Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 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 257 129 216
Rank change year-on-year -128 +87 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 438 1,581 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.10% 2.11% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 2.22% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 300 1,181 597
10th Percentile £25,125 £22,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £24,545 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £34,995 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.16% -17.66% +6.25%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £62,625 £60,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +5.56%

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 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 31 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 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
North of England -93 118 £31,500 +5.00% 100
South East -114 98 £46,000 +31.43% 132
South West -9 79 £50,000 +56.25% 73
North West -75 79 £27,000 -10.00% 49
Midlands -80 61 £34,000 -9.33% 84
East of England -27 57 £32,500 +8.33% 60
East Midlands -22 40 £32,000 -14.67% 40
Yorkshire -14 29 £50,000 +51.52% 37
West Midlands -48 21 £38,500 -3.75% 44
Scotland +33 19 £26,000 -25.71% 41
North East +12 10 £28,000 +1.82% 14
Wales +18 5 £47,500 -1.04% 12
Northern Ireland +41 4 £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 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 UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 169 (38.58%) Social Skills
2 151 (34.47%) Microsoft
3 112 (25.57%) Windows
4 92 (21.00%) Finance
5 87 (19.86%) Linux
6 84 (19.18%) Customer Service
7 81 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (17.58%) Microsoft Excel
9 73 (16.67%) Active Directory
10 72 (16.44%) Microsoft Office
11 66 (15.07%) Azure
11 66 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
12 62 (14.16%) Security Cleared
12 62 (14.16%) Windows Server
13 57 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 55 (12.56%) Organisational Skills
15 51 (11.64%) SAP
15 51 (11.64%) SQL
16 49 (11.19%) DV Cleared
17 48 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
18 47 (10.73%) CRM
18 47 (10.73%) Degree
19 44 (10.05%) ERP
20 43 (9.82%) Data Management
20 43 (9.82%) VMware
21 42 (9.59%) Agile
21 42 (9.59%) PowerShell
21 42 (9.59%) Process Improvement
22 40 (9.13%) Asset Management
23 39 (8.90%) Salesforce

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 33 (7.53%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.28%) IIS
2 10 (2.28%) Tomcat
3 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.37%) nginx
5 4 (0.91%) Apache
5 4 (0.91%) CMS
5 4 (0.91%) Confluence
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.46%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 77 (17.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (16.44%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.97%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (3.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.51%) NetSuite
2 11 (2.51%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.37%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (1.37%) Shopify
4 3 (0.68%) Maximo
4 3 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
4 3 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.46%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.23%) Changepoint
6 1 (0.23%) Magento
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.23%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 66 (15.07%) Azure
1 66 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (4.34%) Entra ID
3 15 (3.42%) AWS
3 15 (3.42%) Power Automate
4 10 (2.28%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
6 8 (1.83%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.60%) SaaS
8 6 (1.37%) Azure Storage
8 6 (1.37%) PowerApps
9 4 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.91%) Google Sheets
9 4 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.68%) AWS CloudTrail
10 3 (0.68%) Google Docs
10 3 (0.68%) Google Drive
11 2 (0.46%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 31 (7.08%) Firewall
2 14 (3.20%) DNS
3 13 (2.97%) DHCP
3 13 (2.97%) SAN
4 12 (2.74%) Wireless
5 11 (2.51%) LAN
6 10 (2.28%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (2.05%) DMARC
7 9 (2.05%) SSL
8 6 (1.37%) VPN
8 6 (1.37%) Wireless Security
9 5 (1.14%) NAS
9 5 (1.14%) WAN
10 3 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (0.46%) Broadband
11 2 (0.46%) Intranet
11 2 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.46%) VLAN
12 1 (0.23%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.65%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.51%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (2.05%) Data Lake
5 9 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.83%) MariaDB
6 8 (1.83%) MySQL
6 8 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.14%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.14%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.68%) Power BI
10 2 (0.46%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.46%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.46%) Metadata
10 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.46%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 14 (3.20%) JIRA
2 5 (1.14%) GitLab
2 5 (1.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.23%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.23%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.23%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.23%) Git
5 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 169 (38.58%) Social Skills
