IT Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 490 422
Rank change year-on-year +59 -68 +256
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 92 89 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.24% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.26% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 72 45 44
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,350 £26,709
25th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £40,000 £33,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% +20.30% +10.83%
75th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £40,250
90th Percentile £48,750 £49,500 £43,525
UK median annual salary £31,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -21.25% +14.29% +2.80%

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 37,994 34,827 29,365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23,048 17,337 22,235
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

IT Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
East of England +52 35 £40,000 +73.91% 19
South East +18 20 £27,500 -35.29% 5
Midlands +24 15 £31,500 -25.88%
South West +11 10 £31,750 -2.31%
East Midlands -14 8 £32,500 -18.75%
West Midlands +24 7 £31,500 -30.00%
North of England +18 7 £30,500 -9.63% 6
Scotland +11 5 £27,500 -15.38%
Yorkshire +1 5 £30,500 +10.91% 2
North West +26 2 £37,000 -7.50% 4
IT Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, IT 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 IT Administrator in the job title.

1 52 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 35 (38.04%) Active Directory
3 34 (36.96%) Windows
4 32 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (27.17%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (27.17%) Microsoft Office
6 24 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (21.74%) Azure
8 19 (20.65%) Data Protection
8 19 (20.65%) ITIL
8 19 (20.65%) Microsoft Excel
9 18 (19.57%) Process Improvement
10 16 (17.39%) Android
10 16 (17.39%) Asset Management
10 16 (17.39%) Budgeting
11 15 (16.30%) Firewall
11 15 (16.30%) Windows Server
12 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (15.22%) SharePoint
13 13 (14.13%) Apple iOS
14 12 (13.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
14 12 (13.04%) Entra ID
14 12 (13.04%) VPN
15 10 (10.87%) Time Management
15 10 (10.87%) Windows 10
16 9 (9.78%) Cisco
16 9 (9.78%) PowerShell
16 9 (9.78%) Project Management
16 9 (9.78%) VMware
16 9 (9.78%) Windows Server 2019

IT 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 14 (15.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.35%) Confluence
3 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 25 (27.17%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (20.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (4.35%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.17%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (21.74%) Azure
3 12 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.61%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.52%) Power Automate
6 5 (5.43%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.43%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.43%) Smartsheet
7 4 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.09%) AWS
9 1 (1.09%) OCI
9 1 (1.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (16.30%) Firewall
2 12 (13.04%) VPN
3 7 (7.61%) DNS
3 7 (7.61%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (7.61%) Wireless
4 5 (5.43%) VLAN
5 4 (4.35%) NAS
5 4 (4.35%) Network Security
6 3 (3.26%) IP Telephony
6 3 (3.26%) LAN
7 2 (2.17%) DHCP
8 1 (1.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.17%) Power BI
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database 12c
3 1 (1.09%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) Bitbucket
General
1 38 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 30 (32.61%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (18.48%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (17.39%) Finance
5 8 (8.70%) Law
6 5 (5.43%) Legal
6 5 (5.43%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.35%) Telecoms
8 3 (3.26%) Aviation
8 3 (3.26%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.17%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.09%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.39%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (5.43%) CMDB
2 5 (5.43%) FMCG
3 3 (3.26%) iPad
3 3 (3.26%) PMI
3 3 (3.26%) Robotics
4 2 (2.17%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (36.96%) Windows
2 16 (17.39%) Android
3 15 (16.30%) Windows Server
4 13 (14.13%) Apple iOS
5 10 (10.87%) Windows 10
6 9 (9.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (8.70%) Mac OS
8 7 (7.61%) Linux
9 5 (5.43%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.17%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (20.65%) Data Protection
3 19 (20.65%) ITIL
4 18 (19.57%) Process Improvement
5 16 (17.39%) Asset Management
5 16 (17.39%) Budgeting
6 12 (13.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
7 10 (10.87%) Time Management
8 9 (9.78%) Project Management
9 8 (8.70%) AI
9 8 (8.70%) ITSM
10 7 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (7.61%) Customer Service
11 6 (6.52%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (5.43%) Configuration Management
12 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Management
12 5 (5.43%) Mathematics
12 5 (5.43%) Mobile Device Management
12 5 (5.43%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.78%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.09%) Bash
3 1 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (5.43%) CCNA
2 5 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.35%) DBS Check
3 4 (4.35%) Degree
3 4 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (3.26%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.17%) MCSE
5 2 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.09%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.09%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.52%) GDPR
3 3 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 35 (38.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.17%) vSphere
5 1 (1.09%) Docker
5 1 (1.09%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.35%) PaperCut
3 3 (3.26%) SCCM
4 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 52 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.78%) Cisco
2 9 (9.78%) VMware
3 8 (8.70%) Apple
4 7 (7.61%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.43%) Samsung
6 4 (4.35%) Datto
7 3 (3.26%) Remedy
8 1 (1.09%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.09%) Freshdesk
8 1 (1.09%) Oracle
8 1 (1.09%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.09%) Sage
8 1 (1.09%) SAP
8 1 (1.09%) Siemens