IT Administrator Jobs in England

IT Administrator
UK > England

The median IT Administrator salary in England is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 603 566 797
Rank change year-on-year -37 +231 +197
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 80 285 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.32% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.34% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 71 185 106
10th Percentile £25,000 £22,017 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,480 £26,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £33,966 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.04% +4.51% -
75th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £47,750
UK median annual salary £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% - -

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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £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 £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in England

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in England

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in England

IT 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 IT Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England +20 25 £25,480 -15.07% 6
North West -4 22 £25,480 -15.07% 4
East of England +7 19 £27,500 -5.17% 11
London +98 14 £40,000 +3.90% 11
South East +21 10 £27,500 -21.43% 12
West Midlands +49 7 £26,500 -24.27% 5
Midlands +34 7 £26,500 -24.27% 8
South West +88 5 £32,500 +1.56% 4
Yorkshire +47 3 £33,750 +7.14% 2
IT Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, IT 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 IT Administrator in the job title.

1 63 (78.75%) Microsoft
2 57 (71.25%) Active Directory
3 55 (68.75%) Social Skills
4 53 (66.25%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (57.50%) Windows
6 33 (41.25%) Customer Service
7 29 (36.25%) Microsoft Office
8 26 (32.50%) Azure
8 26 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (27.50%) Microsoft Intune
11 21 (26.25%) Data Protection
11 21 (26.25%) Windows 10
12 20 (25.00%) Asset Management
13 19 (23.75%) Microsoft Excel
13 19 (23.75%) VMware
13 19 (23.75%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (22.50%) Process Improvement
15 17 (21.25%) Line Management
16 16 (20.00%) DBS Check
16 16 (20.00%) Social Media
16 16 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (20.00%) SLA
17 15 (18.75%) Linux
17 15 (18.75%) Entra ID
17 15 (18.75%) Windows Server
17 15 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
18 13 (16.25%) Firewall
18 13 (16.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 13 (16.25%) VMware Infrastructure

IT 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 11 (13.75%) SharePoint
2 10 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (11.25%) IIS
3 9 (11.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (36.25%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (23.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.25%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (7.50%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 53 (66.25%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (32.50%) Azure
3 15 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 10 (12.50%) OneDrive
5 9 (11.25%) Microsoft Copilot
5 9 (11.25%) Power Automate
6 2 (2.50%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.25%) AWS
7 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.25%) Firewall
2 9 (11.25%) DMARC
2 9 (11.25%) SSL
3 6 (7.50%) SAN
3 6 (7.50%) WebEx
4 5 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (5.00%) Wireless
6 3 (3.75%) DHCP
6 3 (3.75%) DNS
6 3 (3.75%) LAN
7 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.50%) VPN
7 2 (2.50%) WAN
8 1 (1.25%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.25%) PBX
8 1 (1.25%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.25%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.25%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 55 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.75%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (11.25%) Czech Language
3 9 (11.25%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (8.75%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.25%) Law
6 2 (2.50%) Advertising
7 1 (1.25%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.25%) Automotive
7 1 (1.25%) Finance
7 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.25%) JSON
1 9 (11.25%) REST
1 9 (11.25%) SOAP
1 9 (11.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 16 (20.00%) Social Media
2 15 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (11.25%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (5.00%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.75%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.50%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (2.50%) Life Science
7 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.50%) Wiki
8 1 (1.25%) Device Driver
8 1 (1.25%) Handset
8 1 (1.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (57.50%) Windows
2 21 (26.25%) Windows 10
3 15 (18.75%) Linux
3 15 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 9 (11.25%) Unix
5 8 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (6.25%) Mac OS
7 4 (5.00%) Apple iOS
8 3 (3.75%) Android
8 3 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.25%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.25%) VMS
9 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (41.25%) Customer Service
2 26 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (26.25%) Data Protection
5 20 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 18 (22.50%) Process Improvement
7 17 (21.25%) Line Management
8 10 (12.50%) Project Management
9 9 (11.25%) Agile
9 9 (11.25%) CRM
9 9 (11.25%) Data Privacy
9 9 (11.25%) Inventory Management
9 9 (11.25%) ITIL
9 9 (11.25%) Portfolio Management
9 9 (11.25%) Roadmaps
9 9 (11.25%) Technology Roadmap
10 8 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
11 7 (8.75%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (7.50%) Break/Fix
12 6 (7.50%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 10 (12.50%) SQL
2 9 (11.25%) Java
2 9 (11.25%) JavaScript
2 9 (11.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 7 (8.75%) Degree
3 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.75%) CCNA
4 3 (3.75%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.75%) MCSE
4 3 (3.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (1.25%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (20.00%) SLA
2 13 (16.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (7.50%) GDPR
4 2 (2.50%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.25%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (71.25%) Active Directory
2 13 (16.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.75%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.75%) vSphere
4 1 (1.25%) RHEV
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (27.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (11.25%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (3.75%) SCCM
4 2 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.25%) Ansible
5 1 (1.25%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.25%) Graylog
5 1 (1.25%) Nagios
5 1 (1.25%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 63 (78.75%) Microsoft
2 19 (23.75%) VMware
3 10 (12.50%) Apple
4 9 (11.25%) Oracle
5 6 (7.50%) Cisco
5 6 (7.50%) HP
6 5 (6.25%) Progress
7 3 (3.75%) Samsung
8 2 (2.50%) Aruba
8 2 (2.50%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.50%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.25%) Google
9 1 (1.25%) IBM
9 1 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.25%) SAP
9 1 (1.25%) Sophos
9 1 (1.25%) Veeam
9 1 (1.25%) Veritas