Administrator Jobs

Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 247 310
Rank change year-on-year +98 +63 -46
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,975 1,423 2,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.88% 1.50% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 1.64% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,475 965 1,209
10th Percentile £22,044 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +6.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator.

Salary trend for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +108 1,769 £35,000 -26.32% 822
UK excluding London +81 1,606 £35,000 -17.65% 763
Work from Home +17 510 £45,000 -10.00% 212
South East +49 447 £35,000 -22.39% 163
North of England +74 329 £30,147 -26.47% 184
London +43 304 £46,719 -22.14% 118
South West +47 281 £33,000 -25.84% 149
Midlands +59 250 £37,500 -3.23% 140
North West +51 172 £30,000 -35.14% 95
East of England +68 149 £30,000 -11.76% 81
West Midlands +23 139 £40,000 +0.91% 66
Scotland -22 114 £35,000 -17.65% 44
East Midlands +50 111 £37,500 +20.97% 75
Yorkshire +69 108 £34,000 -15.00% 67
North East -15 49 £27,500 -42.31% 25
Wales 0 31 £48,000 +47.69% 30
Northern Ireland +23 5 - - 5

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 657 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 630 (31.90%) Microsoft
3 322 (16.30%) Customer Service
4 318 (16.10%) Windows
4 318 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
5 308 (15.59%) Azure
6 305 (15.44%) Finance
7 290 (14.68%) SQL
8 250 (12.66%) Linux
9 218 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
10 213 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
11 209 (10.58%) Security Cleared
12 201 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
13 181 (9.16%) SharePoint
14 176 (8.91%) SQL Server
15 175 (8.86%) Active Directory
16 167 (8.46%) PowerShell
17 159 (8.05%) VMware
18 152 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
19 150 (7.59%) Degree
20 145 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
21 144 (7.29%) Oracle
22 138 (6.99%) Retail
23 129 (6.53%) Windows Server
24 128 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
25 125 (6.33%) Time Management
26 122 (6.18%) Agile
27 121 (6.13%) Project Management
28 116 (5.87%) ITIL
29 104 (5.27%) DV Cleared

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 181 (9.16%) SharePoint
2 52 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (1.32%) CMS
4 9 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (0.46%) SAS
5 6 (0.30%) Apache
5 6 (0.30%) IIS
5 6 (0.30%) WebLogic
5 6 (0.30%) WordPress
6 5 (0.25%) Confluence
7 4 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.15%) Drupal
8 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.15%) Joomla!
8 3 (0.15%) Moodle
8 3 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.15%) WildFly
9 2 (0.10%) Documentum
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.051%) Site Server
Applications
1 213 (10.78%) Microsoft Office
2 201 (10.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (1.92%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.15%) Trello
6 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.10%) FileZilla
6 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.051%) 1Password
7 1 (0.051%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.051%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 22 (1.11%) NEC Housing
2 20 (1.01%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.46%) Oracle HRMS
6 5 (0.25%) Magento
7 4 (0.20%) BASE24
7 4 (0.20%) Maximo
7 4 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.15%) iTrent
8 3 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
8 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.10%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.10%) Shopify
10 1 (0.051%) FLEXCUBE
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.051%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 308 (15.59%) Azure
2 218 (11.04%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (4.71%) Power Platform
4 80 (4.05%) AWS
5 62 (3.14%) Entra ID
6 28 (1.42%) GCP
6 28 (1.42%) SaaS
7 25 (1.27%) OneDrive
8 23 (1.16%) Power Automate
9 19 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
