IT Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 542 632
Rank change year-on-year +49 +90 +109
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 75 237 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.31% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 64 196 79
10th Percentile £24,444 £22,044 £23,650
25th Percentile £25,480 £25,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £32,500 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +10.17% -1.67%
75th Percentile £33,750 £43,938 £36,000
90th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £39,250
UK median annual salary £27,500 £33,983 £32,500
% change year-on-year -19.08% +4.56% -

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 35,502 76,581 48,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.52% 94.89% 88.79%
Number of salaries quoted 18,292 53,406 29,107
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,627
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator 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 15 June 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 15 June 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 +48 25 £25,480 -15.07% 7
North West +13 22 £25,480 -15.07% 4
East of England +31 20 £27,500 -5.17% 19
South East +41 12 £27,500 -21.43% 17
Midlands +56 10 £25,750 -26.42% 11
West Midlands +61 7 £26,500 -29.33% 7
South West +81 5 £32,500 -4.41% 4
East Midlands +46 3 £25,000 -26.40% 3
Yorkshire +45 3 £33,750 +9.76% 3
Scotland +103 2 £25,000 -28.57% 2
Wales +44 1 £24,205 -
IT Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 58 (77.33%) Microsoft
2 52 (69.33%) Social Skills
3 51 (68.00%) Active Directory
4 47 (62.67%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (53.33%) Windows
6 32 (42.67%) Customer Service
7 26 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (34.67%) Azure
8 24 (32.00%) Microsoft Office
9 22 (29.33%) Microsoft Excel
10 21 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (28.00%) Data Protection
11 19 (25.33%) Asset Management
12 18 (24.00%) Process Improvement
12 18 (24.00%) Windows 10
12 18 (24.00%) Organisational Skills
13 17 (22.67%) Windows Server
13 17 (22.67%) Entra ID
14 16 (21.33%) Line Management
14 16 (21.33%) Microsoft Intune
14 16 (21.33%) Social Media
14 16 (21.33%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (21.33%) SLA
14 16 (21.33%) Linux
14 16 (21.33%) DBS Check
15 15 (20.00%) VMware
16 12 (16.00%) Project Management
17 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Certification
17 11 (14.67%) SQL Server
17 11 (14.67%) Data Privacy

IT 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 9 (12.00%) IIS
1 9 (12.00%) Tomcat
2 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (6.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.67%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 24 (32.00%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (29.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.33%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (8.00%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 47 (62.67%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (34.67%) Azure
3 17 (22.67%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.00%) Microsoft Copilot
4 9 (12.00%) Power Automate
5 5 (6.67%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.33%) AWS
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.33%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.33%) Firewall
2 9 (12.00%) DMARC
2 9 (12.00%) SSL
3 6 (8.00%) SAN
3 6 (8.00%) Wireless
4 5 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (4.00%) DHCP
5 3 (4.00%) DNS
5 3 (4.00%) LAN
6 2 (2.67%) WAN
7 1 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.33%) PBX
7 1 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.67%) SQL Server
2 9 (12.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.33%) MS Access
General
1 52 (69.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.00%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (12.00%) Czech Language
3 9 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (9.33%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.67%) Law
6 2 (2.67%) Advertising
7 1 (1.33%) Automotive
7 1 (1.33%) Finance
7 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.00%) JSON
1 9 (12.00%) REST
1 9 (12.00%) SOAP
1 9 (12.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.33%) Data Protection Act
1 16 (21.33%) Social Media
2 9 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (12.00%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.67%) Driving Licence
3 5 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.67%) Life Science
6 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.33%) Replication
6 1 (1.33%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 40 (53.33%) Windows
2 18 (24.00%) Windows 10
3 17 (22.67%) Windows Server
4 16 (21.33%) Linux
5 10 (13.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (12.00%) Unix
7 7 (9.33%) Mac OS
8 5 (6.67%) Android
8 5 (6.67%) Apple iOS
8 5 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.33%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.67%) Customer Service
2 26 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (28.00%) Data Protection
4 19 (25.33%) Asset Management
5 18 (24.00%) Process Improvement
6 16 (21.33%) Line Management
7 12 (16.00%) Project Management
8 11 (14.67%) Data Privacy
9 10 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
10 9 (12.00%) Agile
10 9 (12.00%) CRM
10 9 (12.00%) Portfolio Management
10 9 (12.00%) Roadmaps
10 9 (12.00%) Technology Roadmap
11 7 (9.33%) Mobile Device Management
12 6 (8.00%) Cloud Security
12 6 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (8.00%) ERP
12 6 (8.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 10 (13.33%) SQL
1 10 (13.33%) VBA
2 9 (12.00%) Java
2 9 (12.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (21.33%) DBS Check
2 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.00%) MCSE
4 5 (6.67%) CCNA
4 5 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (2.67%) Degree
5 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (21.33%) SLA
2 10 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.00%) GDPR
4 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 51 (68.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.67%) vSphere
4 2 (2.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.33%) RHEV
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (21.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (12.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.67%) SCCM
4 1 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 58 (77.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (20.00%) VMware
3 9 (12.00%) Oracle
4 7 (9.33%) Cisco
5 6 (8.00%) Apple
6 5 (6.67%) Progress
6 5 (6.67%) Samsung
7 3 (4.00%) SAP
8 2 (2.67%) Aruba
8 2 (2.67%) Ubiquiti
9 1 (1.33%) Citrix
9 1 (1.33%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.33%) Veeam
9 1 (1.33%) Veritas