Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 218 161
Rank change year-on-year +100 -57 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,769 719 1,274
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.56% 1.45% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.62% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,127 457 835
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,308 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £27,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £40,420
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% -6.98%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 106,084 44,466 74,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.67% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,032 26,165 45,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK

Administrator
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the UK

Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

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 13 September 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
England +97 1,538 £35,000 -12.50% 608
UK excluding London +96 1,441 £35,000 - 557
North of England +82 312 £39,500 +19.70% 132
Work from Home -6 303 £39,500 -12.22% 119
South East +70 295 £35,000 - 153
Midlands +70 280 £37,500 -11.76% 99
London +56 267 £56,000 +24.44% 123
South West -11 201 £30,000 -25.00% 76
North West +75 184 £40,000 +48.15% 56
East of England +32 180 £35,000 +7.69% 73
West Midlands +65 155 £28,750 -39.47% 46
East Midlands +30 125 £40,000 +3.23% 53
Scotland +79 104 £45,000 +66.67% 25
Yorkshire +19 99 £35,000 -14.63% 52
Wales -32 48 £28,392 -20.75% 17
North East -37 29 £39,000 -1.27% 27
Northern Ireland -57 27 £45,000 +73.08% 6

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 September 2026, 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 featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 382 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 230 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
3 213 (12.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 191 (10.80%) Customer Service
5 184 (10.40%) CRM
6 174 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
7 150 (8.48%) Linux
8 146 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
9 144 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 137 (7.74%) Azure
11 132 (7.46%) SQL
12 127 (7.18%) Windows
13 104 (5.88%) Salesforce
14 102 (5.77%) ERP
15 97 (5.48%) Active Directory
16 88 (4.97%) Logistics
17 86 (4.86%) DevOps
18 85 (4.80%) Data Quality
19 84 (4.75%) SharePoint
20 82 (4.64%) Power Platform
21 78 (4.41%) Windows Server
22 76 (4.30%) SAP
22 76 (4.30%) Security Cleared
23 72 (4.07%) SaaS
24 71 (4.01%) Entra ID
25 69 (3.90%) Time Management
26 68 (3.84%) QA
27 66 (3.73%) AWS
28 65 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
29 63 (3.56%) Cybersecurity

