Administrator Jobs

Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 234 333
Rank change year-on-year +67 +99 -43
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,450 1,288 2,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.60% 1.60% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.74% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,107 921 1,208
10th Percentile £23,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.98% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,250 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.35% +6.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator.

Salary trend for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +54 1,272 £40,000 -13.98% 498
UK excluding London +51 1,124 £37,250 -12.35% 476
Work from Home -38 335 £50,000 - 121
South East +17 289 £37,500 -15.54% 106
London +17 273 £50,000 -13.04% 64
South West +67 221 £37,500 -25.00% 66
North of England +48 217 £32,500 -23.53% 130
Midlands +17 193 £40,000 +1.27% 95
North West +40 126 £32,500 -27.78% 69
West Midlands +20 115 £40,000 +0.45% 53
Scotland +5 100 £40,000 -20.00% 21
East Midlands -7 78 £37,000 +1.37% 42
East of England -19 72 £40,000 +33.33% 54
Yorkshire +58 65 £32,500 -19.75% 47
North East -12 26 £24,960 -47.64% 19
Wales +17 25 £48,000 +35.21% 16
Northern Ireland +26 7 £27,250 -9.17% 9

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 368 (25.38%) Social Skills
2 354 (24.41%) Microsoft
3 258 (17.79%) Windows
4 244 (16.83%) Finance
5 219 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
6 212 (14.62%) Azure
7 192 (13.24%) SQL
8 185 (12.76%) Linux
9 180 (12.41%) Security Cleared
10 164 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
11 161 (11.10%) Customer Service
12 135 (9.31%) Microsoft Office
13 126 (8.69%) Oracle
13 126 (8.69%) Active Directory
14 122 (8.41%) SQL Server
15 113 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
16 111 (7.66%) Degree
17 108 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
18 107 (7.38%) PowerShell
19 104 (7.17%) VMware
20 97 (6.69%) DV Cleared
21 94 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
22 88 (6.07%) ITIL
23 87 (6.00%) Windows Server
24 80 (5.52%) SharePoint
25 77 (5.31%) Time Management
26 76 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
26 76 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
26 76 (5.24%) Power Platform
27 72 (4.97%) Cybersecurity

