Administrator Jobs in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 146 246
Rank change year-on-year -144 +100 +81
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 550 1,730 1,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.12% 1.93% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 2.04% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 389 1,306 899
10th Percentile £25,480 £22,022 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £25,007 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £63,750 £70,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Administrator in England

Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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
London -5 135 £48,500 +3.81% 153
North of England -88 116 £31,500 +5.00% 299
South East -108 98 £46,000 +31.43% 384
South West -19 78 £50,000 +56.25% 187
North West -71 78 £27,000 -10.00% 128
Midlands -61 59 £32,250 -14.00% 273
East of England -34 55 £36,000 +20.00% 226
East Midlands -21 39 £31,500 -16.00% 113
Yorkshire -12 28 £50,000 +47.06% 130
West Midlands -52 20 £35,500 -11.25% 143
North East +9 10 £28,000 +1.82% 41
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 across the England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 220 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 181 (32.91%) Microsoft
3 139 (25.27%) Windows
4 132 (24.00%) Finance
5 127 (23.09%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (20.55%) Linux
7 101 (18.36%) Microsoft 365
8 89 (16.18%) Active Directory
9 88 (16.00%) Azure
10 87 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
11 86 (15.64%) Microsoft Excel
12 82 (14.91%) Microsoft Office
13 79 (14.36%) Customer Service
14 74 (13.45%) Windows Server
15 66 (12.00%) SQL
16 64 (11.64%) Organisational Skills
17 62 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 62 (11.27%) Degree
18 61 (11.09%) VMware
19 60 (10.91%) Security Cleared
20 59 (10.73%) PowerShell
21 54 (9.82%) Salesforce
22 53 (9.64%) SAP
23 52 (9.45%) CRM
23 52 (9.45%) SharePoint
24 51 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
25 49 (8.91%) DV Cleared
26 46 (8.36%) Process Improvement
26 46 (8.36%) ERP
26 46 (8.36%) Agile

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 52 (9.45%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.36%) Tomcat
4 12 (2.18%) IIS
5 9 (1.64%) nginx
6 5 (0.91%) CMS
6 5 (0.91%) Confluence
7 4 (0.73%) Apache
8 3 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 86 (15.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 82 (14.91%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.36%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 29 (5.27%) NetSuite
2 17 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (2.73%) Dynamics NAV
4 12 (2.18%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (1.64%) Shopify
6 5 (0.91%) Exchequer
6 5 (0.91%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.55%) Maximo
7 3 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.18%) Changepoint
9 1 (0.18%) Magento
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 101 (18.36%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (16.00%) Azure
3 27 (4.91%) AWS
4 21 (3.82%) Entra ID
5 19 (3.45%) SaaS
6 18 (3.27%) Power Automate
6 18 (3.27%) Power Platform
7 17 (3.09%) OneDrive
8 12 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.82%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.09%) Azure Storage
11 6 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.73%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.55%) AWS CloudTrail
13 3 (0.55%) GCP
13 3 (0.55%) GitHub
13 3 (0.55%) Google Docs
13 3 (0.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.00%) Firewall
2 22 (4.00%) DNS
3 18 (3.27%) LAN
4 15 (2.73%) SAN
5 13 (2.36%) DHCP
5 13 (2.36%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.18%) WAN
7 11 (2.00%) Wireless
8 10 (1.82%) SSL
8 10 (1.82%) VPN
8 10 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (1.64%) DMARC
10 7 (1.27%) VLAN
10 7 (1.27%) VoIP
11 6 (1.09%) WebEx
11 6 (1.09%) Wireless Security
12 5 (0.91%) NAS
13 4 (0.73%) Multicast
13 4 (0.73%) Network Security
14 3 (0.55%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.73%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (2.18%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (2.00%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.45%) MySQL
7 8 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.09%) Oracle Database
10 5 (0.91%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.73%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.73%) Power BI
12 3 (0.55%) Oracle Exadata
13 2 (0.36%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.36%) GIS
13 2 (0.36%) Metadata
13 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
14 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.18%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (3.64%) JIRA
2 10 (1.82%) Git
3 5 (0.91%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.55%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.55%) GitLab
4 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.18%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.18%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 220 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 132 (24.00%) Finance
3 87 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (11.64%) Organisational Skills
5 34 (6.18%) Manufacturing
6 25 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.27%) Law
8 17 (3.09%) Billing
9 16 (2.91%) Legal
10 15 (2.73%) Marketing
