Administrator Job Trends in the City of London

Administrator
Central London > City of London

The median Administrator salary in the City of London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 116 118
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +86
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 27 46 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.20% 1.73% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 1.88% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 24 28 47
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,125 £25,615
25th Percentile £54,688 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,813 £55,625
90th Percentile - £58,250 £65,650
Central London median annual salary £58,750 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +17.50% +25.00% -27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,121 2,447 2,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 92.20% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,587 1,593 2,432
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £74,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% - -0.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the City of London

Administrator
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the City of London

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the City of London

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) DV Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) Linux
3 7 (25.93%) Red Hat
3 7 (25.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (18.52%) Ansible
4 5 (18.52%) VMware
4 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (14.81%) Windows
6 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
6 3 (11.11%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (11.11%) ITIL
6 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (7.41%) AWS
7 2 (7.41%) Azure
7 2 (7.41%) Bash
7 2 (7.41%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (7.41%) Degree
7 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (7.41%) Migration
7 2 (7.41%) Network Security
7 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
7 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
7 2 (7.41%) Process Improvement

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) AWS
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.70%) GCP
2 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
2 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
2 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
2 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) Network Security
2 1 (3.70%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) RDBMS
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Advertising
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Finance
2 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
2 1 (3.70%) Japanese Language
2 1 (3.70%) Law
2 1 (3.70%) Legal
2 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) PKI
2 1 (3.70%) Clustering
2 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Linux
1 7 (25.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (14.81%) Windows
3 1 (3.70%) AIX
3 1 (3.70%) Debian
3 1 (3.70%) Solaris
3 1 (3.70%) Unix
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (11.11%) Change Management
2 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (11.11%) ITIL
3 2 (7.41%) Data Cleansing
3 2 (7.41%) Migration
3 2 (7.41%) Process Improvement
3 2 (7.41%) Security Patching
3 2 (7.41%) Time Management
4 1 (3.70%) Break/Fix
4 1 (3.70%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (3.70%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (3.70%) Data Entry
4 1 (3.70%) Data Integration
4 1 (3.70%) Data Migration
4 1 (3.70%) Decision-Making
4 1 (3.70%) High Availability
4 1 (3.70%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Bash
1 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (7.41%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) Shell Script
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
2 1 (3.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 8 (29.63%) DV Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.70%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.70%) Docker
3 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.70%) KVM
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Ansible
2 2 (7.41%) Terraform
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.70%) Podman
3 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
3 1 (3.70%) Puppet
3 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Red Hat
2 5 (18.52%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.70%) Aderant
4 1 (3.70%) Apple
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) HP
4 1 (3.70%) iManage
4 1 (3.70%) Intapp
4 1 (3.70%) RedGate
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce