IT Administrator Jobs in England

IT Administrator
UK > England

The median IT Administrator salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 796 974
Rank change year-on-year +228 +178 -278
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 276 130 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 176 109 162
10th Percentile £22,044 £23,250 £21,025
25th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% -4.48%
75th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £40,250
90th Percentile £47,500 £46,700 £52,175
UK median annual salary £32,250 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -0.77% - -0.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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
South East +73 75 £35,000 +32.08% 10
East of England +56 54 £29,000 +1.75% 8
North of England +72 43 £30,000 -1.64% 11
London +122 36 £38,500 -3.75% 7
Midlands +25 34 £34,995 +12.89% 10
South West -24 33 £30,000 -6.25% 6
North West +34 26 £30,000 +7.14% 5
West Midlands +33 23 £34,995 -0.01% 6
Yorkshire +89 16 £32,000 -1.54% 6
East Midlands -8 11 £33,966 +9.57% 4
North East -3 1 £32,500 +18.18%
IT Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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.

1 185 (67.03%) Microsoft
2 142 (51.45%) Social Skills
3 100 (36.23%) Windows
4 99 (35.87%) SharePoint
5 96 (34.78%) Customer Service
6 80 (28.99%) Project Management
7 78 (28.26%) Intranet
8 76 (27.54%) Agile
8 76 (27.54%) Retail
9 72 (26.09%) Active Directory
10 71 (25.72%) Agile Project Management
11 62 (22.46%) Microsoft 365
12 61 (22.10%) Windows Server
13 51 (18.48%) Azure
14 49 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
15 40 (14.49%) PowerShell
16 34 (12.32%) Self-Motivation
16 34 (12.32%) Data Centre
17 32 (11.59%) VMware
18 31 (11.23%) Firewall
19 30 (10.87%) Linux
20 29 (10.51%) SAN
20 29 (10.51%) Server Management
21 28 (10.14%) Citrix
22 27 (9.78%) Finance
22 27 (9.78%) Windows 10
23 26 (9.42%) Microsoft Exchange
24 25 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
25 24 (8.70%) LAN
25 24 (8.70%) WAN

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 99 (35.87%) SharePoint
2 26 (9.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.81%) Confluence
4 3 (1.09%) Site Server
Applications
1 25 (9.06%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.45%) Trello
5 1 (0.36%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 62 (22.46%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (18.48%) Azure
3 24 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.16%) OneDrive
5 14 (5.07%) AWS
6 13 (4.71%) Power Platform
7 9 (3.26%) SaaS
8 6 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.17%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.81%) GCP
9 5 (1.81%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.81%) WhatsApp
10 4 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.45%) Slack
11 1 (0.36%) IaaS
11 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (28.26%) Intranet
2 31 (11.23%) Firewall
3 29 (10.51%) SAN
4 24 (8.70%) LAN
4 24 (8.70%) WAN
5 13 (4.71%) NAS
6 11 (3.99%) DNS
7 10 (3.62%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (3.62%) VPN
8 9 (3.26%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.90%) Unified Communications
9 8 (2.90%) VLAN
10 7 (2.54%) VoIP
10 7 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.45%) DHCP
12 3 (1.09%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.36%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.36%) Internet
13 1 (0.36%) OpenVPN
13 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.71%) Power BI
1 13 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.81%) MySQL
3 2 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.72%) MS Access
3 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.81%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
General
1 142 (51.45%) Social Skills
2 76 (27.54%) Retail
3 27 (9.78%) Finance
4 9 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.90%) Automotive
6 6 (2.17%) Aviation
7 5 (1.81%) Legal
8 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.45%) Law
8 4 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.09%) Local Government
9 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.36%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.09%) HTML
2 1 (0.36%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.32%) Data Centre
1 34 (12.32%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.99%) Wiki
4 10 (3.62%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.90%) Replication
6 6 (2.17%) Handset
6 6 (2.17%) Xbox
7 5 (1.81%) PMI
8 4 (1.45%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.45%) PKI
9 3 (1.09%) VAX
10 2 (0.72%) Life Science
10 2 (0.72%) Photography
11 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.36%) iPhone
11 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.36%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.36%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 100 (36.23%) Windows
2 61 (22.10%) Windows Server
3 30 (10.87%) Linux
4 27 (9.78%) Windows 10
5 16 (5.80%) Android
6 15 (5.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (5.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (3.26%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.54%) Mac OS
10 6 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.45%) VMS
12 3 (1.09%) Unix
12 3 (1.09%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (34.78%) Customer Service
2 80 (28.99%) Project Management
3 76 (27.54%) Agile
4 71 (25.72%) Agile Project Management
5 49 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (10.51%) Server Management
7 21 (7.61%) Benchmarking
7 21 (7.61%) Data Centre Operations
7 21 (7.61%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 21 (7.61%) Performance Monitoring
7 21 (7.61%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (6.88%) ERP
9 16 (5.80%) Artificial Intelligence
10 15 (5.43%) Patch Management
10 15 (5.43%) Service Management
11 13 (4.71%) CRM
12 12 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (4.35%) Data Analysis
13 11 (3.99%) Asset Management
13 11 (3.99%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.49%) PowerShell
2 20 (7.25%) SQL
3 10 (3.62%) Perl
3 10 (3.62%) Python
4 2 (0.72%) C#
4 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.61%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.52%) Degree
4 9 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.17%) MCSA
5 6 (2.17%) MCSE
6 5 (1.81%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.36%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.36%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.17%) SLA
2 5 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.09%) GDPR
5 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 72 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.90%) Firmware
4 7 (2.54%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.09%) vSphere
6 3 (1.09%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (5.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.54%) SCCM
3 5 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.45%) WSUS
5 3 (1.09%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (1.09%) Nagios
5 3 (1.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 185 (67.03%) Microsoft
2 32 (11.59%) VMware
3 28 (10.14%) Citrix
4 21 (7.61%) NetApp
5 12 (4.35%) Dell
6 11 (3.99%) Veeam
7 7 (2.54%) Apple
8 6 (2.17%) Freshdesk
8 6 (2.17%) Mitel
9 5 (1.81%) BT
9 5 (1.81%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.81%) HP
10 3 (1.09%) Centreon
10 3 (1.09%) EMC
10 3 (1.09%) Epicor
10 3 (1.09%) Google
10 3 (1.09%) Juniper
10 3 (1.09%) SAP
10 3 (1.09%) Sybase
11 2 (0.72%) Red Hat