.33%) Wiki
2 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
2 8 (53.33%) Firewall
2 8 (53.33%) Perl
2 8 (53.33%) Python
2 8 (53.33%) LAN
2 8 (53.33%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (20.00%) Finance
4 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) Local Government
4 3 (20.00%) Azure
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (13.33%) Windows
5 2 (13.33%) Linux
6 1 (6.67%) Logistics

IT Systems 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 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) Firewall
1 8 (53.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 8 (53.33%) LAN
1 8 (53.33%) WAN
General
1 10 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 3 (20.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Patch Management
3 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (6.67%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Perl
1 8 (53.33%) PowerShell
1 8 (53.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft