Data Administrator Jobs

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 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 680 858 696
Rank change year-on-year +178 -162 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Administrator 31 52 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.057% 0.051% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.054% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 22 45 29
10th Percentile £25,000 £18,400 -
25th Percentile £25,625 £22,000 £13,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,750 £23,500 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.83% +2.17% -48.89%
75th Percentile £28,750 £24,750 £32,536
90th Percentile £34,650 £27,000 £53,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,750 £23,500 £22,250
% change year-on-year +13.83% +5.62% -45.21%

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

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

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

Salary trend for Data Administrator 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 28 May 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 +138 29 £26,750 +13.83% 66
UK excluding London +177 27 £26,750 +13.83% 44
Work from Home +133 17 £26,750 +11.46% 15
North of England +41 9 £26,500 +15.22% 5
South East +85 8 £28,500 +18.75% 20
Yorkshire +65 6 £26,750 +30.49%
Midlands +54 5 £26,750 +13.83% 6
East Midlands +43 5 £26,750 +67.19%
London +115 3 £32,500 +46.07% 27
East of England +43 3 - - 13
North West 0 3 £26,500 +15.22% 2
South West +114 2 £23,557 -3.85% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 16 (51.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
3 14 (45.16%) Finance
4 12 (38.71%) Data Management
4 12 (38.71%) Data Entry
5 11 (35.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (35.48%) Data Analysis
6 10 (32.26%) SAP
6 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
8 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
8 8 (25.81%) Pricing Data
8 8 (25.81%) Master Data Management
8 8 (25.81%) Agile
8 8 (25.81%) SQL
8 8 (25.81%) Oracle
8 8 (25.81%) Oracle Reports
8 8 (25.81%) Management Information System
8 8 (25.81%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (25.81%) Manufacturing
9 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (16.13%) CRM
11 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
11 4 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (12.90%) Degree
12 3 (9.68%) Billing
12 3 (9.68%) Data Validation
12 3 (9.68%) Procure-to-Pay
12 3 (9.68%) IFS
12 3 (9.68%) GDPR

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:

Applications
1 16 (51.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (12.90%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (9.68%) Maximo
3 1 (3.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.81%) Oracle Reports
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 14 (45.16%) Finance
3 8 (25.81%) Manufacturing
4 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Billing
5 3 (9.68%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Military
6 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Management Information System
1 8 (25.81%) Pricing Data
2 3 (9.68%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Data Entry
1 12 (38.71%) Data Management
2 11 (35.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (35.48%) Data Analysis
3 10 (32.26%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (29.03%) Customer Service
5 8 (25.81%) Agile
5 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
5 8 (25.81%) Master Data Management
6 5 (16.13%) CRM
7 3 (9.68%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (9.68%) Data Validation
7 3 (9.68%) DataOps
7 3 (9.68%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (9.68%) Validation
8 2 (6.45%) Logistics
8 2 (6.45%) Supply Chain Management
9 1 (3.23%) Mathematics
9 1 (3.23%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 8 (25.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) GDPR
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (32.26%) SAP
2 8 (25.81%) Oracle
3 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.68%) IFS
5 1 (3.23%) Adobe
5 1 (3.23%) Google
5 1 (3.23%) Salesforce