2 92 (21.00%) Finance
3 55 (12.56%) Organisational Skills
4 48 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (7.99%) Manufacturing
6 27 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.88%) Law
8 16 (3.65%) Marketing
9 15 (3.42%) Legal
9 15 (3.42%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.97%) Public Sector
11 9 (2.05%) Czech Language
11 9 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.83%) Retail
13 7 (1.60%) Billing
14 5 (1.14%) Advertising
14 5 (1.14%) Banking
14 5 (1.14%) Military
15 4 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.68%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.28%) XML
2 9 (2.05%) JSON
2 9 (2.05%) REST
2 9 (2.05%) SOAP
3 5 (1.14%) LDAP
3 5 (1.14%) Middleware
4 4 (0.91%) CSS
4 4 (0.91%) HTML
5 3 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.46%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.23%) ADO
7 1 (0.23%) Ajax
7 1 (0.23%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.23%) ISPF
7 1 (0.23%) Web Services
7 1 (0.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.53%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.02%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
4 17 (3.88%) e-Learning
4 17 (3.88%) Social Media
5 16 (3.65%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.74%) Data Centre
7 11 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.28%) Onboarding
9 8 (1.83%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.83%) Pricing Data
10 7 (1.60%) CMDB
11 5 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.91%) Clustering
12 4 (0.91%) Replication
13 3 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.68%) Learning Management System
13 3 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.46%) Hedge funds
14 2 (0.46%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 112 (25.57%) Windows
2 87 (19.86%) Linux
3 62 (14.16%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (4.11%) Windows 10
6 15 (3.42%) Unix
7 10 (2.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (2.05%) VMS
9 8 (1.83%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.37%) CentOS
11 5 (1.14%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.14%) SUSE
11 5 (1.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 5 (1.14%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.91%) Android
12 4 (0.91%) Solaris
13 3 (0.68%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (19.18%) Customer Service
2 81 (18.49%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 47 (10.73%) CRM
5 44 (10.05%) ERP
6 43 (9.82%) Data Management
7 42 (9.59%) Agile
7 42 (9.59%) Process Improvement
8 40 (9.13%) Asset Management
9 33 (7.53%) Decision-Making
9 33 (7.53%) Time Management
10 27 (6.16%) Data Protection
10 27 (6.16%) High Availability
10 27 (6.16%) ITIL
11 26 (5.94%) Line Management
12 24 (5.48%) Project Management
13 23 (5.25%) Collaborative Working
13 23 (5.25%) Data Analysis
13 23 (5.25%) Service Management
14 22 (5.02%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 51 (11.64%) SQL
2 42 (9.59%) PowerShell
3 33 (7.53%) Bash
4 30 (6.85%) Python
5 13 (2.97%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.97%) T-SQL
6 10 (2.28%) VBA
7 9 (2.05%) Java
8 2 (0.46%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.23%) JCL
Qualifications
1 62 (14.16%) Security Cleared
2 49 (11.19%) DV Cleared
3 47 (10.73%) Degree
4 27 (6.16%) DBS Check
4 27 (6.16%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.34%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (3.88%) ACCA
6 17 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (3.65%) CCAB
7 16 (3.65%) CCNP
7 16 (3.65%) CIMA
8 15 (3.42%) RHCSA
9 12 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.14%) A+ Certification
11 4 (0.91%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.68%) CCNA
12 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.68%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.16%) Data Quality
2 24 (5.48%) SLA
3 12 (2.74%) QA
4 11 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (2.28%) GDPR
6 8 (1.83%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.23%) IFRS
8 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 73 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (3.20%) Docker
3 14 (3.20%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (2.05%) vSphere
5 6 (1.37%) NFS
6 5 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.91%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.23%) LXC
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.23%) RHEV
9 1 (0.23%) Samba
9 1 (0.23%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.11%) Ansible
3 10 (2.28%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (2.28%) Terraform
4 9 (2.05%) Puppet
5 3 (0.68%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (0.68%) Graylog
5 3 (0.68%) Nagios
5 3 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.68%) Rundeck
6 2 (0.46%) Grafana
6 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.46%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.46%) SCCM
7 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.23%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.23%) NetApp OnCommand
7 1 (0.23%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.23%) VxRail
Vendors
1 151 (34.47%) Microsoft
2 51 (11.64%) SAP
3 43 (9.82%) VMware
4 39 (8.90%) Salesforce
5 29 (6.62%) Oracle
5 29 (6.62%) Red Hat
6 28 (6.39%) Cisco
7 14 (3.20%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.60%) Juniper
8 7 (1.60%) NetApp
9 6 (1.37%) Apple
10 5 (1.14%) Citrix
10 5 (1.14%) Progress
10 5 (1.14%) Workday
11 4 (0.91%) Adobe
11 4 (0.91%) EMC
11 4 (0.91%) Google
11 4 (0.91%) Pure Storage
11 4 (0.91%) Samsung
12 3 (0.68%) IBM