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 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 248 286
Rank change year-on-year +87 +38 -34
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,794 1,494 2,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.82% 1.44% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.57% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 1,002 1,240
10th Percentile £22,000 £25,775 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,014 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,245 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.64% +0.54% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,998 £42,500 £41,729
% change year-on-year -17.65% +1.85% +4.32%

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 93,240 95,005 150,022
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,901 59,761 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 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +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 2 May 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 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
England +96 1,609 £35,000 -26.32% 687
UK excluding London +77 1,460 £34,998 -17.65% 628
Work from Home +27 503 £45,000 -10.00% 189
South East +54 416 £35,000 -22.22% 178
North of England +57 288 £30,147 -32.26% 147
London +30 269 £45,000 -25.00% 110
South West +27 253 £34,500 -15.54% 87
Midlands +72 237 £40,000 +0.91% 117
North West +48 151 £30,000 -33.33% 91
East of England +66 136 £29,500 -26.25% 84
West Midlands +48 128 £40,000 -2.44% 59
East Midlands +53 109 £37,500 +38.89% 57
Scotland -13 106 £34,000 -19.05% 36
Yorkshire +85 101 £35,000 -13.58% 40
North East -22 36 £32,500 -31.83% 17
Wales +3 22 £44,000 +14.29% 16
Northern Ireland +35 2 - - 7

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 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.

