IT Administrator Jobs in the Thames Valley

IT Administrator
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Administrator salary in the Thames Valley is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 243 257
Rank change year-on-year +64 +14 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 3 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.088% 0.045% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.047% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £35,250 £28,450 £34,000
25th Percentile £39,375 £31,375 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £40,375 £40,625
90th Percentile - £41,350 £41,000
South East median annual salary £27,500 £35,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +32.08% +4.91%

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 2,839 6,361 5,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.70% 94.69% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 4,463 3,154
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the Thames Valley

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the Thames Valley

IT 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 IT Administrator within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire - 2 £47,500 - 1
Oxfordshire +37 1 £35,000 -12.50% 2
IT Administrator
South East

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, IT 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 IT Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) VMS
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Onboarding

IT 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 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) VMS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft