Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 256 283
Rank change year-on-year +93 +27 -36
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,782 1,511 2,216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.82% 1.44% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.58% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 1,012 1,250
10th Percentile £22,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +1.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,995 £42,143 £41,000
% change year-on-year -16.96% +2.79% +2.50%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +97 1,597 £35,000 -26.32% 658
UK excluding London +79 1,455 £34,995 -16.96% 588
Work from Home +27 502 £45,000 -10.00% 187
South East +62 418 £35,000 -22.22% 160
North of England +69 284 £30,147 -29.07% 144
London +28 261 £45,000 -25.00% 121
South West +30 250 £34,000 -16.77% 73
Midlands +70 236 £40,000 - 118
North West +60 149 £30,000 -33.33% 90
East of England +69 137 £29,750 -30.00% 78
West Midlands +46 128 £40,000 -2.44% 66
East Midlands +52 108 £37,500 +41.51% 51
Scotland -19 106 £34,000 -19.05% 37
Yorkshire +83 100 £35,000 -13.04% 38
North East -19 35 £30,250 -36.55% 17
Wales +3 22 £44,000 +14.29% 17
Northern Ireland +31 2 - - 6

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 623 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 613 (34.40%) Microsoft
3 314 (17.62%) Customer Service
4 312 (17.51%) Windows
5 310 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
6 304 (17.06%) Azure
7 297 (16.67%) SQL
8 283 (15.88%) Finance
9 236 (13.24%) Linux
10 217 (12.18%) Microsoft 365
11 200 (11.22%) Microsoft Office
12 188 (10.55%) Microsoft Excel
13 187 (10.49%) Active Directory
14 179 (10.04%) SharePoint
15 175 (9.82%) SQL Server
16 172 (9.65%) Security Cleared
17 156 (8.75%) PowerShell
18 151 (8.47%) VMware
19 141 (7.91%) Degree
20 139 (7.80%) Windows Server
21 136 (7.63%) Self-Motivation
22 135 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
23 121 (6.79%) Project Management
24 119 (6.68%) Retail
25 118 (6.62%) Oracle
25 118 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
26 117 (6.57%) Agile
26 117 (6.57%) Time Management
27 102 (5.72%) ITIL
28 100 (5.61%) CRM

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
1 179 (10.04%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.52%) CMS
4 9 (0.51%) SAS
5 8 (0.45%) Confluence
5 8 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.34%) IIS
6 6 (0.34%) WordPress
7 5 (0.28%) Apache
7 5 (0.28%) Site Server
8 4 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.17%) Drupal
9 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.17%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.17%) Moodle
9 3 (0.17%) WildFly
10 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
Applications
1 200 (11.22%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (10.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.22%) Trello
6 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.11%) FileZilla
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.056%) 1Password
7 1 (0.056%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.056%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 16 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.73%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.51%) Oracle HRMS
5 5 (0.28%) Magento
5 5 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.22%) BASE24
6 4 (0.22%) Maximo
6 4 (0.22%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.17%) iTrent
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.11%) Shopify
9 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.056%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.056%) Misys Opics
9 1 (0.056%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 304 (17.06%) Azure
2 217 (12.18%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (5.05%) Power Platform
4 79 (4.43%) AWS
5 63 (3.54%) Entra ID
6 29 (1.63%) SaaS
7 25 (1.40%) GCP
7 25 (1.40%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.40%) Power Automate
8 20 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (0.90%) WhatsApp
10 14 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (0.79%) PowerApps
11 13 (0.73%) OpenShift
12 12 (0.67%) OCI
13 10 (0.56%) IaaS
14 9 (0.51%) Google Analytics
14 9 (0.51%) PaaS
15 8 (0.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 93 (5.22%) Intranet
2 85 (4.77%) Firewall
3 78 (4.38%) DNS
4 53 (2.97%) LAN
4 53 (2.97%) WAN
5 52 (2.92%) DHCP
6 51 (2.86%) TCP/IP
7 44 (2.47%) SAN
8 29 (1.63%) VPN
9 25 (1.40%) NAS
10 20 (1.12%) VLAN
11 14 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
11 14 (0.79%) SSL
11 14 (0.79%) VSAN
12 12 (0.67%) BIG-IP
13 10 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.51%) Internet
14 9 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (0.51%) Wireshark
15 8 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (9.82%) SQL Server
2 85 (4.77%) Power BI
3 65 (3.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 60 (3.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 45 (2.53%) MongoDB
6 44 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (2.24%) MySQL
8 39 (2.19%) Oracle Database
9 36 (2.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 27 (1.52%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.73%) Oracle Database 12c
13 12 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.62%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (0.39%) Ingres
16 7 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
16 7 (0.39%) OLTP
17 5 (0.28%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 30 (1.68%) Git
2 22 (1.23%) JIRA
3 8 (0.45%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.39%) Mercurial
5 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.28%) AdminStudio
7 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.11%) Subversion
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.056%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.056%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.056%) ClearQuest
9 1 (0.056%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.056%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 623 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 283 (15.88%) Finance
