Administrator Jobs in the Thames Valley

Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median Administrator salary in the Thames Valley is £49,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 101 168
Rank change year-on-year -44 +67 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 35 165 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.05% 2.38% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 2.52% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 27 137 66
10th Percentile £25,125 £25,030 £20,250
25th Percentile £26,625 £30,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £37,500 £39,475
Median % change year-on-year +30.67% -5.00% +38.51%
75th Percentile £58,125 £53,750 £51,500
90th Percentile £61,450 £57,800 £55,375
South East median annual salary £46,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +31.43% -22.22% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,847 6,551 5,265
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.06% 94.59% 89.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 4,515 3,110
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the Thames Valley

Administrator
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Oxfordshire +19 14 £49,000 +37.95% 8
Berkshire -36 12 £35,875 -7.92% 21
Buckinghamshire +14 9 £53,750 +22.86% 13
Administrator
South East

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 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 Thames Valley region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 16 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Linux
2 8 (22.86%) Azure
3 7 (20.00%) Bash
3 7 (20.00%) High Availability
3 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 7 (20.00%) Python
4 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (17.14%) SAP
4 6 (17.14%) Finance
4 6 (17.14%) NFS
4 6 (17.14%) Containerisation
4 6 (17.14%) Kubernetes
5 5 (14.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 5 (14.29%) Docker
5 5 (14.29%) Line Management
5 5 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (14.29%) Salesforce
5 5 (14.29%) SLA
5 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (14.29%) SUSE
5 5 (14.29%) VMware
5 5 (14.29%) Workflow
5 5 (14.29%) Time Management
5 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (11.43%) Agile

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.86%) Apache
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Raiser’s Edge
2 1 (2.86%) SAP Business ByDesign
2 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) DNS
1 1 (2.86%) SMTP
1 1 (2.86%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) MySQL
1 2 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Games
7 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (8.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.71%) Clustering
3 2 (5.71%) Online Games
3 2 (5.71%) Replication
4 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Linux
2 5 (14.29%) SUSE
2 5 (14.29%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 3 (8.57%) Windows
4 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Customer Service
1 7 (20.00%) High Availability
2 6 (17.14%) Containerisation
3 5 (14.29%) Line Management
3 5 (14.29%) Preventative Maintenance
3 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.29%) Time Management
3 5 (14.29%) Workflow
4 4 (11.43%) Agile
4 4 (11.43%) CRM
4 4 (11.43%) Data Management
4 4 (11.43%) Migration
4 4 (11.43%) Process Improvement
4 4 (11.43%) Validation
5 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.57%) Data Deduplication
5 3 (8.57%) Data Migration
5 3 (8.57%) ERP
5 3 (8.57%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (8.57%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) Bash
1 7 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
2 2 (5.71%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) SLA
2 2 (5.71%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) NFS
2 5 (14.29%) Docker
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.86%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) SAP
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 5 (14.29%) VMware
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle
4 1 (2.86%) HubSpot