Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £44,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 262 140 220
Rank change year-on-year -122 +80 -34
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 415 1,476 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.06% 2.08% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 2.20% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 290 1,100 608
10th Percentile £25,125 £22,000 £24,775
25th Percentile £26,250 £24,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,750 £34,748 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% -18.24% +3.66%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,875
90th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £61,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £45,625
% change year-on-year +28.57% -23.29% +1.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,324 67,152 53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.79% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18,511 47,504 30,595
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
North of England -70 113 £31,500 +4.49% 148
South East -99 85 £46,000 +31.43% 209
North West -60 80 £27,000 -10.00% 72
South West -16 71 £50,000 +47.06% 88
East of England -16 58 £45,000 +52.54% 98
Midlands -77 58 £37,000 -7.50% 111
East Midlands -34 33 £46,250 +23.33% 55
Yorkshire +1 25 £50,000 +42.86% 57
West Midlands -43 25 £32,050 -19.88% 50
Scotland +37 23 £28,250 -16.91% 47
North East +15 8 £25,000 -17.36% 19
Wales +22 5 £47,500 -1.04% 14
Northern Ireland +44 3 £26,000 - 6
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 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 UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 157 (37.83%) Social Skills
2 145 (34.94%) Microsoft
3 119 (28.67%) Windows
4 84 (20.24%) Finance
5 78 (18.80%) Linux
5 78 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (18.55%) Customer Service
7 75 (18.07%) Active Directory
8 68 (16.39%) Windows Server
9 66 (15.90%) Microsoft Office
10 63 (15.18%) Azure
10 63 (15.18%) Microsoft 365
11 60 (14.46%) Microsoft Excel
12 58 (13.98%) Security Cleared
13 57 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
14 55 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (12.29%) Degree
16 49 (11.81%) Organisational Skills
17 46 (11.08%) DV Cleared
18 45 (10.84%) Process Improvement
18 45 (10.84%) SQL
18 45 (10.84%) SAP
19 44 (10.60%) ERP
19 44 (10.60%) VMware
20 43 (10.36%) Asset Management
21 42 (10.12%) PowerShell
22 39 (9.40%) CRM
23 36 (8.67%) Agile
24 35 (8.43%) Bash
25 34 (8.19%) SQL Server

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 29 (6.99%) SharePoint
2 8 (1.93%) IIS
2 8 (1.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.93%) Tomcat
3 7 (1.69%) nginx
4 4 (0.96%) Apache
4 4 (0.96%) Confluence
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.48%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 66 (15.90%) Microsoft Office
2 60 (14.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.89%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 17 (4.10%) NetSuite
1 17 (4.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.41%) Shopify
3 7 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.72%) Maximo
5 3 (0.72%) Raiser’s Edge
6 2 (0.48%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.48%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 63 (15.18%) Azure
1 63 (15.18%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (4.10%) Entra ID
3 16 (3.86%) AWS
4 13 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 12 (2.89%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.17%) SaaS
7 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
7 7 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 6 (1.45%) Azure Storage
8 6 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.20%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (0.96%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.48%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.48%) Boomi
11 2 (0.48%) GCP
11 2 (0.48%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.48%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.71%) Firewall
2 18 (4.34%) DNS
3 17 (4.10%) DHCP
4 12 (2.89%) LAN
4 12 (2.89%) SAN
5 11 (2.65%) Wireless
6 10 (2.41%) TCP/IP
7 9 (2.17%) SSL
7 9 (2.17%) VPN
8 8 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (1.69%) DMARC
10 6 (1.45%) WAN
10 6 (1.45%) Wireless Security
11 5 (1.20%) NAS
12 4 (0.96%) VLAN
13 3 (0.72%) Cisco Nexus
14 2 (0.48%) Network Security
14 2 (0.48%) SSH
14 2 (0.48%) Structured Cabling
14 2 (0.48%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.19%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.41%) MySQL
4 9 (2.17%) Data Lake
4 9 (2.17%) MariaDB
5 8 (1.93%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (1.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (1.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.69%) Power BI
6 7 (1.69%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.20%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.96%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.48%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.48%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.48%) GIS
10 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (4.10%) JIRA
2 6 (1.45%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.20%) GitLab
4 3 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.48%) Git
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.24%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.24%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 157 (37.83%) Social Skills
2 84 (20.24%) Finance
3 57 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.81%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (6.99%) Manufacturing
