Data Administrator Job Trends

Data Administrator
UK

The median Data Administrator salary in the UK is £26,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 628 752 728
Rank change year-on-year +124 -24 +427
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Administrator 45 40 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.051% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.054% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 26
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,725 £25,615
25th Percentile £25,000 £24,250 £31,218
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 £31,250 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% -15.54% +19.35%
75th Percentile £28,750 £36,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £54,900 £66,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,750 £30,000 £35,144
% change year-on-year -10.83% -14.64% +49.55%

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 44,155 74,074 57,839
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 95.25% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 25,862 44,536 44,785
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Data Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Administrator in the UK

Data Administrator
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Data Administrator job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Data Administrator job vacancies in the UK

Data Administrator
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 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
England +113 41 £26,750 -20.74% 41
UK excluding London +107 41 £26,750 -10.83% 38
Work from Home +87 21 £26,750 -10.83% 16
East of England +4 14 - - 5
South East +51 13 £27,500 -23.61% 15
Midlands +63 6 £26,750 -10.83% 4
North of England +60 6 £26,000 -38.10% 12
Yorkshire - 6 £26,000 - 4
East Midlands +22 5 £26,750 -10.83% 2
South West +63 2 £23,557 -4.82% 2
West Midlands +52 1 - - 2
London +52 1 - - 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

Data Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Data 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 Data Administrator in the job title.

1 25 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 18 (40.00%) Data Management
3 16 (35.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (31.11%) Customer Service
5 13 (28.89%) Finance
6 12 (26.67%) Data Entry
6 12 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (22.22%) Billing
7 10 (22.22%) Data Validation
7 10 (22.22%) Validation
7 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (22.22%) DataOps
8 9 (20.00%) Legal
8 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (17.78%) GDPR
10 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
11 6 (13.33%) SAP
11 6 (13.33%) SQL
11 6 (13.33%) Oracle
11 6 (13.33%) Adobe
11 6 (13.33%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (13.33%) Manufacturing
11 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
11 6 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (13.33%) Agile
11 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
11 6 (13.33%) Pricing Data
11 6 (13.33%) Master Data Management

Data 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 2 (4.44%) CMS
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (15.56%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (8.89%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (4.44%) Photoshop
5 1 (2.22%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.44%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) SAN
2 1 (2.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata
General
1 25 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 13 (28.89%) Finance
3 10 (22.22%) Billing
4 9 (20.00%) Legal
5 6 (13.33%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Local Government
8 1 (2.22%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Marketing
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Django
2 1 (2.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (26.67%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
2 6 (13.33%) Pricing Data
3 4 (8.89%) NHS
4 2 (4.44%) Learning Management System
5 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Data Management
2 16 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (31.11%) Customer Service
4 12 (26.67%) Data Entry
5 10 (22.22%) Data Validation
5 10 (22.22%) DataOps
5 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (22.22%) Validation
6 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (13.33%) Agile
7 6 (13.33%) Data Analysis
7 6 (13.33%) Data Protection
7 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 6 (13.33%) Master Data Management
8 5 (11.11%) CRM
9 3 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (6.67%) Impact Analysis
9 3 (6.67%) Inventory Management
9 3 (6.67%) Mathematics
10 2 (4.44%) Deadline-Driven
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.33%) Adobe
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle
2 6 (13.33%) SAP
3 2 (4.44%) Google
3 2 (4.44%) Salesforce