9 19 (0.96%) OCI
10 18 (0.91%) WhatsApp
11 12 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
11 12 (0.61%) OpenShift
11 12 (0.61%) PowerApps
11 12 (0.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 10 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (0.46%) Google Analytics
14 7 (0.35%) IaaS
14 7 (0.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 97 (4.91%) Intranet
2 86 (4.35%) Firewall
3 77 (3.90%) DNS
4 54 (2.73%) LAN
4 54 (2.73%) WAN
5 53 (2.68%) DHCP
6 49 (2.48%) TCP/IP
7 44 (2.23%) SAN
8 26 (1.32%) VPN
9 21 (1.06%) NAS
10 20 (1.01%) VLAN
11 17 (0.86%) Internet
11 17 (0.86%) VSAN
12 13 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
12 13 (0.66%) SSL
12 13 (0.66%) Wireless
13 10 (0.51%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.46%) BIG-IP
14 9 (0.46%) Wireshark
15 8 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (8.91%) SQL Server
2 87 (4.41%) Power BI
3 65 (3.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 61 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 52 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (2.53%) MongoDB
7 49 (2.48%) Oracle Database
8 39 (1.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 34 (1.72%) MySQL
10 24 (1.22%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.11%) Oracle Database 12c
12 20 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.56%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.46%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (0.35%) Ingres
15 7 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
16 5 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
16 5 (0.25%) Looker
16 5 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (1.42%) Git
2 17 (0.86%) JIRA
3 8 (0.41%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.35%) Mercurial
5 6 (0.30%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.10%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.051%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.051%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.051%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.051%) Subversion
9 1 (0.051%) Visual Studio
General
1 657 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 305 (15.44%) Finance
3 152 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (6.99%) Retail
5 128 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
6 89 (4.51%) Marketing
7 68 (3.44%) Manufacturing
8 61 (3.09%) Legal
9 49 (2.48%) Telecoms
10 43 (2.18%) Public Sector
11 37 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (1.67%) Local Government
13 32 (1.62%) Back Office
14 31 (1.57%) Law
15 27 (1.37%) Banking
15 27 (1.37%) Police
16 23 (1.16%) Billing
17 16 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.71%) German Language
19 12 (0.61%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.67%) HTML
2 25 (1.27%) CSS
3 14 (0.71%) EDI
4 12 (0.61%) REST
4 12 (0.61%) XML
5 9 (0.46%) .NET
5 9 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 8 (0.41%) 802.1X
6 8 (0.41%) Software Packaging
7 5 (0.25%) Web Services
8 4 (0.20%) Middleware
8 4 (0.20%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 3 (0.15%) ASP.NET
9 3 (0.15%) JSON
9 3 (0.15%) SAP Basis
9 3 (0.15%) SOAP
9 3 (0.15%) Visualforce
10 2 (0.10%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.10%) Ajax
10 2 (0.10%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
2 77 (3.90%) Management Information System
3 69 (3.49%) Data Centre
4 55 (2.78%) Driving Licence
5 46 (2.33%) Replication
6 35 (1.77%) PKI
7 27 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 23 (1.16%) Clustering
9 15 (0.76%) Blog
9 15 (0.76%) Learning Management System
9 15 (0.76%) PMI
9 15 (0.76%) Social Media
10 13 (0.66%) Digital Signage
10 13 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (0.56%) NHS
11 11 (0.56%) Wiki
12 10 (0.51%) AS400
13 9 (0.46%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 318 (16.10%) Windows
2 250 (12.66%) Linux
3 129 (6.53%) Windows Server
4 78 (3.95%) CentOS
5 71 (3.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 71 (3.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 57 (2.89%) Unix
6 57 (2.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 52 (2.63%) Windows 10
