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 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 514 654
Rank change year-on-year +12 +140 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 71 255 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.36% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.38% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 63 168 76
10th Percentile £22,041 £22,044 £23,000
25th Percentile £25,480 £25,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £32,000 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £34,063 £38,750 £36,375
90th Percentile £46,850 £48,750 £40,000
UK median annual salary £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% - -

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 35,390 67,294 53,432
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 94.80% 89.16%
Number of salaries quoted 18,871 47,619 30,421
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -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 11 May 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 11 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 +45 25 £25,480 -15.07% 5
North West -2 22 £25,480 -15.07% 5
East of England +2 16 £23,000 -20.69% 10
South East +36 10 £27,500 -21.43% 8
South West +81 7 £32,500 +8.33% 5
West Midlands +44 7 £26,500 -24.27% 4
Midlands +38 7 £26,500 -24.27% 6
Scotland +114 5 £50,000 +42.86%
Yorkshire +54 3 £33,750 +5.47%
Wales +39 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 11 May 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 54 (76.06%) Microsoft
2 50 (70.42%) Active Directory
3 48 (67.61%) Social Skills
4 40 (56.34%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (47.89%) Windows
6 33 (46.48%) Customer Service
7 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (28.17%) Microsoft Office
8 20 (28.17%) Azure
8 20 (28.17%) Asset Management
9 19 (26.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (26.76%) Microsoft Excel
10 18 (25.35%) Process Improvement
10 18 (25.35%) DBS Check
11 17 (23.94%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (23.94%) Data Protection
12 16 (22.54%) Data Protection Act
12 16 (22.54%) Social Media
12 16 (22.54%) Line Management
12 16 (22.54%) SLA
13 13 (18.31%) Windows Server
14 12 (16.90%) Windows 10
14 12 (16.90%) Entra ID
14 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Intune
14 12 (16.90%) VMware
15 11 (15.49%) Linux
16 10 (14.08%) Project Management
17 9 (12.68%) SQL Server
17 9 (12.68%) Data Privacy
17 9 (12.68%) Agile

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 7 (9.86%) IIS
1 7 (9.86%) Tomcat
2 5 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.82%) Confluence
4 2 (2.82%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 20 (28.17%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (26.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 40 (56.34%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (28.17%) Azure
3 12 (16.90%) Entra ID
4 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Copilot
4 7 (9.86%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.41%) AWS
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.41%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.27%) Firewall
2 7 (9.86%) DMARC
2 7 (9.86%) SSL
3 6 (8.45%) LAN
4 5 (7.04%) WAN
5 4 (5.63%) SAN
5 4 (5.63%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.23%) DHCP
6 3 (4.23%) DNS
6 3 (4.23%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (2.82%) Wireless
8 1 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.41%) PBX
8 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) SQL Server
2 7 (9.86%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.41%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
General
1 48 (67.61%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.94%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (9.86%) Czech Language
3 7 (9.86%) Manufacturing
3 7 (9.86%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Law
5 4 (5.63%) Advertising
6 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.41%) Automotive
7 1 (1.41%) Finance
7 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) JSON
1 7 (9.86%) REST
1 7 (9.86%) SOAP
1 7 (9.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (22.54%) Data Protection Act
1 16 (22.54%) Social Media
2 7 (9.86%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (9.86%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.23%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.82%) Life Science
6 1 (1.41%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.41%) Replication
6 1 (1.41%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 34 (47.89%) Windows
2 13 (18.31%) Windows Server
3 12 (16.90%) Windows 10
4 11 (15.49%) Linux
5 7 (9.86%) Unix
6 6 (8.45%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (7.04%) Mac OS
8 3 (4.23%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.82%) VMS
10 1 (1.41%) Android
10 1 (1.41%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (46.48%) Customer Service
2 23 (32.39%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (28.17%) Asset Management
4 19 (26.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (25.35%) Process Improvement
6 17 (23.94%) Data Protection
7 16 (22.54%) Line Management
8 10 (14.08%) Project Management
9 9 (12.68%) Agile
9 9 (12.68%) Data Privacy
10 7 (9.86%) CRM
10 7 (9.86%) Portfolio Management
10 7 (9.86%) Roadmaps
10 7 (9.86%) Technology Roadmap
11 6 (8.45%) Time Management
12 4 (5.63%) ERP
12 4 (5.63%) Infrastructure Management
13 3 (4.23%) Mentoring
13 3 (4.23%) Mobile Device Management
13 3 (4.23%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) PowerShell
1 8 (11.27%) SQL
1 8 (11.27%) VBA
2 7 (9.86%) Java
2 7 (9.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (25.35%) DBS Check
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.41%) CCNA
3 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.41%) Degree
3 1 (1.41%) MCSE
3 1 (1.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (22.54%) SLA
2 8 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.63%) GDPR
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (70.42%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.63%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.41%) RHEV
5 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (16.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (9.86%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.82%) SCCM
4 1 (1.41%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 54 (76.06%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.90%) VMware
3 7 (9.86%) Oracle
4 5 (7.04%) Progress
5 3 (4.23%) Cisco
5 3 (4.23%) SAP
6 2 (2.82%) Apple
6 2 (2.82%) Aruba
6 2 (2.82%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (1.41%) Facebook
7 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.41%) Samsung
7 1 (1.41%) Veeam
7 1 (1.41%) Veritas