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 84 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 65 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.45%) OpenStack
4 7 (0.40%) WordPress
5 5 (0.28%) CMS
6 4 (0.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.11%) Confluence
7 2 (0.11%) nginx
7 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.057%) Apache
8 1 (0.057%) ExpressionEngine
8 1 (0.057%) JBoss
8 1 (0.057%) Mendix
8 1 (0.057%) Moodle
8 1 (0.057%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.057%) Totara
Applications
1 213 (12.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 174 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (2.20%) Spreadsheet
4 28 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.51%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.057%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 45 (2.54%) NetSuite
2 23 (1.30%) Primavera
3 14 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.40%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.28%) Shopify
7 4 (0.23%) Odoo
7 4 (0.23%) Sage 50
7 4 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.23%) SAP CRM
7 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
8 3 (0.17%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.17%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.11%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.057%) FLEXCUBE
10 1 (0.057%) HFM
10 1 (0.057%) iTrent
10 1 (0.057%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 146 (8.25%) Microsoft 365
2 137 (7.74%) Azure
3 82 (4.64%) Power Platform
4 72 (4.07%) SaaS
5 71 (4.01%) Entra ID
6 66 (3.73%) AWS
7 35 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
8 29 (1.64%) Power Automate
9 25 (1.41%) OpenShift
10 22 (1.24%) GitHub
11 20 (1.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 20 (1.13%) PowerApps
12 17 (0.96%) GCP
13 14 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (0.79%) PaaS
14 13 (0.73%) Intacct
14 13 (0.73%) Mimecast
15 10 (0.57%) Amazon ECR
15 10 (0.57%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.60%) Firewall
2 42 (2.37%) DNS
3 26 (1.47%) DHCP
4 25 (1.41%) VPN
5 21 (1.19%) TCP/IP
6 16 (0.90%) Broadband
6 16 (0.90%) LAN
7 13 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.68%) SAN
8 12 (0.68%) WAN
9 9 (0.51%) Internet
9 9 (0.51%) VLAN
10 8 (0.45%) Network Security
11 6 (0.34%) Wireless
12 5 (0.28%) HTTP
13 4 (0.23%) VSAN
14 3 (0.17%) Intranet
14 3 (0.17%) NGN
14 3 (0.17%) SSH
14 3 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.50%) SQL Server
2 58 (3.28%) Power BI
3 35 (1.98%) MySQL
4 17 (0.96%) Oracle Database
5 15 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 14 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.51%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.28%) Power Query
12 4 (0.23%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.17%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.17%) GIS
13 3 (0.17%) MS Access
13 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (1.53%) Git
2 16 (0.90%) JIRA
3 15 (0.85%) GitLab
4 4 (0.23%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.11%) Ant
5 2 (0.11%) Apache Ivy
5 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.11%) IBM UrbanCode
5 2 (0.11%) Maven
6 1 (0.057%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.057%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.057%) Selenium
6 1 (0.057%) TeamCity
General
1 414 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 279 (15.77%) Finance
3 209 (11.81%) Organisational Skills
4 94 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
5 90 (5.09%) Marketing
6 86 (4.86%) Law
7 79 (4.47%) Retail
8 60 (3.39%) Manufacturing
9 57 (3.22%) Legal
10 52 (2.94%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.09%) Billing
12 32 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 32 (1.81%) Public Sector
13 22 (1.24%) Military
14 21 (1.19%) Automotive
14 21 (1.19%) Banking
15 16 (0.90%) Games
16 14 (0.79%) Advertising
17 13 (0.73%) Legal Technology
18 12 (0.68%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.04%) Terraform
2 10 (0.57%) CSS
2 10 (0.57%) HTML
2 10 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
3 7 (0.40%) Middleware
4 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Graph
4 5 (0.28%) SAP Basis
4 5 (0.28%) WebSockets
5 4 (0.23%) REST
6 3 (0.17%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 3 (0.17%) CSS3
6 3 (0.17%) HTML5
6 3 (0.17%) React
6 3 (0.17%) SPFx
7 2 (0.11%) .NET
7 2 (0.11%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.11%) JSON
7 2 (0.11%) OpenID
7 2 (0.11%) RESTful
8 1 (0.057%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.64%) Management Information System
2 64 (3.62%) Onboarding
3 49 (2.77%) Replication
4 44 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (1.98%) Clustering
6 30 (1.70%) Driving Licence
7 27 (1.53%) Data Structures
8 23 (1.30%) Social Media
9 18 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 15 (0.85%) Operational Technology
11 14 (0.79%) NHS
12 11 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (0.51%) AI Agents
13 9 (0.51%) Cloud Native
14 8 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.45%) Educational Technology
14 8 (0.45%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.45%) Web Conferencing
15 6 (0.34%) Virtual Team
16 5 (0.28%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 150 (8.48%) Linux
2 127 (7.18%) Windows
3 78 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 25 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 21 (1.19%) Android
8 18 (1.02%) Unix
9 16 (0.90%) CentOS
10 12 (0.68%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.62%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.45%) Debian
13 6 (0.34%) Rocky
13 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.23%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.23%) Solaris
15 1 (0.057%) AIX
15 1 (0.057%) MVS
15 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (10.80%) Customer Service
3 184 (10.40%) CRM
4 144 (8.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 102 (5.77%) ERP
6 88 (4.97%) Logistics
7 86 (4.86%) DevOps
8 69 (3.90%) Time Management
9 63 (3.56%) Cybersecurity
10 62 (3.50%) High Availability
11 55 (3.11%) CI/CD
11 55 (3.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 55 (3.11%) Service Delivery
12 52 (2.94%) Business Intelligence
13 49 (2.77%) Workflow
14 48 (2.71%) Data Management
14 48 (2.71%) Project Delivery
15 46 (2.60%) AI
16 44 (2.49%) Data Entry
16 44 (2.49%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 132 (7.46%) SQL
2 56 (3.17%) PowerShell
3 49 (2.77%) Python
4 43 (2.43%) Bash
5 20 (1.13%) Shell Script
6 13 (0.73%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.57%) R
8 7 (0.40%) C
9 6 (0.34%) Go
9 6 (0.34%) PHP
9 6 (0.34%) Ruby
10 4 (0.23%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.17%) C#
11 3 (0.17%) C++
12 2 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.057%) Java
13 1 (0.057%) VBA
Qualifications
1 76 (4.30%) Security Cleared
2 55 (3.11%) SC Cleared
3 37 (2.09%) DBS Check
4 31 (1.75%) Degree
5 30 (1.70%) DV Cleared
6 17 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.51%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.34%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.34%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.28%) RHCSA
10 4 (0.23%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.17%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.17%) CIPD
11 3 (0.17%) HND
12 2 (0.11%) CCNA
12 2 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (4.80%) Data Quality
2 68 (3.84%) QA
3 34 (1.92%) GDPR
4 26 (1.47%) SLA
5 16 (0.90%) ISO 9001
6 14 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.62%) Accessibility
8 10 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.40%) ISO 22301
9 7 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.34%) COSHH
10 6 (0.34%) ISO 14001
11 5 (0.28%) PMO
12 3 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.057%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.057%) GMP
13 1 (0.057%) GRC
13 1 (0.057%) NIST
13 1 (0.057%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.057%) SOC 2
System Software
1 97 (5.48%) Active Directory
2 53 (3.00%) Hyper-V
3 26 (1.47%) Docker
4 21 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.40%) Ceph
7 5 (0.28%) iptables
8 2 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.057%) Firmware
9 1 (0.057%) NFS
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.057%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.057%) Xen
Systems Management
1 43 (2.43%) Ansible
2 36 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 26 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (1.24%) Grafana
5 20 (1.13%) Nessus
6 19 (1.07%) Prometheus
7 17 (0.96%) Nagios
8 14 (0.79%) Proxmox
9 8 (0.45%) Podman
9 8 (0.45%) SCCM
10 7 (0.40%) Argo
10 7 (0.40%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.40%) Istio
11 6 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.34%) Puppet
12 5 (0.28%) Autotask
13 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.23%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.23%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 382 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 104 (5.88%) Salesforce
3 76 (4.30%) SAP
4 50 (2.83%) Red Hat
5 43 (2.43%) Sage
6 42 (2.37%) VMware
7 32 (1.81%) Oracle
8 27 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 22 (1.24%) HubSpot
10 15 (0.85%) Google
10 15 (0.85%) Veeam
11 12 (0.68%) HP
12 11 (0.62%) Facebook
12 11 (0.62%) Splunk
12 11 (0.62%) Zoho
13 10 (0.57%) Rapid7
14 9 (0.51%) SolarWinds
15 8 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
15 8 (0.45%) Databricks
16 7 (0.40%) Concur