Administrator Jobs in England

Administrator
UK > England

The median Administrator salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 149 248
Rank change year-on-year -135 +99 +68
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 548 1,647 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.11% 1.91% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 2.02% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 387 1,240 920
10th Percentile £25,480 £22,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £63,750 £72,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -23.91% +2.22%

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 45,134 81,676 80,812
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 94.55% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 24,494 60,830 51,454
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,126 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.60% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 18 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 18 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 -3 140 £50,121 +5.52% 224
North of England -83 114 £32,000 +6.15% 130
South East -114 88 £46,000 +31.43% 179
North West -68 80 £27,000 -10.00% 69
South West -13 76 £50,000 +47.06% 83
Midlands -77 60 £34,000 -12.26% 92
East of England -23 58 £45,000 +52.54% 83
East Midlands -39 35 £40,250 +7.33% 47
Yorkshire -7 26 £50,000 +42.86% 47
West Midlands -52 25 £32,050 -19.88% 41
North East +8 8 £25,000 -17.36% 14
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 214 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 179 (32.66%) Microsoft
3 150 (27.37%) Windows
4 134 (24.45%) Finance
5 130 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
6 112 (20.44%) Linux
7 103 (18.80%) Microsoft 365
8 100 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
9 95 (17.34%) Active Directory
10 87 (15.88%) Azure
11 82 (14.96%) Windows Server
12 78 (14.23%) Microsoft Office
13 77 (14.05%) Customer Service
14 74 (13.50%) Microsoft Excel
15 69 (12.59%) Degree
16 63 (11.50%) SQL
17 62 (11.31%) VMware
17 62 (11.31%) PowerShell
17 62 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
18 61 (11.13%) Organisational Skills
19 59 (10.77%) Security Cleared
20 53 (9.67%) VMware Infrastructure
21 51 (9.31%) CRM
22 50 (9.12%) ERP
22 50 (9.12%) Salesforce
23 48 (8.76%) SharePoint
23 48 (8.76%) SAP
23 48 (8.76%) DV Cleared
24 47 (8.58%) Process Improvement
24 47 (8.58%) Bash

