Administrator Job Trends in the East of England

Administrator
England > East of England

The median Administrator salary in the East of England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 114 98
Rank change year-on-year +47 -16 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 136 58 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.18% 1.93% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% 2.13% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 95 44 69
10th Percentile £26,375 £20,100 £22,400
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +52.54% -17.48%
75th Percentile £49,750 £60,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £83,750 £54,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £46,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -23.91% +31.43% -26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 5,789 2,726 5,757
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.85% 90.78% 93.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,748 1,493 4,396
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +7.30% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,206 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 of England.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the East of England

Administrator
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the East of England

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the East of England

Administrator
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Bedfordshire +39 30 £30,000 - 8
Essex -5 29 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Hertfordshire -9 27 £27,875 -53.54% 12
Suffolk +29 22 £35,000 -36.36% 5
Norfolk -15 14 £40,000 +90.48% 4
Cambridgeshire -30 14 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 of England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 35 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 24 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (15.44%) Customer Service
4 18 (13.24%) Azure
5 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
6 16 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (9.56%) Process Improvement
9 11 (8.09%) Active Directory
10 10 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (7.35%) Data Management
10 10 (7.35%) SQL
11 9 (6.62%) Linux
11 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
11 9 (6.62%) Power Platform
11 9 (6.62%) SAP
12 8 (5.88%) AWS
12 8 (5.88%) B2B
12 8 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (5.88%) CI/CD
12 8 (5.88%) CSS
12 8 (5.88%) Data Protection
12 8 (5.88%) Entra ID
12 8 (5.88%) Facebook
12 8 (5.88%) HTML
12 8 (5.88%) JavaScript
12 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (5.15%) Budgeting
13 7 (5.15%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 7 (5.15%) Data Quality

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.41%) WordPress
3 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.47%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (13.24%) Azure
2 16 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.62%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.88%) AWS
4 8 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.41%) GitHub
6 5 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (3.68%) Power Automate
6 5 (3.68%) PowerApps
7 4 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.47%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.74%) Viva Engage
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.41%) Firewall
1 6 (4.41%) Internet
2 4 (2.94%) LAN
2 4 (2.94%) WAN
2 4 (2.94%) Wireless
3 2 (1.47%) VoIP
3 2 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.21%) Power BI
2 2 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.47%) Tableau
3 1 (0.74%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.74%) MySQL
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.41%) Git
2 2 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 29 (21.32%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.18%) Finance
3 15 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.62%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (5.88%) Marketing
6 6 (4.41%) Multimedia
7 3 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.47%) Retail
9 1 (0.74%) Automotive
9 1 (0.74%) Banking
9 1 (0.74%) Legal
9 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.74%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.88%) CSS
1 8 (5.88%) HTML
2 2 (1.47%) jQuery
3 1 (0.74%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (4.41%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.94%) Smart Meter
4 3 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.74%) FMCG
5 1 (0.74%) iSeries
5 1 (0.74%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.62%) Linux
2 7 (5.15%) Windows
3 3 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Android
4 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (15.44%) Customer Service
3 14 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.56%) Process Improvement
5 10 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (7.35%) Data Management
6 8 (5.88%) B2B
6 8 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 8 (5.88%) Data Protection
7 7 (5.15%) Budgeting
7 7 (5.15%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 7 (5.15%) DevOps
7 7 (5.15%) Release Management
8 6 (4.41%) Time Management
8 6 (4.41%) Web Development
9 5 (3.68%) Analytics
9 5 (3.68%) Change Control
9 5 (3.68%) Data Analytics
9 5 (3.68%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.35%) SQL
2 8 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 7 (5.15%) Python
4 6 (4.41%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.41%) R
5 2 (1.47%) C#
6 1 (0.74%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.41%) AWS Certification
2 6 (4.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 6 (4.41%) Azure Certification
2 6 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.68%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.47%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.47%) AAT
4 2 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.74%) CCNA
5 1 (0.74%) CCNP
5 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.74%) MCSE
5 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.15%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.41%) QA
3 3 (2.21%) GDPR
3 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.47%) ISO 14001
4 2 (1.47%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.21%) Docker
3 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 35 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.62%) SAP
3 8 (5.88%) Facebook
4 5 (3.68%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.94%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.21%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.47%) Google
7 2 (1.47%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.47%) Xero
8 1 (0.74%) IBM
8 1 (0.74%) Oracle
8 1 (0.74%) VMware