Senior Windows Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Windows Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Windows Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 557 -
Rank change year-on-year -67 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Windows Administrator 5 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.009% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.010% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £61,000 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 -
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

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 66,980 29,954 70,104
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.39% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 46,383 17,034 49,843
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £35,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,214 £64,623
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

Senior Windows Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Windows Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Windows Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Windows 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 Senior Windows Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 July 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 -36 5 £70,000 - 1
Senior Windows Administrator
UK

Senior Windows Administrator Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, Senior Windows 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 Senior Windows Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Converged Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Ruby
2 1 (20.00%) Runbook
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Thycotic
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) ZABBIX

Senior Windows 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Converged Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (20.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Ruby
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Thycotic