IT Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £32,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 656 714
Rank change year-on-year +152 +58 -207
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 255 96 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 168 76 127
10th Percentile £22,044 £23,000 £20,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £23,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £38,750 £36,375 £35,563
90th Percentile £48,750 £40,000 £46,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -2.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 67,295 53,381 68,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,638 30,425 42,515
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
South East +58 76 £35,000 +32.08% 9
East of England +60 54 £29,000 +1.75% 9
North of England +67 43 £30,000 -1.64% 12
Midlands +17 34 £34,995 +12.89% 6
South West -23 33 £30,000 -6.25% 5
North West +25 26 £30,000 +7.14% 6
West Midlands +27 23 £34,995 -0.01% 2
Yorkshire +90 16 £32,000 -1.54% 6
Scotland -49 13 £35,000 +50.54%
East Midlands -10 11 £33,966 +9.57% 4
Northern Ireland +27 1 - - 2
North East -4 1 £32,500 +18.18%
Wales - 1 - -
IT Administrator
UK

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 156 (61.18%) Microsoft
2 122 (47.84%) Social Skills
3 87 (34.12%) Windows
4 82 (32.16%) SharePoint
5 78 (30.59%) Active Directory
5 78 (30.59%) Customer Service
6 63 (24.71%) Project Management
7 61 (23.92%) Intranet
7 61 (23.92%) Retail
7 61 (23.92%) Microsoft 365
8 60 (23.53%) Windows Server
9 59 (23.14%) Agile
10 54 (21.18%) Agile Project Management
11 49 (19.22%) Azure
12 46 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (15.69%) PowerShell
14 35 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
15 34 (13.33%) Data Centre
16 33 (12.94%) VMware
17 31 (12.16%) Firewall
18 29 (11.37%) SAN
18 29 (11.37%) Linux
19 28 (10.98%) Citrix
19 28 (10.98%) Entra ID
20 27 (10.59%) Windows 10
21 24 (9.41%) Security Cleared
22 23 (9.02%) Server Management
23 22 (8.63%) Finance
24 21 (8.24%) NetApp
24 21 (8.24%) Benchmarking

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 82 (32.16%) SharePoint
2 21 (8.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.45%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.57%) Trello
5 1 (0.39%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 61 (23.92%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (19.22%) Azure
3 28 (10.98%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.67%) OneDrive
5 13 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.53%) AWS
7 6 (2.35%) GCP
8 5 (1.96%) Power Automate
8 5 (1.96%) WhatsApp
9 4 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.57%) SaaS
9 4 (1.57%) Slack
10 1 (0.39%) IaaS
10 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (23.92%) Intranet
2 31 (12.16%) Firewall
3 29 (11.37%) SAN
4 19 (7.45%) LAN
4 19 (7.45%) WAN
5 12 (4.71%) DNS
6 10 (3.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (3.92%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.92%) VPN
7 8 (3.14%) Unified Communications
7 8 (3.14%) VLAN
8 7 (2.75%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.96%) DHCP
9 5 (1.96%) NAS
10 2 (0.78%) VoIP
11 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.39%) Internet
11 1 (0.39%) OpenVPN
11 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.10%) Power BI
1 13 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.96%) MySQL
3 2 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.78%) MS Access
3 2 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.96%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
General
1 122 (47.84%) Social Skills
2 61 (23.92%) Retail
3 22 (8.63%) Finance
4 12 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.35%) Aviation
6 6 (2.35%) Legal
7 4 (1.57%) Law
7 4 (1.57%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.18%) Local Government
8 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.78%) Automotive
10 1 (0.39%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.39%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.73%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.67%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.31%) Wiki
5 10 (3.92%) Driving Licence
6 8 (3.14%) Replication
7 6 (2.35%) Handset
7 6 (2.35%) Xbox
8 5 (1.96%) PMI
9 4 (1.57%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.57%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.57%) Life Science
9 4 (1.57%) PKI
10 3 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.18%) VAX
11 2 (0.78%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.78%) Photography
12 1 (0.39%) Device Driver
12 1 (0.39%) FMCG
12 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (34.12%) Windows
2 60 (23.53%) Windows Server
3 29 (11.37%) Linux
4 27 (10.59%) Windows 10
5 15 (5.88%) Android
6 12 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.53%) Apple iOS
7 9 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.75%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.75%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.57%) VMS
10 3 (1.18%) Unix
10 3 (1.18%) Windows 7
10 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (30.59%) Customer Service
2 63 (24.71%) Project Management
3 59 (23.14%) Agile
4 54 (21.18%) Agile Project Management
5 46 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (9.02%) Server Management
7 21 (8.24%) Benchmarking
7 21 (8.24%) Data Centre Operations
7 21 (8.24%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 21 (8.24%) Performance Monitoring
7 21 (8.24%) Vulnerability Management
8 15 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (5.88%) Patch Management
8 15 (5.88%) Service Management
9 14 (5.49%) ERP
10 13 (5.10%) CRM
11 12 (4.71%) Asset Management
11 12 (4.71%) Data Analysis
12 10 (3.92%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (3.53%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.69%) PowerShell
2 17 (6.67%) SQL
3 10 (3.92%) Perl
3 10 (3.92%) Python
4 2 (0.78%) C#
4 2 (0.78%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.39%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (9.41%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.24%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.71%) Degree
4 5 (1.96%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.78%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.35%) GDPR
1 6 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.35%) SLA
2 5 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (30.59%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.14%) Firmware
4 4 (1.57%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.57%) vSphere
5 3 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.75%) SCCM
3 5 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.57%) WSUS
5 3 (1.18%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (1.18%) Nagios
5 3 (1.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 156 (61.18%) Microsoft
2 33 (12.94%) VMware
3 28 (10.98%) Citrix
4 21 (8.24%) NetApp
5 11 (4.31%) Veeam
6 8 (3.14%) Apple
7 7 (2.75%) Dell
8 6 (2.35%) Freshdesk
8 6 (2.35%) Mitel
9 5 (1.96%) BT
9 5 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.18%) Centreon
10 3 (1.18%) EMC
10 3 (1.18%) Epicor
10 3 (1.18%) Google
10 3 (1.18%) SAP
10 3 (1.18%) Sybase
11 2 (0.78%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.78%) Sage
12 1 (0.39%) CA