3 135 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (6.68%) Retail
5 118 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
6 90 (5.05%) Marketing
7 56 (3.14%) Legal
8 55 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 49 (2.75%) Telecoms
10 35 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (1.96%) Public Sector
11 34 (1.91%) Law
12 26 (1.46%) Banking
13 24 (1.35%) Local Government
14 23 (1.29%) Back Office
15 20 (1.12%) Billing
16 18 (1.01%) Police
17 15 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (0.56%) Advertising
18 10 (0.56%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.02%) HTML
2 25 (1.40%) CSS
3 14 (0.79%) XML
4 11 (0.62%) EDI
4 11 (0.62%) REST
5 10 (0.56%) .NET
6 8 (0.45%) 802.1X
7 7 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (0.39%) Software Packaging
8 5 (0.28%) JSON
8 5 (0.28%) Middleware
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 3 (0.17%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.17%) SAML
10 3 (0.17%) Web Services
11 2 (0.11%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.11%) LDAP
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.63%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.76%) Data Centre
4 51 (2.86%) Replication
5 45 (2.53%) Driving Licence
6 29 (1.63%) Clustering
7 28 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.07%) PKI
9 18 (1.01%) Social Media
10 17 (0.95%) Learning Management System
11 15 (0.84%) Blog
11 15 (0.84%) PMI
12 13 (0.73%) Digital Signage
12 13 (0.73%) Wiki
13 12 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
14 11 (0.62%) NHS
15 9 (0.51%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.51%) Public Cloud
16 8 (0.45%) Cyberattack
16 8 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 312 (17.51%) Windows
2 236 (13.24%) Linux
3 139 (7.80%) Windows Server
4 73 (4.10%) CentOS
5 66 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
5 66 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (3.09%) Windows 10
7 52 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
8 49 (2.75%) Unix
9 48 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (1.29%) Ubuntu
11 21 (1.18%) Android
12 17 (0.95%) Windows 7
13 15 (0.84%) Apple iOS
13 15 (0.84%) Debian
14 14 (0.79%) Mac OS
15 13 (0.73%) SUSE
15 13 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.62%) CoreOS
17 7 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (17.62%) Customer Service
2 310 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (6.79%) Project Management
4 117 (6.57%) Agile
4 117 (6.57%) Time Management
5 102 (5.72%) ITIL
6 100 (5.61%) Business Intelligence
6 100 (5.61%) CRM
7 97 (5.44%) Migration
8 80 (4.49%) Performance Tuning
9 71 (3.98%) Agile Project Management
10 68 (3.82%) Cybersecurity
11 67 (3.76%) DevOps
12 64 (3.59%) Performance Monitoring
13 63 (3.54%) User Experience
14 62 (3.48%) Mentoring
15 59 (3.31%) Disaster Recovery
15 59 (3.31%) ERP
16 54 (3.03%) Logistics
17 53 (2.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 297 (16.67%) SQL
2 156 (8.75%) PowerShell
3 83 (4.66%) Bash
4 68 (3.82%) Python
5 63 (3.54%) T-SQL
6 27 (1.52%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.23%) Perl
8 19 (1.07%) Shell Script
9 11 (0.62%) C#
10 7 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.28%) SAS Macro
12 4 (0.22%) AWK
12 4 (0.22%) Java
12 4 (0.22%) PHP
12 4 (0.22%) RPG
13 3 (0.17%) CQL
13 3 (0.17%) sed
13 3 (0.17%) VBA
14 2 (0.11%) Korn
15 1 (0.056%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 172 (9.65%) Security Cleared
2 141 (7.91%) Degree
3 82 (4.60%) DV Cleared
4 69 (3.87%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.86%) DBS Check
7 33 (1.85%) Oracle Certification
8 32 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.01%) OCP
10 15 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 14 (0.79%) CCNA
11 14 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.67%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.62%) HNC
14 10 (0.56%) CCNP
14 10 (0.56%) OCA
15 8 (0.45%) MCSA
16 7 (0.39%) MCSE
17 6 (0.34%) HND
17 6 (0.34%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.09%) QA
2 33 (1.85%) SLA
3 28 (1.57%) GDPR
4 27 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (1.18%) Data Quality
8 15 (0.84%) ISO 9001
9 11 (0.62%) PMO
10 8 (0.45%) ISO 14001
11 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.34%) GMP
12 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.11%) COSHH
13 2 (0.11%) NEBOSH
14 1 (0.056%) SOC 2
System Software
1 187 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 76 (4.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.69%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
4 29 (1.63%) vSphere
5 25 (1.40%) Docker
6 20 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
7 12 (0.67%) Firmware
7 12 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.51%) Oracle RAC
10 7 (0.39%) XenApp
11 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.11%) Postfix
15 1 (0.056%) Lustre
15 1 (0.056%) NFS
15 1 (0.056%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 43 (2.41%) Ansible
2 35 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (1.29%) SCCM
4 22 (1.23%) SCOM
5 18 (1.01%) Puppet
5 18 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (0.62%) Kubernetes
7 11 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
8 9 (0.51%) Terraform
9 8 (0.45%) Data Guard
9 8 (0.45%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.39%) Nagios
10 7 (0.39%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.39%) WSUS
11 6 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
11 6 (0.34%) SCVMM
12 5 (0.28%) Foglight
12 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 613 (34.40%) Microsoft
2 151 (8.47%) VMware
3 118 (6.62%) Oracle
4 72 (4.04%) Red Hat
5 41 (2.30%) Citrix
6 38 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 38 (2.13%) SAP
7 37 (2.08%) Veeam
8 36 (2.02%) ServiceNow
9 29 (1.63%) NetApp
10 26 (1.46%) Dell
11 23 (1.29%) HP
12 20 (1.12%) Cisco
12 20 (1.12%) Google
13 15 (0.84%) NEC
14 13 (0.73%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.73%) F5
14 13 (0.73%) Riverbed
15 12 (0.67%) Apple
16 10 (0.56%) Epicor