Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 187 149
Rank change year-on-year +29 -38 +94
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 547 546 732
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.30% 1.52% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.64% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 349 273 515
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,300 £22,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +17.28% -10.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,250 £59,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,625
% change year-on-year -30.00% +14.61% -12.75%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies 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 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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
South East +29 132 £35,000 -26.32% 77
Midlands +39 105 £32,500 -18.75% 39
North of England +32 105 £32,500 -18.75% 88
South West +5 104 £35,000 -30.00% 23
East of England +19 82 £32,500 -32.29% 44
North West +36 55 £31,500 -25.88% 45
West Midlands +33 53 £40,000 -11.11% 18
East Midlands 0 52 £32,500 +4.84% 21
Yorkshire +3 41 £30,500 -12.86% 35
Scotland -6 16 £27,500 -38.89% 10
North East -9 9 £55,500 +38.75% 9
Northern Ireland -7 7 £28,000 - 1
Wales +5 5 £30,000 -21.05% 9
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 141 (25.78%) Microsoft
2 94 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (12.43%) Azure
4 66 (12.07%) Linux
5 61 (11.15%) Microsoft Excel
6 60 (10.97%) Microsoft Office
7 53 (9.69%) Security Cleared
7 53 (9.69%) Windows
8 46 (8.41%) Process Improvement
8 46 (8.41%) Python
9 45 (8.23%) Active Directory
10 43 (7.86%) SC Cleared
11 42 (7.68%) AWS
11 42 (7.68%) DV Cleared
12 40 (7.31%) Customer Service
12 40 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
13 39 (7.13%) CRM
14 36 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (6.58%) High Availability
14 36 (6.58%) SQL
15 35 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
16 34 (6.22%) Cisco
17 32 (5.85%) JavaScript
18 31 (5.67%) Cisco Certification
18 31 (5.67%) Power Platform
19 30 (5.48%) Internet
19 30 (5.48%) SAP
20 29 (5.30%) ITIL
21 28 (5.12%) CSS
21 28 (5.12%) HTML

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 26 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.57%) WordPress
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.73%) Confluence
5 3 (0.55%) CMS
5 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.55%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 61 (11.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (10.97%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.55%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.55%) Windchill
7 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.38%) iTrent
3 6 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.73%) Primavera
5 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.73%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.55%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.18%) Magento
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 68 (12.43%) Azure
2 42 (7.68%) AWS
3 40 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 26 (4.75%) GitHub
6 15 (2.74%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 11 (2.01%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.65%) SaaS
9 6 (1.10%) OCI
10 5 (0.91%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.73%) GCP
11 4 (0.73%) OneDrive
11 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.55%) Veeva
13 2 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.37%) Google Ads
13 2 (0.37%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.18%) Salesforce Einstein
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.48%) Internet
2 19 (3.47%) Firewall
3 11 (2.01%) DNS
4 10 (1.83%) VPN
5 7 (1.28%) LAN
5 7 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.91%) Network Security
6 5 (0.91%) Wireless
7 4 (0.73%) WAN
8 3 (0.55%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.55%) VLAN
9 2 (0.37%) DHCP
9 2 (0.37%) HTTP
9 2 (0.37%) NAS
10 1 (0.18%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.18%) Multicast
10 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.93%) Power BI
3 10 (1.83%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.91%) MySQL
6 5 (0.91%) Oracle Database 12c
6 5 (0.91%) Tableau
7 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.73%) Metadata
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 27 (4.94%) Git
2 5 (0.91%) JIRA
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 112 (20.48%) Social Skills
2 94 (17.18%) Finance
3 47 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (8.23%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (4.57%) Multimedia
6 20 (3.66%) Law
6 20 (3.66%) Retail
7 16 (2.93%) Legal
8 15 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 15 (2.74%) Marketing
9 14 (2.56%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.28%) Advertising
11 7 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.28%) Back Office
12 6 (1.10%) Banking
12 6 (1.10%) Military
13 4 (0.73%) Automotive
13 4 (0.73%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.12%) CSS
1 28 (5.12%) HTML
2 4 (0.73%) XML
3 3 (0.55%) .NET
3 3 (0.55%) Itk
3 3 (0.55%) JSON
3 3 (0.55%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (0.55%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.37%) jQuery
4 2 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.37%) Middleware
4 2 (0.37%) Mongoose
4 2 (0.37%) REST
4 2 (0.37%) SOAP
5 1 (0.18%) ODBC
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.18%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.12%) e-Learning
2 17 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 17 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.83%) FMCG
5 9 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.46%) Replication
7 6 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.91%) CMDB
8 5 (0.91%) Learning Management System
8 5 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.73%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.73%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.73%) iPad
9 4 (0.73%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.55%) Clustering
10 3 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.55%) iSeries
10 3 (0.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 66 (12.07%) Linux
2 53 (9.69%) Windows
3 28 (5.12%) Unix
4 23 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.11%) Android
6 14 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.65%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (1.46%) Windows 10
9 7 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.91%) CentOS
10 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.37%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.18%) Debian
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (8.41%) Process Improvement
3 40 (7.31%) Customer Service
4 39 (7.13%) CRM
5 36 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (6.58%) High Availability
6 29 (5.30%) ITIL
7 27 (4.94%) Innovative Thinking
8 25 (4.57%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (4.57%) Web Development
9 24 (4.39%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (4.02%) Time Management
11 21 (3.84%) Data Protection
11 21 (3.84%) ERP
12 19 (3.47%) Collaborative Working
13 18 (3.29%) Asset Management
13 18 (3.29%) Project Management
14 16 (2.93%) Budgeting
14 16 (2.93%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (2.93%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.41%) Python
2 36 (6.58%) SQL
3 32 (5.85%) JavaScript
4 25 (4.57%) R
5 22 (4.02%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.65%) Bash
7 8 (1.46%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.55%) Tcl
9 2 (0.37%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.37%) C#
9 2 (0.37%) Perl
9 2 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 53 (9.69%) Security Cleared
2 43 (7.86%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.68%) DV Cleared
4 35 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (5.67%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (4.94%) Azure Certification
6 27 (4.94%) CCNP
7 26 (4.75%) AWS Certification
8 25 (4.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 25 (4.57%) CCNA
9 18 (3.29%) Degree
10 8 (1.46%) CIPD
11 6 (1.10%) RHCSA
12 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.55%) HNC
14 3 (0.55%) HND
14 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.37%) A+ Certification
16 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.02%) GDPR
2 10 (1.83%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.46%) SLA
4 6 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.73%) PMO
6 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.55%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) COSHH
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (8.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.91%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.37%) Docker
6 1 (0.18%) KVM
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.28%) Ansible
3 6 (1.10%) Nessus
4 5 (0.91%) Terraform
5 4 (0.73%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.73%) SCCM
6 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.55%) Nagios
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.55%) WSUS
7 2 (0.37%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.37%) Grafana
7 2 (0.37%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.37%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) Argo
8 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 141 (25.78%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.22%) Cisco
3 30 (5.48%) SAP
4 25 (4.57%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.93%) Oracle
6 14 (2.56%) VMware
7 11 (2.01%) Red Hat
7 11 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.83%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.46%) Remedy
10 7 (1.28%) Apple
11 5 (0.91%) Sage
12 4 (0.73%) Google
12 4 (0.73%) Samsung
12 4 (0.73%) Siemens
13 3 (0.55%) Arista
13 3 (0.55%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (0.55%) IFS
13 3 (0.55%) McAfee
13 3 (0.55%) Palo Alto