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 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 107 163
Rank change year-on-year -101 +56 +75
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 85 422 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 2.51% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 2.67% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 59 336 215
10th Percentile £25,125 £22,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £24,500 £36,188
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 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,400 £65,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -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 8,134 15,805 13,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.58% 93.97% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,356 8,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 12 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 12 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 -50 31 £48,250 +28.67% 50
Surrey +4 24 £50,000 +78.57% 30
Hampshire -4 22 £48,000 +60.00% 37
Oxfordshire +7 12 £49,000 +37.95% 14
Berkshire -42 10 £45,500 +16.79% 29
Buckinghamshire +14 9 £53,750 +22.86% 11
Kent -24 4 £38,500 +45.28% 19
West Sussex +27 1 - - 14
Administrator
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 30 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 23 (27.06%) Microsoft
3 22 (25.88%) Linux
4 18 (21.18%) Python
4 18 (21.18%) Bash
5 17 (20.00%) Agile
5 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (20.00%) Finance
6 16 (18.82%) Windows
7 13 (15.29%) Marketing
7 13 (15.29%) Azure
8 12 (14.12%) Microsoft Excel
8 12 (14.12%) Customer Service
9 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (12.94%) Data Management
9 11 (12.94%) VMware
10 10 (11.76%) QA
10 10 (11.76%) PowerShell
10 10 (11.76%) Validation
10 10 (11.76%) CI/CD
11 9 (10.59%) Containerisation
11 9 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (10.59%) Docker
11 9 (10.59%) Mentoring
11 9 (10.59%) Legal
11 9 (10.59%) Salesforce
11 9 (10.59%) VMware Infrastructure
12 8 (9.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (9.41%) Active Directory

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 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.18%) Confluence
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (14.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (5.88%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.18%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.18%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) Azure
2 9 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (5.88%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.53%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.53%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.53%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.53%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.35%) GCP
6 1 (1.18%) AWS
6 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) NAS
1 3 (3.53%) SAN
2 1 (1.18%) DHCP
2 1 (1.18%) DNS
2 1 (1.18%) LAN
2 1 (1.18%) VoIP
2 1 (1.18%) VPN
2 1 (1.18%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.71%) MySQL
3 3 (3.53%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.35%) Cloud Spanner
4 2 (2.35%) Couchbase
4 2 (2.35%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) JIRA
2 1 (1.18%) Git
2 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.18%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (1.18%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.00%) Finance
3 13 (15.29%) Marketing
4 11 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.59%) Legal
6 8 (9.41%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.71%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.35%) Electronics
9 2 (2.35%) Games
9 2 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.18%) Automotive
10 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) CSS
1 3 (3.53%) HTML
1 3 (3.53%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (2.35%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.18%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.41%) Data Structures
2 5 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.53%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.35%) Clustering
4 2 (2.35%) Online Games
4 2 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.35%) Replication
4 2 (2.35%) SCADA
5 1 (1.18%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (25.88%) Linux
2 16 (18.82%) Windows
3 8 (9.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (7.06%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.88%) SUSE
5 5 (5.88%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (4.71%) Windows Server
7 3 (3.53%) Apple iOS
8 2 (2.35%) Ubuntu
8 2 (2.35%) VMS
9 1 (1.18%) Android
9 1 (1.18%) Mac OS
9 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.00%) Agile
2 12 (14.12%) Customer Service
3 11 (12.94%) Data Management
3 11 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (11.76%) CI/CD
4 10 (11.76%) Validation
5 9 (10.59%) Containerisation
5 9 (10.59%) Mentoring
6 8 (9.41%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (9.41%) Process Improvement
6 8 (9.41%) User Stories
7 7 (8.24%) CRM
7 7 (8.24%) High Availability
7 7 (8.24%) Project Management
7 7 (8.24%) Service Delivery
8 6 (7.06%) Service Management
8 6 (7.06%) Workflow
9 5 (5.88%) Creative Thinking
9 5 (5.88%) Migration
9 5 (5.88%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.18%) Bash
1 18 (21.18%) Python
2 10 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 8 (9.41%) SQL
4 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.53%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.71%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
3 3 (3.53%) DBS Check
3 3 (3.53%) Degree
4 1 (1.18%) ACCA
4 1 (1.18%) CCNA
4 1 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.18%) MCSE
4 1 (1.18%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.76%) QA
2 4 (4.71%) SLA
3 3 (3.53%) GDPR
3 3 (3.53%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (2.35%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.35%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.18%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (10.59%) Docker
1 9 (10.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (5.88%) NFS
4 3 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.35%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.71%) Terraform
3 3 (3.53%) Ansible
3 3 (3.53%) EMC VPLEX
3 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.94%) VMware
3 9 (10.59%) Salesforce
4 8 (9.41%) SAP
5 7 (8.24%) Red Hat
6 5 (5.88%) Progress
6 5 (5.88%) ServiceNow
6 5 (5.88%) Workday
7 3 (3.53%) EMC
8 2 (2.35%) HubSpot
8 2 (2.35%) IFS
8 2 (2.35%) Oracle
9 1 (1.18%) Apple
9 1 (1.18%) Cisco