6 24 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (3.86%) Marketing
8 14 (3.37%) Law
9 13 (3.13%) Legal
10 11 (2.65%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.93%) Retail
13 7 (1.69%) Czech Language
14 6 (1.45%) Advertising
15 5 (1.20%) Banking
15 5 (1.20%) Billing
15 5 (1.20%) Military
16 3 (0.72%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.72%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.93%) XML
2 7 (1.69%) JSON
2 7 (1.69%) REST
2 7 (1.69%) SOAP
3 6 (1.45%) LDAP
4 5 (1.20%) Middleware
5 4 (0.96%) CSS
5 4 (0.96%) HTML
6 3 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.48%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.24%) ADO
8 1 (0.24%) Ajax
8 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.24%) EDI
8 1 (0.24%) ISPF
8 1 (0.24%) LAMP
8 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.54%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.34%) Data Protection Act
3 17 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (4.10%) Social Media
4 16 (3.86%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.89%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.41%) CMDB
8 9 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.93%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.45%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.96%) Pricing Data
12 4 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
12 4 (0.96%) Replication
13 3 (0.72%) Clustering
13 3 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.72%) Life Science
13 3 (0.72%) PKI
13 3 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 119 (28.67%) Windows
2 78 (18.80%) Linux
3 68 (16.39%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (3.61%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.89%) Unix
7 10 (2.41%) VMS
8 9 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.69%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.45%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.20%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.20%) CentOS
11 5 (1.20%) SUSE
11 5 (1.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.96%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.72%) Android
14 2 (0.48%) Solaris
14 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (18.55%) Customer Service
3 55 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (10.84%) Process Improvement
5 44 (10.60%) ERP
6 43 (10.36%) Asset Management
7 39 (9.40%) CRM
8 36 (8.67%) Agile
9 31 (7.47%) Data Management
10 28 (6.75%) Time Management
11 26 (6.27%) Decision-Making
12 25 (6.02%) Analytics
12 25 (6.02%) Project Management
12 25 (6.02%) Service Management
13 24 (5.78%) Data Protection
13 24 (5.78%) DevOps
13 24 (5.78%) ITIL
13 24 (5.78%) Line Management
14 22 (5.30%) Migration
15 20 (4.82%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 45 (10.84%) SQL
2 42 (10.12%) PowerShell
3 35 (8.43%) Bash
4 33 (7.95%) Python
5 13 (3.13%) T-SQL
6 11 (2.65%) JavaScript
7 8 (1.93%) VBA
8 7 (1.69%) Java
9 4 (0.96%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.24%) AWK
11 1 (0.24%) C
11 1 (0.24%) C++
11 1 (0.24%) JCL
11 1 (0.24%) Korn
11 1 (0.24%) Perl
11 1 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 58 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 51 (12.29%) Degree
3 46 (11.08%) DV Cleared
4 25 (6.02%) DBS Check
5 22 (5.30%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.10%) ACCA
7 16 (3.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (3.86%) CCAB
7 16 (3.86%) CIMA
8 8 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.69%) CCNP
10 6 (1.45%) RHCSA
11 5 (1.20%) A+ Certification
12 4 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 2 (0.48%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.27%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.78%) SLA
3 13 (3.13%) QA
4 10 (2.41%) GDPR
5 9 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.93%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.24%) GMP
8 1 (0.24%) IFRS
8 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (18.07%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.86%) Docker
4 15 (3.61%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.69%) vSphere
6 6 (1.45%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.20%) NFS
7 5 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.48%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.24%) KVM
10 1 (0.24%) LXC
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.24%) Postfix
10 1 (0.24%) RHEV
10 1 (0.24%) Samba
10 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
10 1 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
10 1 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 21 (5.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.34%) Ansible
3 11 (2.65%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.65%) Terraform
4 9 (2.17%) Puppet
5 8 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.96%) Nagios
7 3 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (0.72%) Grafana
7 3 (0.72%) Graylog
7 3 (0.72%) Opsgenie
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.72%) Rundeck
7 3 (0.72%) SCCM
8 2 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.48%) VxRail
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.24%) NetApp OnCommand
9 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 145 (34.94%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.84%) SAP
3 44 (10.60%) VMware
4 31 (7.47%) Salesforce
5 24 (5.78%) Oracle
6 20 (4.82%) Red Hat
7 17 (4.10%) Cisco
8 16 (3.86%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.69%) Juniper
9 7 (1.69%) NetApp
10 6 (1.45%) Apple
10 6 (1.45%) Citrix
10 6 (1.45%) IBM
11 5 (1.20%) EMC
11 5 (1.20%) Progress
11 5 (1.20%) Workday
12 4 (0.96%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.96%) Google
12 4 (0.96%) Pure Storage
13 3 (0.72%) PagerDuty