Administrator Job Trends in the North of England

Administrator
England > North of England

The median Administrator salary in the North of England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 188 180
Rank change year-on-year +32 -8 +70
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 105 99 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.98% 1.09% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.16% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 73 44 90
10th Percentile £26,200 £26,920 £22,655
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £34,791
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.97% -26.76%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £48,438
90th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £53,759
England median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £44,263
% change year-on-year -30.00% +12.96% -11.47%

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 9,493 8,534 8,200
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 94.06% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,527 4,016 6,544
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,875 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £82,344 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

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 13 January 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 13 January 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 +36 55 £31,500 -25.88% 44
Yorkshire +3 41 £30,500 -12.86% 37
North East -9 9 £55,500 +38.75% 10
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 29 (27.62%) Microsoft
2 27 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (21.90%) Azure
4 16 (15.24%) AWS
5 15 (14.29%) Python
5 15 (14.29%) Windows
6 13 (12.38%) Internet
6 13 (12.38%) SQL
7 12 (11.43%) CSS
7 12 (11.43%) GitHub
7 12 (11.43%) HTML
7 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
7 12 (11.43%) Salesforce
8 11 (10.48%) AWS Certification
8 11 (10.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 11 (10.48%) Azure Certification
8 11 (10.48%) Customer Service
8 11 (10.48%) Git
8 11 (10.48%) JavaScript
8 11 (10.48%) R
8 11 (10.48%) Web Development
8 11 (10.48%) WordPress
9 10 (9.52%) Process Improvement
10 8 (7.62%) Active Directory
10 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
11 7 (6.67%) Change Management
11 7 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (6.67%) Degree
12 6 (5.71%) Business Intelligence

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 11 (10.48%) WordPress
2 5 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.86%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (2.86%) Siemens NX
5 1 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.86%) SAP Business One
1 3 (2.86%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.95%) Magento
2 1 (0.95%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.90%) Azure
2 16 (15.24%) AWS
3 12 (11.43%) GitHub
4 6 (5.71%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.81%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.81%) Power Automate
5 4 (3.81%) PowerApps
6 3 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.86%) SaaS
6 3 (2.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.90%) GCP
8 1 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (12.38%) Internet
2 3 (2.86%) Network Security
2 3 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.90%) Firewall
4 1 (0.95%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.95%) LAN
4 1 (0.95%) VLAN
4 1 (0.95%) VPN
4 1 (0.95%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.71%) Power BI
2 5 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.86%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.95%) EDMS
4 1 (0.95%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.95%) MySQL
4 1 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (10.48%) Git
2 1 (0.95%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 20 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.24%) Finance
3 12 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (10.48%) Multimedia
5 7 (6.67%) Advertising
6 5 (4.76%) Back Office
6 5 (4.76%) Legal
7 4 (3.81%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.81%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.81%) Law
7 4 (3.81%) Military
8 3 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.90%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.90%) Marketing
9 2 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Retail
10 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.43%) CSS
1 12 (11.43%) HTML
2 3 (2.86%) Itk
2 3 (2.86%) JSON
2 3 (2.86%) XML
3 1 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.95%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.90%) NHS
4 1 (0.95%) Blog
4 1 (0.95%) Clustering
4 1 (0.95%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 15 (14.29%) Windows
2 5 (4.76%) Linux
3 4 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.86%) Android
4 3 (2.86%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.86%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.95%) CentOS
5 1 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.95%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (10.48%) Customer Service
2 11 (10.48%) Web Development
3 10 (9.52%) Process Improvement
4 7 (6.67%) Change Management
4 7 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (5.71%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (5.71%) Time Management
6 5 (4.76%) CI/CD
6 5 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (4.76%) Computer Science
6 5 (4.76%) Project Management
7 4 (3.81%) CRM
7 4 (3.81%) DevOps
7 4 (3.81%) Logistics
7 4 (3.81%) Mathematics
7 4 (3.81%) Mentoring
7 4 (3.81%) Order Management
7 4 (3.81%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (2.86%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.29%) Python
2 13 (12.38%) SQL
3 11 (10.48%) JavaScript
3 11 (10.48%) R
4 3 (2.86%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.86%) Tcl
5 1 (0.95%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.95%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (11.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (10.48%) AWS Certification
2 11 (10.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 11 (10.48%) Azure Certification
3 7 (6.67%) Degree
4 5 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.86%) HNC
5 3 (2.86%) HND
6 1 (0.95%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.95%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.81%) PMO
2 3 (2.86%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.86%) QA
3 2 (1.90%) GDPR
4 1 (0.95%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (7.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) Nessus
2 1 (0.95%) Ansible
2 1 (0.95%) Grafana
2 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.95%) Nagios
2 1 (0.95%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (27.62%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.43%) Salesforce
3 6 (5.71%) VMware
4 3 (2.86%) SAP
4 3 (2.86%) Siemens
5 2 (1.90%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.90%) Sage
5 2 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.95%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.95%) Informatica
6 1 (0.95%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.95%) RedGate
6 1 (0.95%) Talend