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 80 (5.52%) SharePoint
2 43 (2.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.83%) CMS
4 11 (0.76%) Confluence
5 9 (0.62%) SAS
6 7 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.41%) Oracle Application Server
8 5 (0.34%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.28%) Apache
9 4 (0.28%) IIS
9 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.21%) Moodle
10 3 (0.21%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) Documentum
11 2 (0.14%) Drupal
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
11 2 (0.14%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.069%) IBM Domino
12 1 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 135 (9.31%) Microsoft Office
2 108 (7.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
4 13 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.069%) 1Password
6 1 (0.069%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (1.52%) NEC Housing
2 14 (0.97%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (0.62%) Oracle HRMS
5 5 (0.34%) iTrent
5 5 (0.34%) Magento
5 5 (0.34%) Maximo
6 4 (0.28%) BASE24
6 4 (0.28%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.21%) Raiser’s Edge
8 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.14%) Shopify
9 1 (0.069%) Cognos Controller
9 1 (0.069%) Misys Opics
9 1 (0.069%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.069%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.069%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 212 (14.62%) Azure
2 164 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (5.24%) Power Platform
4 54 (3.72%) AWS
5 50 (3.45%) Entra ID
6 30 (2.07%) SaaS
7 26 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (1.72%) Power Automate
9 20 (1.38%) GCP
10 18 (1.24%) PowerApps
11 16 (1.10%) OCI
12 15 (1.03%) OneDrive
13 12 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 11 (0.76%) WhatsApp
15 8 (0.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 7 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
17 6 (0.41%) DigitalOcean
17 6 (0.41%) Google Analytics
17 6 (0.41%) OpenShift
18 5 (0.34%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 71 (4.90%) DNS
2 62 (4.28%) Firewall
3 57 (3.93%) DHCP
4 40 (2.76%) LAN
5 39 (2.69%) WAN
6 35 (2.41%) TCP/IP
7 28 (1.93%) VPN
8 21 (1.45%) SAN
8 21 (1.45%) VLAN
9 17 (1.17%) Internet
10 15 (1.03%) VSAN
11 14 (0.97%) Intranet
12 12 (0.83%) Wireless
13 11 (0.76%) SSL
14 8 (0.55%) HTTPS
14 8 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
14 8 (0.55%) NAS
15 7 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.41%) Fibre Channel
16 6 (0.41%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (8.41%) SQL Server
2 61 (4.21%) Power BI
3 45 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
4 41 (2.83%) Oracle Database
4 41 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 41 (2.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 32 (2.21%) MongoDB
6 27 (1.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 22 (1.52%) MySQL
7 22 (1.52%) Oracle Database 12c
8 11 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.62%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
10 7 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
10 7 (0.48%) Tableau
11 6 (0.41%) Looker
12 4 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.28%) DB2
Development Applications
1 18 (1.24%) JIRA
2 12 (0.83%) Git
3 8 (0.55%) Vagrant
4 6 (0.41%) AdminStudio
5 4 (0.28%) Mercurial
5 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.069%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.069%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle Forms
General
1 368 (25.38%) Social Skills
2 244 (16.83%) Finance
3 113 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
5 59 (4.07%) Marketing
6 52 (3.59%) Legal
6 52 (3.59%) Manufacturing
7 48 (3.31%) Retail
8 36 (2.48%) Public Sector
9 32 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 30 (2.07%) Local Government
11 28 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 26 (1.79%) Police
13 24 (1.66%) Back Office
14 22 (1.52%) Law
15 17 (1.17%) Banking
16 14 (0.97%) Advertising
17 12 (0.83%) Aerospace
18 11 (0.76%) Billing
19 9 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.17%) HTML
2 13 (0.90%) CSS
2 13 (0.90%) EDI
3 11 (0.76%) REST
4 9 (0.62%) XML
5 8 (0.55%) Software Packaging
5 8 (0.55%) Web Services
6 6 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
6 6 (0.41%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 5 (0.34%) .NET
7 5 (0.34%) 802.1X
7 5 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (0.34%) SAP Basis
8 4 (0.28%) Ajax
8 4 (0.28%) SOAP
8 4 (0.28%) Visualforce
9 3 (0.21%) JSON
9 3 (0.21%) LDAP
9 3 (0.21%) OpenACC
9 3 (0.21%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 76 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
2 54 (3.72%) Management Information System
3 53 (3.66%) PKI
4 48 (3.31%) Driving Licence
5 36 (2.48%) Data Centre
6 32 (2.21%) Replication
7 17 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (1.17%) Onboarding
8 15 (1.03%) AS400
9 12 (0.83%) Clustering
10 11 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (0.69%) iSeries
11 10 (0.69%) Social Media
12 8 (0.55%) Cyberattack
12 8 (0.55%) Learning Management System
12 8 (0.55%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.48%) Blog
13 7 (0.48%) CMDB
13 7 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (0.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 258 (17.79%) Windows
2 185 (12.76%) Linux
3 87 (6.00%) Windows Server
4 53 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
5 52 (3.59%) CentOS
6 51 (3.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 48 (3.31%) Unix
8 45 (3.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 42 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 38 (2.62%) Windows 10
11 24 (1.66%) Ubuntu
12 14 (0.97%) Android
13 13 (0.90%) Mac OS
13 13 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 12 (0.83%) Apple iOS
15 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.41%) AIX
16 6 (0.41%) Debian
16 6 (0.41%) VMS
17 5 (0.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (15.10%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (11.10%) Customer Service
3 88 (6.07%) ITIL
4 77 (5.31%) Time Management
5 72 (4.97%) Cybersecurity
5 72 (4.97%) Migration
6 63 (4.34%) Performance Tuning
7 61 (4.21%) Business Intelligence
8 56 (3.86%) Disaster Recovery
9 55 (3.79%) CRM
10 54 (3.72%) Problem Management
11 52 (3.59%) Collaborative Working
12 51 (3.52%) Agile
13 50 (3.45%) User Experience
14 48 (3.31%) Logistics
15 45 (3.10%) Mentoring
15 45 (3.10%) Service Delivery
16 44 (3.03%) Data Management
16 44 (3.03%) ERP
17 42 (2.90%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 192 (13.24%) SQL
2 107 (7.38%) PowerShell
3 59 (4.07%) Python
4 58 (4.00%) Bash
5 37 (2.55%) T-SQL
6 23 (1.59%) JavaScript
7 18 (1.24%) Shell Script
8 14 (0.97%) Perl
9 10 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 8 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 7 (0.48%) Java
11 7 (0.48%) PHP
12 6 (0.41%) C#
13 5 (0.34%) SAS Macro
14 4 (0.28%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.28%) C++
14 4 (0.28%) VBA
15 3 (0.21%) C
15 3 (0.21%) C-shell
15 3 (0.21%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 180 (12.41%) Security Cleared
2 111 (7.66%) Degree
3 97 (6.69%) DV Cleared
4 41 (2.83%) SC Cleared
5 32 (2.21%) DBS Check
6 30 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (2.07%) Oracle Certification
7 25 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (0.55%) CCNA
8 8 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.48%) CCNP
9 7 (0.48%) OCP
10 6 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.41%) HNC
10 6 (0.41%) RHCE
11 5 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (0.34%) RHCSA
12 4 (0.28%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.28%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.28%) SAS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (4.55%) QA
2 31 (2.14%) SLA
3 30 (2.07%) Accessibility
4 23 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (1.38%) GDPR
6 18 (1.24%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.69%) PMO
9 6 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.41%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.14%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.069%) GMP
13 1 (0.069%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.069%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 126 (8.69%) Active Directory
2 76 (5.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
4 25 (1.72%) vSphere
5 22 (1.52%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.24%) Docker
7 17 (1.17%) VMware NSX
8 16 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.48%) Firmware
11 5 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.28%) Lustre
12 4 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 4 (0.28%) VMware Server
13 3 (0.21%) Ceph
13 3 (0.21%) GPFS
13 3 (0.21%) KVM
13 3 (0.21%) XenApp
14 1 (0.069%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.069%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 50 (3.45%) Ansible
2 27 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (1.72%) SCCM
4 13 (0.90%) Terraform
5 12 (0.83%) WSUS
6 11 (0.76%) Kubernetes
7 10 (0.69%) Puppet
7 10 (0.69%) vCenter Server
8 9 (0.62%) SCOM
9 7 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.34%) Nagios
12 4 (0.28%) EMC VPLEX
12 4 (0.28%) Foglight
13 3 (0.21%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.21%) Grafana
13 3 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
13 3 (0.21%) VxRail
Vendors
1 354 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 126 (8.69%) Oracle
3 104 (7.17%) VMware
4 56 (3.86%) Red Hat
5 40 (2.76%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.41%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.93%) IBM
7 28 (1.93%) Veeam
8 27 (1.86%) Dell
8 27 (1.86%) SAP
9 24 (1.66%) NEC
10 17 (1.17%) Google
11 16 (1.10%) Cisco
12 12 (0.83%) Epicor
12 12 (0.83%) HP
13 9 (0.62%) Citrix
13 9 (0.62%) EMC
14 8 (0.55%) Apple
15 7 (0.48%) Xero
16 6 (0.41%) Fortinet