1 630 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 617 (34.39%) Microsoft
3 314 (17.50%) Windows
4 312 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 312 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 304 (16.95%) Azure
6 296 (16.50%) SQL
7 285 (15.89%) Finance
8 240 (13.38%) Linux
9 215 (11.98%) Microsoft 365
10 204 (11.37%) Microsoft Office
11 188 (10.48%) Microsoft Excel
12 184 (10.26%) Active Directory
13 180 (10.03%) SharePoint
14 175 (9.75%) SQL Server
14 175 (9.75%) Security Cleared
15 158 (8.81%) PowerShell
16 152 (8.47%) VMware
17 141 (7.86%) Degree
18 138 (7.69%) Windows Server
19 137 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
20 136 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
21 121 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
21 121 (6.74%) Project Management
22 119 (6.63%) Oracle
22 119 (6.63%) Agile
22 119 (6.63%) Retail
23 116 (6.47%) Time Management
24 103 (5.74%) ITIL
25 98 (5.46%) 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
1 180 (10.03%) SharePoint
2 50 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.51%) CMS
4 9 (0.50%) SAS
5 8 (0.45%) Confluence
5 8 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.33%) Apache
6 6 (0.33%) IIS
6 6 (0.33%) WordPress
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
1 204 (11.37%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (10.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 40 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (1.84%) 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 (0.89%) NetSuite
2 13 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 9 (0.50%) Oracle HRMS
4 5 (0.28%) Magento
4 5 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
5 4 (0.22%) BASE24
5 4 (0.22%) Maximo
5 4 (0.22%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.17%) iTrent
6 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.11%) Shopify
8 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.056%) FLEXCUBE
8 1 (0.056%) Misys Opics
8 1 (0.056%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 304 (16.95%) Azure
2 215 (11.98%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (4.96%) Power Platform
4 80 (4.46%) AWS
5 63 (3.51%) Entra ID
6 29 (1.62%) SaaS
7 25 (1.39%) GCP
7 25 (1.39%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.39%) Power Automate
8 20 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (1.00%) WhatsApp
10 15 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
11 14 (0.78%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.72%) OpenShift
13 12 (0.67%) OCI
14 10 (0.56%) IaaS
15 9 (0.50%) Google Analytics
15 9 (0.50%) PaaS
16 8 (0.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 94 (5.24%) Intranet
2 84 (4.68%) Firewall
3 78 (4.35%) DNS
4 53 (2.95%) LAN
4 53 (2.95%) WAN
5 52 (2.90%) DHCP
5 52 (2.90%) TCP/IP
6 44 (2.45%) SAN
7 28 (1.56%) VPN
8 25 (1.39%) NAS
9 20 (1.11%) VLAN
10 15 (0.84%) VSAN
11 14 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
11 14 (0.78%) SSL
12 12 (0.67%) BIG-IP
13 10 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
13 10 (0.56%) Wireshark
14 9 (0.50%) Internet
14 9 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (9.75%) SQL Server
2 84 (4.68%) Power BI
3 65 (3.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 60 (3.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 46 (2.56%) MongoDB
6 44 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (2.23%) MySQL
8 39 (2.17%) Oracle Database
9 36 (2.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 27 (1.51%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.72%) Oracle Database 12c
13 11 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (0.61%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
15 7 (0.39%) Ingres
15 7 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
15 7 (0.39%) OLTP
16 5 (0.28%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 30 (1.67%) Git
2 21 (1.17%) JIRA
3 8 (0.45%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.39%) Mercurial
5 6 (0.33%) AdminStudio
5 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.11%) Subversion
7 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.056%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.056%) ClearCase
8 1 (0.056%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.056%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.056%) Liquibase
8 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 630 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 285 (15.89%) Finance
3 137 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (6.74%) Organisational Skills
5 119 (6.63%) Retail
6 89 (4.96%) Marketing
7 58 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 56 (3.12%) Legal
9 48 (2.68%) Telecoms
10 35 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (1.95%) Public Sector
11 34 (1.90%) Law
12 26 (1.45%) Banking
13 24 (1.34%) Local Government
14 23 (1.28%) Back Office
15 20 (1.11%) Billing
16 18 (1.00%) Police
17 15 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.78%) German Language
19 10 (0.56%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.06%) HTML
2 25 (1.39%) CSS
3 14 (0.78%) XML
4 12 (0.67%) REST
5 11 (0.61%) EDI
6 10 (0.56%) .NET
7 8 (0.45%) 802.1X
7 8 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
7 8 (0.45%) 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%) SOAP
10 3 (0.17%) Web Services
11 2 (0.11%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.11%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.58%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.73%) Data Centre
4 50 (2.79%) Replication
5 45 (2.51%) Driving Licence
6 28 (1.56%) Clustering
6 28 (1.56%) Onboarding
7 20 (1.11%) PKI
8 17 (0.95%) Learning Management System
8 17 (0.95%) Social Media
9 15 (0.84%) Blog
9 15 (0.84%) PMI
10 13 (0.72%) Digital Signage
11 12 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (0.67%) Wiki
12 11 (0.61%) NHS
13 9 (0.50%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.50%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.45%) Cyberattack
14 8 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 314 (17.50%) Windows
2 240 (13.38%) Linux
3 138 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 75 (4.18%) CentOS
5 67 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 67 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (3.07%) Windows 10
7 53 (2.95%) Windows Server 2012
8 49 (2.73%) Unix
9 48 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 24 (1.34%) Ubuntu
11 21 (1.17%) Android
12 17 (0.95%) Windows 7
13 15 (0.84%) Apple iOS
13 15 (0.84%) Debian
13 15 (0.84%) Mac OS
14 13 (0.72%) SUSE
14 13 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
15 11 (0.61%) CoreOS
16 7 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (17.39%) Customer Service
1 312 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (6.74%) Project Management
3 119 (6.63%) Agile
4 116 (6.47%) Time Management
5 103 (5.74%) ITIL
6 98 (5.46%) Business Intelligence
6 98 (5.46%) CRM
7 97 (5.41%) Migration
8 81 (4.52%) Performance Tuning
9 71 (3.96%) Agile Project Management
10 69 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
11 66 (3.68%) DevOps
12 65 (3.62%) Performance Monitoring
12 65 (3.62%) User Experience
13 64 (3.57%) Mentoring
14 61 (3.40%) ERP
15 59 (3.29%) Disaster Recovery
16 54 (3.01%) Logistics
17 53 (2.95%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 296 (16.50%) SQL
2 158 (8.81%) PowerShell
3 85 (4.74%) Bash
4 69 (3.85%) Python
5 63 (3.51%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.62%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.28%) Perl
8 20 (1.11%) Shell Script
9 11 (0.61%) 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%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 175 (9.75%) Security Cleared
2 141 (7.86%) Degree
3 83 (4.63%) DV Cleared
4 70 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.84%) DBS Check
7 34 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (1.84%) Oracle Certification
9 18 (1.00%) OCP
10 15 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 14 (0.78%) CCNA
11 14 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.61%) HNC
13 10 (0.56%) CCNP
13 10 (0.56%) OCA
14 8 (0.45%) MCSA
15 7 (0.39%) MCSE
15 7 (0.39%) RHCE
16 6 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (3.12%) QA
2 33 (1.84%) SLA
3 27 (1.51%) Accessibility
3 27 (1.51%) GDPR
4 26 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (0.84%) ISO 9001
8 11 (0.61%) PMO
9 8 (0.45%) ISO 14001
10 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.33%) GMP
11 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.11%) COSHH
13 2 (0.11%) NEBOSH
13 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 184 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 78 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (2.62%) Hyper-V
4 30 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
4 30 (1.67%) vSphere
5 25 (1.39%) Docker
6 20 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
7 13 (0.72%) VMware NSX
8 12 (0.67%) Firmware
9 11 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
11 7 (0.39%) XenApp
12 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.11%) Postfix
16 1 (0.056%) Lustre
16 1 (0.056%) NFS
16 1 (0.056%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 44 (2.45%) Ansible
2 34 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (1.34%) SCCM
4 22 (1.23%) SCOM
5 18 (1.00%) Puppet
5 18 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
6 12 (0.67%) Kubernetes
7 11 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (0.45%) Data Guard
8 8 (0.45%) Terraform
8 8 (0.45%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
9 7 (0.39%) Nagios
9 7 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.39%) WSUS
10 6 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
10 6 (0.33%) SCVMM
11 5 (0.28%) Foglight
11 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 617 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 152 (8.47%) VMware
3 119 (6.63%) Oracle
4 74 (4.12%) Red Hat
5 41 (2.29%) Citrix
6 38 (2.12%) SAP
7 37 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 37 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 37 (2.06%) Veeam
8 29 (1.62%) NetApp
9 26 (1.45%) Dell
10 23 (1.28%) HP
11 20 (1.11%) Cisco
11 20 (1.11%) Google
12 15 (0.84%) NEC
13 13 (0.72%) Dynatrace
13 13 (0.72%) F5
13 13 (0.72%) Riverbed
14 12 (0.67%) Apple
15 11 (0.61%) Epicor