Administrator Job Trends in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator salary in England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 247 148
Rank change year-on-year +101 -99 +94
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,102 529 1,623
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.34% 1.35% 1.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.50% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 799 380 1,243
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,480 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,375 £27,438 £25,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -26.32%
75th Percentile £49,500 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,125 £63,750
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -23.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 76,707 35,242 80,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 89.75% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,919 20,736 60,720
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 England.

Administrator job vacancy trend in England

Administrator
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in England

Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in England

Administrator
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
North of England +77 268 £35,000 +27.27% 83
London +35 210 £55,000 +11.68% 73
Midlands +70 200 £32,500 -4.41% 58
South East +53 182 £35,000 -23.91% 95
North West +75 148 £32,000 +19.63% 45
East of England +51 138 £35,000 -22.22% 37
South West -21 113 £31,500 -37.00% 40
East Midlands +32 106 £32,500 -19.25% 22
Yorkshire +21 95 £35,000 -30.00% 29
West Midlands +26 94 £31,500 -1.72% 36
North East -23 25 £35,000 +32.08% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 223 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 151 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (10.80%) Azure
4 114 (10.34%) CRM
4 114 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
5 108 (9.80%) Linux
6 97 (8.80%) SQL
7 94 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
8 82 (7.44%) AWS
9 80 (7.26%) Python
10 75 (6.81%) ERP
11 74 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 70 (6.35%) Customer Service
13 69 (6.26%) Windows
14 62 (5.63%) Git
15 60 (5.44%) HTML
15 60 (5.44%) Internet
16 59 (5.35%) CSS
17 58 (5.26%) AWS Certification
17 58 (5.26%) GitHub
17 58 (5.26%) JavaScript
17 58 (5.26%) Salesforce
18 56 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
19 55 (4.99%) DevOps
19 55 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
20 54 (4.90%) Security Cleared
20 54 (4.90%) WordPress
21 52 (4.72%) Azure Certification
21 52 (4.72%) Logistics
21 52 (4.72%) Process Improvement

