Administrator Job Trends in the North of England

Administrator
England > North of England

The median Administrator salary in the North of England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 169 142
Rank change year-on-year +48 -27 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 249 97 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.35% 1.31% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 1.45% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 198 71 249
10th Percentile £27,500 - £21,450
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,480 £24,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £27,500 £30,147
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -8.78% -30.23%
75th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £52,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £46,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -23.91% +31.43% -26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,066 6,671 15,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 89.87% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 3,796 12,773
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the North of England

Administrator
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the North of England

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the North of England

Administrator
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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 West +47 142 £31,500 +16.67% 36
Yorkshire +4 83 £35,000 -33.33% 30
North East -29 24 £35,000 +40.00% 10
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2026, Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 45 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 39 (15.66%) Azure
3 33 (13.25%) SQL
4 30 (12.05%) ERP
4 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (10.84%) AWS
6 26 (10.44%) CSS
6 26 (10.44%) HTML
7 25 (10.04%) Internet
8 24 (9.64%) Azure Certification
8 24 (9.64%) WordPress
9 23 (9.24%) AWS Certification
9 23 (9.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 23 (9.24%) Git
9 23 (9.24%) GitHub
9 23 (9.24%) JavaScript
9 23 (9.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 23 (9.24%) Python
9 23 (9.24%) R
9 23 (9.24%) SQL Server
9 23 (9.24%) Web Development
10 22 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
11 21 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (8.03%) CRM
13 19 (7.63%) Windows
14 18 (7.23%) Linux
15 16 (6.43%) MySQL
15 16 (6.43%) Salesforce
16 14 (5.62%) Power BI
16 14 (5.62%) Power Platform

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 24 (9.64%) WordPress
2 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (8.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Odoo
1 6 (2.41%) Sage 200
2 3 (1.20%) Magento
3 2 (0.80%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 39 (15.66%) Azure
2 27 (10.84%) AWS
3 23 (9.24%) GitHub
4 14 (5.62%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.61%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.20%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.40%) GCP
9 1 (0.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.04%) Internet
2 6 (2.41%) Broadband
3 5 (2.01%) Wireless
4 3 (1.20%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.20%) SSH
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Firewall
5 1 (0.40%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.24%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.43%) MySQL
3 14 (5.62%) Power BI
4 3 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.40%) Big Data
5 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.40%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 23 (9.24%) Git
General
1 33 (13.25%) Finance
2 29 (11.65%) Law
3 27 (10.84%) Social Skills
4 23 (9.24%) Multimedia
5 16 (6.43%) Manufacturing
6 14 (5.62%) Back Office
6 14 (5.62%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.42%) Military
8 8 (3.21%) Marketing
9 5 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Retail
11 3 (1.20%) Advertising
11 3 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.20%) Automotive
11 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.40%) Legal
12 1 (0.40%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.44%) CSS
1 26 (10.44%) HTML
2 1 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.83%) Replication
2 5 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (2.01%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (1.20%) Blog
3 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.80%) Driving Licence
4 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.40%) Life Science
5 1 (0.40%) NHS
5 1 (0.40%) PKI
5 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.63%) Windows
2 18 (7.23%) Linux
3 12 (4.82%) Android
3 12 (4.82%) Apple iOS
3 12 (4.82%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.20%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.20%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) CentOS
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (12.05%) ERP
1 30 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (9.24%) Web Development
3 21 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (8.03%) CRM
5 13 (5.22%) High Availability
6 12 (4.82%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (4.02%) Performance Improvement
8 9 (3.61%) Customer Service
8 9 (3.61%) Logistics
8 9 (3.61%) Process Improvement
9 7 (2.81%) Chemistry
10 6 (2.41%) ETL
10 6 (2.41%) Facilities Management
11 5 (2.01%) E-Commerce
11 5 (2.01%) Service Delivery
12 4 (1.61%) Invoice Processing
12 4 (1.61%) Roadmaps
12 4 (1.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 4 (1.61%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 33 (13.25%) SQL
2 23 (9.24%) JavaScript
2 23 (9.24%) Python
2 23 (9.24%) R
3 12 (4.82%) Shell Script
4 4 (1.61%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.20%) Bash
6 2 (0.80%) VBA
7 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (9.64%) Azure Certification
2 23 (9.24%) AWS Certification
2 23 (9.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 23 (9.24%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.01%) A+ Certification
3 5 (2.01%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.40%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.40%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.82%) QA
2 11 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.80%) PMO
4 1 (0.40%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (3.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.61%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.20%) iptables
5 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.82%) Nessus
2 4 (1.61%) Grafana
2 4 (1.61%) Prometheus
2 4 (1.61%) Terraform
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.20%) Proxmox
3 3 (1.20%) systemd
4 1 (0.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.40%) Nagios
Vendors
1 45 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.43%) Salesforce
3 7 (2.81%) Sage
3 7 (2.81%) SAP
3 7 (2.81%) VMware
4 3 (1.20%) Meraki
4 3 (1.20%) Palo Alto
4 3 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.80%) Oracle
5 2 (0.80%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.40%) Veeam
6 1 (0.40%) Zoho