Administrator Job Trends in the South East

Administrator
England > South East

The median Administrator salary in the South East is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 174 103
Rank change year-on-year +51 -71 +61
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 184 80 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.35% 1.19% 2.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.40% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 138 61 338
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,250 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £42,500 £24,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £49,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% -22.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +42.86% -26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 12,808 5,710 14,580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 84.59% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 8,538 3,601 11,006
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 South East.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the South East

Administrator
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the South East

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the South East over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the South East

Administrator
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Surrey +18 62 £35,000 -36.36% 15
Thames Valley +13 49 £35,000 -28.57% 16
Hampshire +3 41 £36,500 -27.00% 14
Kent -11 25 £24,000 -46.67% 8
Berkshire +21 21 £34,000 -26.09% 6
Oxfordshire 0 18 £40,000 -18.37% 8
Buckinghamshire -25 10 £29,000 -47.27% 2
West Sussex -17 2 £29,000 -
Middlesex - 2 £47,500 - 4
East Sussex -20 1 £31,000 -28.74%
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 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 South East region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 31 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 30 (16.30%) CRM
3 27 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
5 19 (10.33%) Python
6 18 (9.78%) DevOps
7 17 (9.24%) Linux
8 15 (8.15%) AWS
8 15 (8.15%) Microsoft Office
8 15 (8.15%) Salesforce
8 15 (8.15%) Service Delivery
9 14 (7.61%) AWS Certification
9 14 (7.61%) Firewall
9 14 (7.61%) GitHub
10 12 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (6.52%) SAP
11 11 (5.98%) Azure
11 11 (5.98%) Data Entry
12 10 (5.43%) Customer Service
12 10 (5.43%) Data Management
12 10 (5.43%) ERP
12 10 (5.43%) VPN
13 9 (4.89%) AI
13 9 (4.89%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (4.89%) Data Quality
13 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (4.89%) VMware
14 8 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 8 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (4.35%) Ansible

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.26%) WordPress
3 3 (1.63%) Confluence
4 1 (0.54%) CMS
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 20 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (8.15%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (4.35%) Salesforce CRM
2 7 (3.80%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.15%) AWS
2 14 (7.61%) GitHub
3 12 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.98%) Azure
5 8 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 8 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (2.72%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.17%) SaaS
8 3 (1.63%) Veeva
9 2 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.09%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.54%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.54%) OCI
10 1 (0.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.61%) Firewall
2 10 (5.43%) VPN
3 6 (3.26%) Internet
4 2 (1.09%) DNS
4 2 (1.09%) HTTP
5 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.54%) WAN
5 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.72%) Tableau
3 4 (2.17%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.17%) Oracle Database 12c
3 4 (2.17%) Power BI
4 3 (1.63%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.63%) Oracle Database 10g
4 3 (1.63%) Oracle Database 11g
4 3 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.54%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.26%) Git
2 2 (1.09%) JIRA
3 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
General
1 30 (16.30%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.76%) Organisational Skills
3 24 (13.04%) Retail
4 20 (10.87%) Finance
5 8 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.35%) Marketing
6 6 (3.26%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.17%) Legal
8 3 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Automotive
9 2 (1.09%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.09%) Military
10 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.54%) Back Office
10 1 (0.54%) Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Front Office
10 1 (0.54%) Publishing
10 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.26%) CSS
1 6 (3.26%) HTML
2 3 (1.63%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.54%) .NET
3 1 (0.54%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.52%) Private Cloud
2 11 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.17%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.17%) Replication
5 3 (1.63%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.09%) CCTV
7 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.54%) FMCG
7 1 (0.54%) PMI
7 1 (0.54%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.24%) Linux
2 6 (3.26%) Windows
3 5 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.09%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.30%) CRM
2 27 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (9.78%) DevOps
4 15 (8.15%) Service Delivery
5 11 (5.98%) Data Entry
6 10 (5.43%) Customer Service
6 10 (5.43%) Data Management
6 10 (5.43%) ERP
7 9 (4.89%) AI
7 9 (4.89%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (4.35%) CI/CD
8 8 (4.35%) Cloud Security
8 8 (4.35%) Configuration Management
8 8 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (4.35%) Decision-Making
8 8 (4.35%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (4.35%) Infrastructure Automation
8 8 (4.35%) Logistics
8 8 (4.35%) Migration
8 8 (4.35%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.33%) Python
2 8 (4.35%) Bash
2 8 (4.35%) Go
2 8 (4.35%) SQL
3 7 (3.80%) R
4 6 (3.26%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.63%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.09%) Perl
6 2 (1.09%) PHP
7 1 (0.54%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (7.61%) AWS Certification
2 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 6 (3.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (2.17%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.63%) Degree
6 3 (1.63%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.09%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.09%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.54%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.89%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.80%) GDPR
3 6 (3.26%) ISO 9001
3 6 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (1.63%) Def Stans
4 3 (1.63%) QA
5 2 (1.09%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.35%) Ansible
1 8 (4.35%) Grafana
1 8 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 8 (4.35%) Prometheus
1 8 (4.35%) Proxmox
1 8 (4.35%) Terraform
2 3 (1.63%) Nessus
2 3 (1.63%) WSUS
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.15%) Salesforce
3 12 (6.52%) SAP
4 9 (4.89%) VMware
5 7 (3.80%) Sage
6 4 (2.17%) Oracle
6 4 (2.17%) SYSPRO
7 2 (1.09%) HP
8 1 (0.54%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.54%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.54%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.54%) Siemens
8 1 (0.54%) Zoho