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 48 (8.76%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.37%) Tomcat
4 12 (2.19%) IIS
5 10 (1.82%) nginx
6 6 (1.09%) Apache
7 5 (0.91%) Confluence
8 3 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.36%) CMS
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 78 (14.23%) Microsoft Office
2 74 (13.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 38 (6.93%) NetSuite
2 17 (3.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (2.74%) Shopify
4 14 (2.55%) Dynamics NAV
5 10 (1.82%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.91%) Exchequer
7 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.55%) Maximo
7 3 (0.55%) Raiser’s Edge
7 3 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.36%) IBM Planning Analytics
8 2 (0.36%) Infor SunSystems
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
9 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 103 (18.80%) Microsoft 365
2 87 (15.88%) Azure
3 30 (5.47%) AWS
4 23 (4.20%) Power Platform
5 21 (3.83%) Entra ID
5 21 (3.83%) SaaS
6 17 (3.10%) Power Automate
7 16 (2.92%) OneDrive
8 13 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.82%) PowerApps
10 9 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.09%) Azure Storage
13 4 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (0.73%) AWS CloudTrail
13 4 (0.73%) GCP
14 3 (0.55%) Google Analytics
15 2 (0.36%) Amazon EC2
15 2 (0.36%) GitHub
15 2 (0.36%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.03%) Firewall
2 26 (4.74%) DNS
3 19 (3.47%) LAN
4 16 (2.92%) DHCP
5 15 (2.74%) SAN
6 13 (2.37%) TCP/IP
7 12 (2.19%) WAN
8 11 (2.01%) SSL
8 11 (2.01%) Wireless
9 10 (1.82%) VPN
10 9 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (1.46%) DMARC
11 8 (1.46%) VLAN
12 7 (1.28%) VoIP
13 6 (1.09%) Wireless Security
14 5 (0.91%) NAS
14 5 (0.91%) WebEx
15 4 (0.73%) Network Security
15 4 (0.73%) VSAN
16 3 (0.55%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.64%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.64%) MySQL
4 9 (1.64%) Power BI
4 9 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.09%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.91%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.55%) Oracle Exadata
10 2 (0.36%) GIS
11 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.18%) DB2
11 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 22 (4.01%) JIRA
2 13 (2.37%) Git
3 6 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.55%) GitLab
4 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
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%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 214 (39.05%) Social Skills
2 134 (24.45%) Finance
3 100 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.13%) Organisational Skills
5 32 (5.84%) Manufacturing
6 21 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (3.65%) Law
8 15 (2.74%) Billing
8 15 (2.74%) Legal
8 15 (2.74%) Marketing
8 15 (2.74%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.55%) Banking
10 11 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (1.82%) Retail
12 9 (1.64%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.46%) Czech Language
14 7 (1.28%) Advertising
15 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Military
16 3 (0.55%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.64%) JSON
1 9 (1.64%) XML
2 8 (1.46%) REST
2 8 (1.46%) SOAP
3 6 (1.09%) LDAP
3 6 (1.09%) Middleware
4 5 (0.91%) HTML
5 4 (0.73%) CSS
5 4 (0.73%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 3 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (0.55%) LEMP Stack
6 3 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
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%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.18%) LAMP
8 1 (0.18%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (4.74%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.38%) Data Centre
4 20 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
5 18 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.92%) Data Structures
6 16 (2.92%) Social Media
7 11 (2.01%) CMDB
8 10 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.64%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.64%) e-Learning
10 6 (1.09%) Pricing Data
10 6 (1.09%) Replication
10 6 (1.09%) Wiki
11 5 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.91%) CCTV
11 5 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.73%) Life Science
12 4 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 150 (27.37%) Windows
2 112 (20.44%) Linux
3 82 (14.96%) Windows Server
4 28 (5.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 28 (5.11%) Windows 10
5 20 (3.65%) Unix
6 11 (2.01%) CentOS
7 10 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.64%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.46%) Android
9 8 (1.46%) VMS
10 7 (1.28%) AIX
11 6 (1.09%) Solaris
12 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.91%) SUSE
12 5 (0.91%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.73%) Oracle Linux
13 4 (0.73%) Rocky
14 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (23.72%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (14.05%) Customer Service
3 62 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (9.31%) CRM
5 50 (9.12%) ERP
6 47 (8.58%) Process Improvement
7 45 (8.21%) DevOps
8 44 (8.03%) Asset Management
9 43 (7.85%) ITIL
10 42 (7.66%) Agile
11 41 (7.48%) Analytics
12 36 (6.57%) Time Management
13 34 (6.20%) Data Management
13 34 (6.20%) Migration
14 33 (6.02%) Decision-Making
15 30 (5.47%) Data Protection
16 29 (5.29%) Stakeholder Management
17 27 (4.93%) Service Management
18 25 (4.56%) Disaster Recovery
18 25 (4.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (11.50%) SQL
2 62 (11.31%) PowerShell
3 47 (8.58%) Bash
4 44 (8.03%) Python
5 17 (3.10%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.37%) T-SQL
7 8 (1.46%) Java
7 8 (1.46%) VBA
8 4 (0.73%) Perl
8 4 (0.73%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.18%) AWK
10 1 (0.18%) C
10 1 (0.18%) C++
10 1 (0.18%) Clipper
10 1 (0.18%) JCL
10 1 (0.18%) Korn
10 1 (0.18%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (12.59%) Degree
2 59 (10.77%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.76%) DV Cleared
4 30 (5.47%) DBS Check
5 26 (4.74%) SC Cleared
6 19 (3.47%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (3.28%) ACCA
8 17 (3.10%) CIMA
9 16 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (2.92%) CCAB
10 13 (2.37%) RHCSA
11 12 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (2.01%) CCNP
13 10 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.28%) AWS Certification
15 6 (1.09%) IBM AIX Certification
16 5 (0.91%) A+ Certification
17 4 (0.73%) Azure Certification
17 4 (0.73%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.66%) SLA
2 27 (4.93%) Data Quality
2 27 (4.93%) QA
3 16 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.74%) GDPR
5 8 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.73%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.36%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.18%) DICOM
9 1 (0.18%) GMP
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) IFRS
9 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 95 (17.34%) Active Directory
2 53 (9.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.92%) Docker
4 13 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (1.82%) vSphere
6 8 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.09%) NFS
8 5 (0.91%) Hyper-V
8 5 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.55%) Postfix
10 2 (0.36%) KVM
10 2 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.18%) Corosync
11 1 (0.18%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.18%) LXC
11 1 (0.18%) RHEV
11 1 (0.18%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 34 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (5.84%) Ansible
3 18 (3.28%) Nagios
4 16 (2.92%) Terraform
5 11 (2.01%) SCCM
6 10 (1.82%) Kubernetes
6 10 (1.82%) Puppet
6 10 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.28%) Graylog
8 6 (1.09%) Opsgenie
9 5 (0.91%) PaperCut
10 4 (0.73%) Grafana
10 4 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.55%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.55%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.55%) Rundeck
11 3 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 179 (32.66%) Microsoft
2 62 (11.31%) VMware
3 50 (9.12%) Salesforce
4 48 (8.76%) SAP
5 39 (7.12%) Red Hat
6 34 (6.20%) Cisco
7 29 (5.29%) Oracle
8 21 (3.83%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.55%) Citrix
10 11 (2.01%) Apple
11 10 (1.82%) IBM
12 8 (1.46%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.28%) Juniper
13 7 (1.28%) NetApp
13 7 (1.28%) Sophos
14 6 (1.09%) Google
14 6 (1.09%) HP
14 6 (1.09%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.09%) Pure Storage
15 5 (0.91%) Workday