Project Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Project Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 497 554 550
Rank change year-on-year +57 -4 +212
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Administrator 13 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.014% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.015% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 10
10th Percentile £26,300 - -
25th Percentile £27,500 - £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £26,000
75th Percentile £33,750 - £32,813
90th Percentile £36,750 - £33,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £29,500 £26,000
% change year-on-year +10.17% +13.46% -8.77%

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 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
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 £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%

Project Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Project Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Project Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Project 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 Project Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
East Midlands - 5 £32,500 - 3
Midlands - 5 £32,500 - 3
East of England - 4 £29,000 - 1
South West - 3 £26,000 -
South East - 1 £35,000 - 3
Project Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Project 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 Project Administrator in the job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Process Improvement
2 7 (53.85%) Project Management
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 5 (38.46%) Smartsheet
5 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
5 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
6 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Facilities Management
8 1 (7.69%) Asterisk PBX
8 1 (7.69%) Bash
8 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 1 (7.69%) Contract Management
8 1 (7.69%) Debian
8 1 (7.69%) Degree
8 1 (7.69%) Invoice Processing
8 1 (7.69%) Linux
8 1 (7.69%) Logistics
8 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
8 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (7.69%) Migration
8 1 (7.69%) Multicast
8 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineering
8 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (7.69%) Project Governance
8 1 (7.69%) Python
8 1 (7.69%) SQL
8 1 (7.69%) Ubuntu
8 1 (7.69%) XML
8 1 (7.69%) XMPP

Project 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Asterisk PBX
1 1 (7.69%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
General
1 5 (38.46%) Law
1 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) XML
1 1 (7.69%) XMPP
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Debian
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Process Improvement
2 7 (53.85%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
3 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Facilities Management
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) Contract Management
6 1 (7.69%) Invoice Processing
6 1 (7.69%) Logistics
6 1 (7.69%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineering
6 1 (7.69%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Bash
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft