IT Administrator Jobs in London

IT Administrator
England > London

The median IT Administrator salary in London is £40,000 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 378 476 578
Rank change year-on-year +98 +102 +281
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 14 36 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.15% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.16% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13 19 30
10th Percentile £30,100 £26,600 £23,250
25th Percentile - £32,625 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -3.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £46,563
90th Percentile £46,800 - £55,250
England median annual salary £27,500 £33,966 £32,500
% change year-on-year -19.04% +4.51% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,289 22,453 31,519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.39% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,829 16,734 23,288
10th Percentile £41,200 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,143 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in London

IT Administrator
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Administrator within the London 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
Central London +44 8 £40,000 +53.85%
West London +26 1 £31,000 -22.50% 2
East London - 1 £29,500 -
IT Administrator
England

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

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 London region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 11 (78.57%) Windows
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (64.29%) Active Directory
4 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (50.00%) OneDrive
4 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
4 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (42.86%) Break/Fix
5 6 (42.86%) WebEx
5 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (42.86%) Trend Analysis
5 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (42.86%) ITIL
5 6 (42.86%) HP
5 6 (42.86%) Apple
5 6 (42.86%) VMware
5 6 (42.86%) Degree
5 6 (42.86%) Inventory Management
5 6 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (21.43%) Firewall
6 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (14.29%) Azure
7 2 (14.29%) GDPR
7 2 (14.29%) Security Operations

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 7 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (50.00%) OneDrive
3 2 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) WebEx
2 3 (21.43%) Firewall
3 1 (7.14%) Softphone
3 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.14%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Device Driver
3 1 (7.14%) Handset
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) Break/Fix
2 6 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (42.86%) Inventory Management
2 6 (42.86%) ITIL
2 6 (42.86%) Trend Analysis
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 2 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security
4 2 (14.29%) Operations Management
4 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 1 (7.14%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security
5 1 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (7.14%) Document Management
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Response
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) GDPR
2 2 (14.29%) ISO 9001
3 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Graylog
2 1 (7.14%) Nagios
2 1 (7.14%) Opsgenie
2 1 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Apple
2 6 (42.86%) HP
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) IBM
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) Sophos