Administrator Job Trends in the North West

Administrator
England > North West

The median Administrator salary in the North West is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 158 152
Rank change year-on-year +27 -6 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 55 47 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.86% 0.93% 1.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 1.01% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 37 18 46
10th Percentile £24,250 £30,575 £21,773
25th Percentile £27,500 £40,620 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £42,500 £30,292
Median % change year-on-year -25.88% +40.30% -32.68%
75th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £44,263
90th Percentile £80,000 £62,000 £51,250
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 West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 5,478 4,660 4,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 92.20% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 2,452 3,359
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,113 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 West.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the North West

Administrator
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the North West

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the North West

Administrator
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Cheshire -13 18 £30,500 -46.96% 9
Manchester +12 16 £45,000 +7.14% 18
Lancashire +19 13 £30,000 -28.80% 13
Merseyside +4 8 £30,000 -7.69% 10
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 West region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 14 (25.45%) Azure
4 10 (18.18%) Internet
5 9 (16.36%) AWS
5 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (14.55%) AWS Certification
6 8 (14.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 8 (14.55%) Azure Certification
6 8 (14.55%) CSS
6 8 (14.55%) Git
6 8 (14.55%) GitHub
6 8 (14.55%) HTML
6 8 (14.55%) JavaScript
6 8 (14.55%) Process Improvement
6 8 (14.55%) Python
6 8 (14.55%) R
6 8 (14.55%) Web Development
6 8 (14.55%) WordPress
7 7 (12.73%) Degree
7 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
8 6 (10.91%) Salesforce
8 6 (10.91%) SQL
8 6 (10.91%) Time Management
9 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
9 5 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (9.09%) Customer Service
9 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (14.55%) WordPress
2 5 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (7.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.45%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.82%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.45%) Azure
2 9 (16.36%) AWS
3 8 (14.55%) GitHub
4 5 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.27%) Power Automate
5 4 (7.27%) PowerApps
6 3 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.18%) Internet
2 2 (3.64%) Firewall
3 1 (1.82%) LAN
3 1 (1.82%) VLAN
3 1 (1.82%) VPN
3 1 (1.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.09%) Power BI
2 3 (5.45%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.82%) EDMS
3 1 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Git
General
1 14 (25.45%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.36%) Finance
3 8 (14.55%) Multimedia
4 7 (12.73%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.27%) Advertising
5 4 (7.27%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.45%) Legal
7 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.64%) Marketing
8 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Military
8 1 (1.82%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.55%) CSS
1 8 (14.55%) HTML
2 3 (5.45%) JSON
2 3 (5.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.82%) Learning Management System
2 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Linux
2 2 (3.64%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) CentOS
3 1 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (14.55%) Process Improvement
2 8 (14.55%) Web Development
3 6 (10.91%) Time Management
4 5 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 4 (7.27%) Mathematics
5 4 (7.27%) Order Management
5 4 (7.27%) Project Management
6 3 (5.45%) Logistics
6 3 (5.45%) Software Testing
7 2 (3.64%) Business Development
7 2 (3.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (3.64%) Dashboard Development
7 2 (3.64%) Data Management
7 2 (3.64%) E-Commerce
7 2 (3.64%) Facilities Management
7 2 (3.64%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (3.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.55%) JavaScript
1 8 (14.55%) Python
1 8 (14.55%) R
2 6 (10.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (14.55%) AWS Certification
2 8 (14.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 8 (14.55%) Azure Certification
3 7 (12.73%) Degree
4 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.82%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.27%) PMO
2 1 (1.82%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 5 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.45%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.82%) Ansible
1 1 (1.82%) Grafana
1 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.82%) Nagios
1 1 (1.82%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Salesforce
3 3 (5.45%) SAP
3 3 (5.45%) VMware
4 2 (3.64%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.64%) Sage
4 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.82%) Freshdesk
5 1 (1.82%) Rapid7