10 15 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 14 (2.55%) Banking
11 14 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.82%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.82%) Retail
13 9 (1.64%) Czech Language
14 6 (1.09%) Advertising
15 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Military
16 3 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.82%) JSON
1 10 (1.82%) XML
2 9 (1.64%) REST
2 9 (1.64%) SOAP
3 6 (1.09%) Middleware
4 5 (0.91%) HTML
4 5 (0.91%) LDAP
5 4 (0.73%) CSS
5 4 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (0.73%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 3 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (0.55%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (0.55%) Node.js
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.36%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.36%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.18%) Ajax
8 1 (0.18%) ISPF
8 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.82%) Management Information System
1 32 (5.82%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (3.09%) e-Learning
5 16 (2.91%) Data Structures
5 16 (2.91%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.91%) Social Media
6 11 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.64%) CMDB
8 8 (1.45%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.45%) Pricing Data
9 6 (1.09%) Replication
9 6 (1.09%) Wiki
10 5 (0.91%) CCTV
10 5 (0.91%) Clustering
10 5 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
12 3 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.55%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 139 (25.27%) Windows
2 113 (20.55%) Linux
3 74 (13.45%) Windows Server
4 29 (5.27%) Windows 10
5 28 (5.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (4.00%) Unix
7 12 (2.18%) CentOS
8 11 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.64%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.45%) Android
10 8 (1.45%) Solaris
11 7 (1.27%) VMS
12 5 (0.91%) AIX
12 5 (0.91%) SUSE
12 5 (0.91%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.73%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.73%) Rocky
14 3 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.36%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (23.09%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (14.36%) Customer Service
3 62 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (9.45%) CRM
5 46 (8.36%) Agile
5 46 (8.36%) ERP
5 46 (8.36%) Process Improvement
6 43 (7.82%) Data Management
6 43 (7.82%) ITIL
7 42 (7.64%) Asset Management
8 39 (7.09%) DevOps
8 39 (7.09%) Time Management
9 37 (6.73%) Decision-Making
10 33 (6.00%) Migration
11 32 (5.82%) Analytics
12 31 (5.64%) Data Protection
13 30 (5.45%) High Availability
14 25 (4.55%) Line Management
14 25 (4.55%) Project Management
14 25 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (12.00%) SQL
2 59 (10.73%) PowerShell
3 45 (8.18%) Bash
4 41 (7.45%) Python
5 18 (3.27%) JavaScript
6 14 (2.55%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.64%) Java
7 9 (1.64%) VBA
8 3 (0.55%) Perl
8 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.18%) Clipper
9 1 (0.18%) JCL
Qualifications
1 62 (11.27%) Degree
2 60 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 49 (8.91%) DV Cleared
4 31 (5.64%) DBS Check
5 27 (4.91%) SC Cleared
6 25 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (3.45%) RHCSA
8 17 (3.09%) ACCA
8 17 (3.09%) CCNP
9 16 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (2.91%) CCAB
9 16 (2.91%) CIMA
10 14 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (1.09%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.09%) RHCE
14 5 (0.91%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.91%) IBM AIX Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.45%) SLA
2 28 (5.09%) Data Quality
3 26 (4.73%) QA
4 17 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (2.55%) GDPR
6 8 (1.45%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) DICOM
10 1 (0.18%) HL7
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS
10 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (16.18%) Active Directory
2 51 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.55%) Docker
4 12 (2.18%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (2.00%) vSphere
6 6 (1.09%) NFS
6 6 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.73%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.36%) Postfix
9 1 (0.18%) Corosync
9 1 (0.18%) Kamailio
9 1 (0.18%) KVM
9 1 (0.18%) LXC
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.18%) RHEV
9 1 (0.18%) Samba
9 1 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (5.45%) Ansible
3 17 (3.09%) Nagios
4 14 (2.55%) Terraform
5 11 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.82%) Puppet
7 9 (1.64%) Kubernetes
7 9 (1.64%) SCCM
8 7 (1.27%) Graylog
9 5 (0.91%) PaperCut
10 4 (0.73%) Grafana
10 4 (0.73%) Opsgenie
10 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.55%) Rundeck
11 3 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 181 (32.91%) Microsoft
2 61 (11.09%) VMware
3 54 (9.82%) Salesforce
4 53 (9.64%) SAP
5 45 (8.18%) Red Hat
6 40 (7.27%) Cisco
7 31 (5.64%) Oracle
8 19 (3.45%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.18%) Citrix
10 11 (2.00%) Apple
11 7 (1.27%) HP
11 7 (1.27%) IBM
11 7 (1.27%) Juniper
11 7 (1.27%) NetApp
11 7 (1.27%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.27%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.27%) Sophos
12 6 (1.09%) Google
12 6 (1.09%) Pure Storage
13 5 (0.91%) Adobe