8 48 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (1.27%) Ubuntu
10 20 (1.01%) Android
11 18 (0.91%) Windows 7
12 15 (0.76%) Debian
13 14 (0.71%) Mac OS
13 14 (0.71%) SUSE
14 13 (0.66%) Apple iOS
15 12 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.51%) CoreOS
17 7 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (16.30%) Customer Service
2 318 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
3 125 (6.33%) Time Management
4 122 (6.18%) Agile
5 121 (6.13%) Project Management
6 116 (5.87%) ITIL
7 102 (5.16%) CRM
8 93 (4.71%) Business Intelligence
9 92 (4.66%) Migration
10 85 (4.30%) Performance Tuning
11 77 (3.90%) Cybersecurity
12 71 (3.59%) Agile Project Management
13 70 (3.54%) Performance Monitoring
14 69 (3.49%) User Experience
15 68 (3.44%) ERP
16 67 (3.39%) Mentoring
17 60 (3.04%) Logistics
18 56 (2.84%) Collaborative Working
19 55 (2.78%) Data Management
19 55 (2.78%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 290 (14.68%) SQL
2 167 (8.46%) PowerShell
3 84 (4.25%) Bash
4 64 (3.24%) Python
5 59 (2.99%) T-SQL
6 30 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 20 (1.01%) Shell Script
8 19 (0.96%) Perl
9 9 (0.46%) C#
10 7 (0.35%) Java
10 7 (0.35%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.25%) SAS Macro
12 4 (0.20%) AWK
12 4 (0.20%) RPG
12 4 (0.20%) VBA
13 3 (0.15%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.15%) CQL
13 3 (0.15%) PHP
13 3 (0.15%) sed
14 2 (0.10%) Korn
Qualifications
1 209 (10.58%) Security Cleared
2 150 (7.59%) Degree
3 104 (5.27%) DV Cleared
4 70 (3.54%) SC Cleared
5 59 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.58%) DBS Check
7 38 (1.92%) Oracle Certification
8 34 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (0.76%) CCNA
9 15 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (0.76%) OCP
9 15 (0.76%) PMI Certification
10 12 (0.61%) HNC
11 11 (0.56%) Azure Certification
12 10 (0.51%) CCNP
13 7 (0.35%) MCSA
13 7 (0.35%) MCSE
13 7 (0.35%) RHCE
14 6 (0.30%) HND
14 6 (0.30%) OCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.70%) QA
2 46 (2.33%) SLA
3 35 (1.77%) Accessibility
4 28 (1.42%) GDPR
5 27 (1.37%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.76%) ISO 9001
9 9 (0.46%) PMO
10 8 (0.41%) ISO 14001
11 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.30%) GMP
12 4 (0.20%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.10%) COSHH
14 2 (0.10%) NEBOSH
14 2 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 175 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 83 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (2.03%) Hyper-V
4 33 (1.67%) vSphere
5 32 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (1.27%) Docker
7 21 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
8 15 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 13 (0.66%) Firmware
10 10 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (0.35%) XenApp
12 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
13 5 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.10%) KVM
15 2 (0.10%) Postfix
16 1 (0.051%) Dovecot
16 1 (0.051%) QEMU
16 1 (0.051%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 45 (2.28%) Ansible
2 33 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (1.16%) SCCM
3 23 (1.16%) SCOM
4 17 (0.86%) Puppet
4 17 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
6 11 (0.56%) Kubernetes
7 8 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
8 7 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
8 7 (0.35%) Nagios
8 7 (0.35%) vCenter Server
8 7 (0.35%) WSUS
9 6 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
9 6 (0.30%) SCVMM
10 5 (0.25%) Foglight
10 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.25%) Terraform
11 4 (0.20%) Data Guard
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 630 (31.90%) Microsoft
2 159 (8.05%) VMware
3 144 (7.29%) Oracle
4 80 (4.05%) Red Hat
5 43 (2.18%) SAP
6 42 (2.13%) Citrix
6 42 (2.13%) Veeam
7 41 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 40 (2.03%) ServiceNow
9 30 (1.52%) Dell
10 28 (1.42%) NetApp
11 24 (1.22%) HP
11 24 (1.22%) NEC
12 22 (1.11%) Cisco
13 20 (1.01%) Google
14 19 (0.96%) IBM
15 13 (0.66%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.66%) Riverbed
16 12 (0.61%) Epicor
17 11 (0.56%) Apple