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 54 (4.90%) WordPress
2 47 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.64%) CMS
5 4 (0.36%) Confluence
6 3 (0.27%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) nginx
7 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.091%) IIS
8 1 (0.091%) Mendix
8 1 (0.091%) Site Server
8 1 (0.091%) Totara
Applications
1 114 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.091%) Civil 3D
5 1 (0.091%) MicroStation
5 1 (0.091%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.091%) Revit
Business Applications
1 24 (2.18%) iTrent
2 18 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (1.36%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.64%) Odoo
6 6 (0.54%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.36%) Shopify
8 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.27%) Magento
9 2 (0.18%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.18%) Temenos T24
9 2 (0.18%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.091%) HFM
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle 11i
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.091%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 119 (10.80%) Azure
2 94 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (7.44%) AWS
4 58 (5.26%) GitHub
5 49 (4.45%) Power Platform
6 36 (3.27%) Entra ID
7 17 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
8 16 (1.45%) SaaS
9 15 (1.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 14 (1.27%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.18%) PowerApps
12 9 (0.82%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (0.82%) GCP
13 8 (0.73%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (0.73%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (0.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 4 (0.36%) Amazon ECS
15 4 (0.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (5.44%) Internet
2 33 (2.99%) Firewall
3 24 (2.18%) Wireless
4 15 (1.36%) DNS
4 15 (1.36%) LAN
5 14 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.18%) VPN
7 10 (0.91%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.82%) HTTP
8 9 (0.82%) Network Security
8 9 (0.82%) SAN
9 8 (0.73%) Intranet
10 6 (0.54%) Broadband
10 6 (0.54%) WAN
11 3 (0.27%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.27%) NAS
11 3 (0.27%) SSH
11 3 (0.27%) VLAN
12 2 (0.18%) DHCP
12 2 (0.18%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.72%) SQL Server
2 32 (2.90%) Power BI
3 25 (2.27%) MySQL
4 8 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.73%) SAP HANA
5 7 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.54%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.45%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.45%) Tableau
8 4 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.36%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.27%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.27%) GIS
9 3 (0.27%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.27%) Power Query
10 2 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.18%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 62 (5.63%) Git
2 8 (0.73%) GitLab
3 5 (0.45%) JIRA
4 1 (0.091%) Bitbucket
General
1 193 (17.51%) Social Skills
2 167 (15.15%) Finance
3 86 (7.80%) Organisational Skills
4 69 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
5 50 (4.54%) Multimedia
6 48 (4.36%) Marketing
7 47 (4.26%) Retail
8 44 (3.99%) Law
9 31 (2.81%) Manufacturing
10 27 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 20 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (1.72%) Banking
13 17 (1.54%) Back Office
13 17 (1.54%) Military
13 17 (1.54%) Public Sector
14 16 (1.45%) Billing
15 15 (1.36%) Legal
16 9 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.73%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.54%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (5.44%) HTML
2 59 (5.35%) CSS
3 9 (0.82%) WebSockets
4 6 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (0.36%) Middleware
6 3 (0.27%) .NET
6 3 (0.27%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.27%) LAMP
7 2 (0.18%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.18%) CSS3
7 2 (0.18%) HTML5
7 2 (0.18%) jQuery
7 2 (0.18%) JSON
7 2 (0.18%) LEMP Stack
7 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.18%) Node.js
7 2 (0.18%) React
7 2 (0.18%) RESTful
7 2 (0.18%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.18%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 32 (2.90%) Replication
2 31 (2.81%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (1.81%) Data Structures
5 16 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (1.36%) Data Centre
6 15 (1.36%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.27%) Clustering
8 11 (1.00%) Private Cloud
9 10 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.54%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (0.54%) Product Ownership
11 5 (0.45%) Driving Licence
11 5 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.45%) FMCG
11 5 (0.45%) NHS
11 5 (0.45%) Operational Technology
12 4 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.36%) Smart Meter
13 3 (0.27%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 108 (9.80%) Linux
2 69 (6.26%) Windows
3 30 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 29 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (1.91%) Mac OS
6 16 (1.45%) Android
6 16 (1.45%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.00%) CentOS
8 8 (0.73%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.45%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.36%) Rocky
10 4 (0.36%) Unix
11 3 (0.27%) Debian
12 1 (0.091%) Solaris
12 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (10.34%) CRM
3 75 (6.81%) ERP
4 74 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 70 (6.35%) Customer Service
6 55 (4.99%) DevOps
7 52 (4.72%) Logistics
7 52 (4.72%) Process Improvement
8 50 (4.54%) Web Development
9 45 (4.08%) Cybersecurity
10 43 (3.90%) Data Management
11 38 (3.45%) High Availability
12 36 (3.27%) Analytics
12 36 (3.27%) Service Delivery
13 35 (3.18%) CI/CD
14 30 (2.72%) Data Entry
15 29 (2.63%) Business Intelligence
16 27 (2.45%) Decision-Making
17 26 (2.36%) Infrastructure as Code
18 25 (2.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 97 (8.80%) SQL
2 80 (7.26%) Python
3 58 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 51 (4.63%) R
5 30 (2.72%) Bash
6 21 (1.91%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.45%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.73%) Go
9 6 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.45%) PHP
10 5 (0.45%) VBA
11 4 (0.36%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.36%) C
11 4 (0.36%) C#
12 2 (0.18%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.091%) Perl
Qualifications
1 58 (5.26%) AWS Certification
2 55 (4.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 54 (4.90%) Security Cleared
4 52 (4.72%) Azure Certification
5 50 (4.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 28 (2.54%) SC Cleared
7 23 (2.09%) DV Cleared
8 21 (1.91%) A+ Certification
8 21 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
9 17 (1.54%) DBS Check
10 15 (1.36%) CIPD
11 14 (1.27%) Degree
12 10 (0.91%) RHCSA
13 7 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.18%) AAT
14 2 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
15 1 (0.091%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.091%) Linux+ Certification
15 1 (0.091%) PMP
15 1 (0.091%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.36%) Data Quality
2 40 (3.63%) GDPR
3 37 (3.36%) QA
4 11 (1.00%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.54%) SLA
6 5 (0.45%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.18%) PMO
10 1 (0.091%) COSHH
10 1 (0.091%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.091%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.091%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (4.54%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (2.36%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.00%) Docker
5 6 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.27%) Firmware
6 3 (0.27%) iptables
7 1 (0.091%) KVM
Systems Management
1 26 (2.36%) Terraform
2 23 (2.09%) Ansible
3 21 (1.91%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.63%) Nagios
5 17 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (1.45%) Grafana
6 16 (1.45%) Nessus
7 14 (1.27%) Proxmox
8 13 (1.18%) Prometheus
9 6 (0.54%) Puppet
10 5 (0.45%) Autotask
11 4 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
12 3 (0.27%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.27%) SCCM
12 3 (0.27%) systemd
13 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.18%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 223 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 58 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 47 (4.26%) Red Hat
4 42 (3.81%) VMware
5 35 (3.18%) SAP
6 22 (2.00%) HubSpot
7 18 (1.63%) Sage
8 13 (1.18%) SolarWinds
9 12 (1.09%) Oracle
10 11 (1.00%) Veeam
11 10 (0.91%) Zoho
12 9 (0.82%) HP
13 8 (0.73%) Facebook
13 8 (0.73%) SonicWALL
14 7 (0.64%) ServiceNow
15 5 (0.45%) Cisco
15 5 (0.45%) Google
15 5 (0.45%) Kaseya
15 5 (0.45%) Splunk
16 4 (0.36%) SYSPRO