Administrator Jobs in the South East

Administrator
England > South East

The median Administrator salary in the South East is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 104 164
Rank change year-on-year -114 +60 +87
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 98 442 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.01% 2.51% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 2.67% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 63 351 213
10th Percentile £25,125 £22,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,250 £24,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -22.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,425 16,577 12,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 94.08% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 11,781 7,967
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the South East

Administrator
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the South East.

Salary trend for Administrator 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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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
Thames Valley -47 37 £49,000 +30.67% 34
Surrey +4 27 £55,000 +46.67% 19
Hampshire -1 21 £46,000 +53.33% 32
Oxfordshire +12 15 £49,000 +40.00% 10
Berkshire -42 12 £35,875 -20.28% 17
Buckinghamshire +15 10 £52,500 +20.00% 10
Kent -25 4 £38,500 +40.00% 17
East Sussex +24 3 £35,000 +52.17% 2
West Sussex +23 1 £27,500 +20.88% 13
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 39 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 25 (25.51%) Microsoft
3 23 (23.47%) Linux
4 19 (19.39%) Agile
5 18 (18.37%) Finance
5 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
5 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Office
6 17 (17.35%) Python
6 17 (17.35%) Bash
7 15 (15.31%) Windows
8 14 (14.29%) Data Management
9 13 (13.27%) Marketing
9 13 (13.27%) Customer Service
10 12 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (12.24%) Azure
10 12 (12.24%) Validation
10 12 (12.24%) VMware
10 12 (12.24%) Salesforce
11 11 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (10.20%) Mentoring
12 10 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (10.20%) QA
13 9 (9.18%) Legal
13 9 (9.18%) SQL
13 9 (9.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (9.18%) PowerShell
13 9 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (9.18%) CI/CD
13 9 (9.18%) Containerisation
14 8 (8.16%) Collaborative Working

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.08%) CMS
3 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.02%) Apache
4 1 (1.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.10%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.02%) AutoCAD
4 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.02%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (1.02%) Changepoint
2 1 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.02%) Magento
2 1 (1.02%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.24%) Azure
2 10 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.10%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.08%) Power Automate
4 4 (4.08%) PowerApps
5 3 (3.06%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.04%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.02%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.06%) NAS
1 3 (3.06%) SAN
2 2 (2.04%) DNS
3 1 (1.02%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (1.02%) DHCP
3 1 (1.02%) LAN
3 1 (1.02%) Multicast
3 1 (1.02%) SMTP
3 1 (1.02%) VoIP
3 1 (1.02%) VPN
3 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.06%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.04%) MySQL
4 1 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.02%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.06%) JIRA
2 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.37%) Finance
3 13 (13.27%) Marketing
4 11 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (9.18%) Legal
5 9 (9.18%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.04%) Electronics
8 2 (2.04%) Games
8 2 (2.04%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.02%) Automotive
9 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.02%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.06%) CSS
1 3 (3.06%) HTML
1 3 (3.06%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (1.02%) ADO
2 1 (1.02%) XML
2 1 (1.02%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) Data Structures
2 5 (5.10%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.06%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (3.06%) Clustering
4 3 (3.06%) Replication
5 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.04%) Online Games
5 2 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.04%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 23 (23.47%) Linux
2 15 (15.31%) Windows
3 9 (9.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (8.16%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.10%) SUSE
5 5 (5.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 5 (5.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.08%) Windows Server
7 2 (2.04%) CentOS
7 2 (2.04%) Solaris
7 2 (2.04%) Unix
8 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.02%) Debian
8 1 (1.02%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.02%) VMS
8 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.39%) Agile
2 14 (14.29%) Data Management
3 13 (13.27%) Customer Service
4 12 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.24%) Validation
5 10 (10.20%) Mentoring
6 9 (9.18%) CI/CD
6 9 (9.18%) Containerisation
7 8 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (8.16%) CRM
7 8 (8.16%) High Availability
7 8 (8.16%) User Stories
8 7 (7.14%) Process Improvement
8 7 (7.14%) Workflow
9 6 (6.12%) Line Management
9 6 (6.12%) Migration
9 6 (6.12%) Project Management
9 6 (6.12%) Service Delivery
9 6 (6.12%) Service Management
9 6 (6.12%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.35%) Bash
1 17 (17.35%) Python
2 9 (9.18%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.18%) SQL
3 3 (3.06%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.10%) Degree
2 5 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.08%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.06%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.06%) CCNA
4 3 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.06%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.06%) MCSE
4 3 (3.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.04%) RHCE
5 2 (2.04%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.02%) ACCA
6 1 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) QA
2 5 (5.10%) SLA
3 3 (3.06%) GDPR
3 3 (3.06%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.04%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.02%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (8.16%) Docker
1 8 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.12%) NFS
4 3 (3.06%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (3.06%) vSphere
5 1 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.06%) Ansible
2 3 (3.06%) EMC VPLEX
2 3 (3.06%) Terraform
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 25 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) Salesforce
2 12 (12.24%) VMware
3 8 (8.16%) Red Hat
3 8 (8.16%) SAP
4 5 (5.10%) Progress
4 5 (5.10%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.10%) Workday
5 3 (3.06%) Cisco
5 3 (3.06%) EMC
6 2 (2.04%) IFS
6 2 (2.04%) Oracle
7 1 (1.02%) Adobe
7 1 (1.02%) Google
7 1 (1.02%) HubSpot