IT Administrator
UK

The median IT Administrator salary in the UK is £32,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 623 860 1031
Rank change year-on-year +237 +171 -325
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 298 135 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.15% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 194 112 185
10th Percentile £22,000 £23,250 £21,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% - -0.76%
75th Percentile £40,250 £40,000 £44,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £47,400 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% -7.69%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the UK

IT 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 IT Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 +228 276 £32,500 - 52
UK excluding London +141 254 £32,000 +10.34% 48
South East +73 75 £35,000 +32.08% 10
Work from Home +105 60 £37,500 +15.38% 11
East of England +56 54 £29,000 +1.75% 8
North of England +72 43 £30,000 -1.64% 13
London +122 36 £38,500 -3.75% 7
Midlands +25 34 £34,995 +12.89% 11
South West -24 33 £30,000 -6.25% 6
North West +34 26 £30,000 +7.14% 5
West Midlands +33 23 £34,995 -0.01% 6
Yorkshire +89 16 £32,000 -1.54% 8
Scotland -53 13 £35,000 +50.54% 1
East Midlands -8 11 £33,966 +9.57% 5
Northern Ireland +30 1 - - 2
North East -3 1 £32,500 +18.18%
Wales - 1 - -

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 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 featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 191 (64.09%) Microsoft
2 150 (50.34%) Social Skills
3 105 (35.23%) Windows
4 104 (34.90%) Customer Service
5 99 (33.22%) SharePoint
6 81 (27.18%) Active Directory
7 80 (26.85%) Project Management
8 78 (26.17%) Intranet
8 78 (26.17%) Retail
9 76 (25.50%) Agile
10 71 (23.83%) Agile Project Management
11 67 (22.48%) Microsoft 365
12 66 (22.15%) Windows Server
13 55 (18.46%) Azure
14 53 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
15 40 (13.42%) PowerShell
16 37 (12.42%) Self-Motivation
17 34 (11.41%) Data Centre
18 33 (11.07%) VMware
19 32 (10.74%) Windows 10
20 31 (10.40%) Firewall
21 30 (10.07%) Linux
22 29 (9.73%) SAN
22 29 (9.73%) Server Management
23 28 (9.40%) Citrix
23 28 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
23 28 (9.40%) Finance
23 28 (9.40%) Entra ID
24 26 (8.72%) Microsoft Exchange
25 24 (8.05%) LAN

IT 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 99 (33.22%) SharePoint
2 26 (8.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.68%) Confluence
4 3 (1.01%) Site Server
Applications
1 28 (9.40%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.34%) Trello
5 1 (0.34%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 67 (22.48%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (18.46%) Azure
3 28 (9.40%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.70%) OneDrive
5 14 (4.70%) AWS
6 13 (4.36%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.02%) SaaS
8 6 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.01%) Mimecast
8 6 (2.01%) WhatsApp
9 5 (1.68%) GCP
9 5 (1.68%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.34%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.34%) Slack
11 1 (0.34%) IaaS
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (26.17%) Intranet
2 31 (10.40%) Firewall
3 29 (9.73%) SAN
4 24 (8.05%) LAN
4 24 (8.05%) WAN
5 13 (4.36%) NAS
6 12 (4.03%) DNS
7 10 (3.36%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (3.36%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.36%) VPN
8 8 (2.68%) Unified Communications
8 8 (2.68%) VLAN
9 7 (2.35%) VoIP
9 7 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.68%) DHCP
11 3 (1.01%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.34%) Internet
12 1 (0.34%) OpenVPN
12 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.36%) Power BI
1 13 (4.36%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.68%) MySQL
3 2 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.67%) MS Access
3 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.68%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
General
1 150 (50.34%) Social Skills
2 78 (26.17%) Retail
3 28 (9.40%) Finance
4 12 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.68%) Automotive
6 7 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.01%) Aviation
7 6 (2.01%) Legal
8 4 (1.34%) Law
8 4 (1.34%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.01%) Local Government
9 3 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.01%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.01%) HTML
2 1 (0.34%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.42%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (11.41%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.72%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.69%) Wiki
5 10 (3.36%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.68%) Replication
7 6 (2.01%) Handset
7 6 (2.01%) Xbox
8 5 (1.68%) PMI
9 4 (1.34%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.34%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.34%) Life Science
9 4 (1.34%) PKI
10 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.01%) VAX
11 2 (0.67%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.67%) Photography
12 1 (0.34%) FMCG
12 1 (0.34%) iPhone
12 1 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (35.23%) Windows
2 66 (22.15%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.74%) Windows 10
4 30 (10.07%) Linux
5 18 (6.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (5.37%) Android
7 15 (5.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 9 (3.02%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.35%) Mac OS
9 7 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.34%) VMS
11 3 (1.01%) Unix
11 3 (1.01%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (34.90%) Customer Service
2 80 (26.85%) Project Management
3 76 (25.50%) Agile
4 71 (23.83%) Agile Project Management
5 53 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (9.73%) Server Management
7 22 (7.38%) Service Management
8 21 (7.05%) Benchmarking
8 21 (7.05%) Data Centre Operations
8 21 (7.05%) Infrastructure Maintenance
8 21 (7.05%) Performance Monitoring
8 21 (7.05%) Vulnerability Management
9 19 (6.38%) ERP
10 16 (5.37%) Artificial Intelligence
11 15 (5.03%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (5.03%) Patch Management
12 13 (4.36%) Asset Management
12 13 (4.36%) CRM
13 12 (4.03%) Data Analysis
14 11 (3.69%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.42%) PowerShell
2 20 (6.71%) SQL
3 10 (3.36%) Perl
3 10 (3.36%) Python
4 2 (0.67%) C#
4 2 (0.67%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (8.05%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.05%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.04%) Degree
4 10 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.01%) MCSA
6 6 (2.01%) MCSE
7 5 (1.68%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.67%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.34%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.34%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.01%) GDPR
1 6 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.01%) SLA
2 5 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.34%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (27.18%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.68%) Firmware
4 7 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.34%) vSphere
6 3 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.01%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.35%) SCCM
3 5 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.34%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.34%) WSUS
5 3 (1.01%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (1.01%) Nagios
5 3 (1.01%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 191 (64.09%) Microsoft
2 33 (11.07%) VMware
3 28 (9.40%) Citrix
4 21 (7.05%) NetApp
5 12 (4.03%) Dell
6 11 (3.69%) Veeam
7 9 (3.02%) Apple
8 6 (2.01%) Freshdesk
8 6 (2.01%) Mitel
9 5 (1.68%) BT
9 5 (1.68%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.68%) HP
10 3 (1.01%) Centreon
10 3 (1.01%) EMC
10 3 (1.01%) Epicor
10 3 (1.01%) Google
10 3 (1.01%) Juniper
10 3 (1.01%) SAP
10 3 (1.01%) Sybase
11 2 (0.67%) Red Hat