Administrator Job Trends in the East Midlands

Administrator
England > East Midlands

The median Administrator salary in the East Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 97 102
Rank change year-on-year +29 +5 -8
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 121 47 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.31% 2.11% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.42% 2.25% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 89 31 75
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £28,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -25.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £58,750 £56,750
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -19.79%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 5,000 2,086 4,751
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.29% 93.84% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,178 1,190 3,248
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £44,941
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.43% -14.40%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Administrator
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East Midlands

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the East Midlands

Administrator
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
Northamptonshire +44 58 £40,000 -30.43% 4
Lincolnshire +1 24 £32,500 +132.14% 1
Leicestershire -23 21 £40,000 -17.53% 6
Nottinghamshire -26 12 £26,000 +8.33% 4
Derbyshire -1 6 £34,000 +27.10%
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 East Midlands region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 34 (28.10%) Microsoft
2 30 (24.79%) SQL
3 26 (21.49%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (19.83%) Active Directory
4 24 (19.83%) Hyper-V
5 17 (14.05%) CRM
6 15 (12.40%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (11.57%) Firewall
7 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
7 14 (11.57%) Salesforce
8 11 (9.09%) Logistics
8 11 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (9.09%) SharePoint
9 10 (8.26%) GDPR
9 10 (8.26%) iTrent
9 10 (8.26%) Patch Management
10 9 (7.44%) Internet
10 9 (7.44%) Process Improvement
11 8 (6.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.61%) Data Entry
11 8 (6.61%) Entra ID
11 8 (6.61%) HP
11 8 (6.61%) Mimecast
11 8 (6.61%) SAN
11 8 (6.61%) Storage Management
11 8 (6.61%) Veeam
11 8 (6.61%) Windows
12 7 (5.79%) Analytics
12 7 (5.79%) CIPD
12 7 (5.79%) Dynamics CRM

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 15 (12.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (9.09%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.65%) WordPress
4 1 (0.83%) Mendix
Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (8.26%) iTrent
2 7 (5.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.83%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.49%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (6.61%) Entra ID
2 8 (6.61%) Mimecast
3 5 (4.13%) Azure
4 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.48%) SaaS
5 2 (1.65%) AWS
5 2 (1.65%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.57%) Firewall
2 9 (7.44%) Internet
3 8 (6.61%) SAN
4 7 (5.79%) Network Security
4 7 (5.79%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.96%) DHCP
5 6 (4.96%) DNS
6 2 (1.65%) Wireless
7 1 (0.83%) Broadband
7 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.48%) GIS
1 3 (2.48%) Power BI
1 3 (2.48%) Power Query
2 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
2 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Git
General
1 13 (10.74%) Finance
2 11 (9.09%) Retail
3 9 (7.44%) Social Skills
4 7 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.31%) Games
5 4 (3.31%) German Language
6 3 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.48%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.65%) Legal
7 2 (1.65%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.83%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.65%) CSS
1 2 (1.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.83%) Clustering
2 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.65%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.83%) Cyberattack
4 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.61%) Windows
2 6 (4.96%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.48%) Linux
4 2 (1.65%) Solaris
4 2 (1.65%) Unix
5 1 (0.83%) Debian
5 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.05%) CRM
2 11 (9.09%) Logistics
2 11 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (8.26%) Patch Management
4 9 (7.44%) Process Improvement
5 8 (6.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (6.61%) Data Entry
5 8 (6.61%) Storage Management
6 7 (5.79%) Analytics
6 7 (5.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (5.79%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (5.79%) Server Management
7 6 (4.96%) Computer Science
7 6 (4.96%) Virtual Environments
8 5 (4.13%) Validation
9 4 (3.31%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (3.31%) ITIL
10 3 (2.48%) Data Visualisation
10 3 (2.48%) Statistical Modelling
10 3 (2.48%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.79%) SQL
2 4 (3.31%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.48%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.48%) Python
3 3 (2.48%) VBA
4 2 (1.65%) R
4 2 (1.65%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.83%) Bash
5 1 (0.83%) PHP
5 1 (0.83%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (5.79%) CIPD
1 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
1 7 (5.79%) Security Cleared
2 6 (4.96%) Degree
3 2 (1.65%) AWS Certification
3 2 (1.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (1.65%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.65%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.83%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.26%) GDPR
2 4 (3.31%) SLA
3 3 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.48%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (19.83%) Active Directory
1 24 (19.83%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (4.96%) Failover Clustering
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Clustering
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.83%) Ansible
3 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (28.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.57%) Salesforce
3 8 (6.61%) HP
3 8 (6.61%) Veeam
4 7 (5.79%) HubSpot
4 7 (5.79%) SonicWALL
4 7 (5.79%) Zoho
5 2 (1.65%) Oracle
5 2 (1.65%) Sybase
6 1 (0.83%) SAP
6 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow