Administrator Job Trends in Sheffield

Administrator
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Administrator salary in Sheffield is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 33 62
Rank change year-on-year -23 +29 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 6 8 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.89% 2.77% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 2.89% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 17
10th Percentile £28,025 - £30,750
25th Percentile £28,813 £26,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £70,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -56.43% +47.37% -
75th Percentile £31,938 - £53,759
90th Percentile £32,275 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £30,500 £70,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -56.43% +55.56% -1.01%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 647 277 1,008
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 95.85% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 510 191 819
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,588 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -0.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,436 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.75% +15.79% +5.56%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Administrator
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Sheffield

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 22 April 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 Sheffield region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) Git
4 1 (16.67%) GitHub
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) R
4 1 (16.67%) Web Development
4 1 (16.67%) WordPress

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (16.67%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
1 3 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 1 (16.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft