Data Administrator
UK

The median Data Administrator salary in the UK is £23,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 707 744
Rank change year-on-year -142 +37 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Administrator 47 269 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.26% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.28% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 44 28 46
10th Percentile £18,050 - £20,500
25th Percentile £22,000 £13,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,500 £23,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -48.89% -
75th Percentile £24,750 £29,134 £55,000
90th Percentile £27,000 £53,250 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £23,500 £22,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.62% -50.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Administrator over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Administrator in the UK

Data Administrator
Top 15 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 27 April 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 -76 45 £23,500 +6.82% 24
UK excluding London -162 43 £23,500 +5.62% 19
South East +14 13 £24,000 - 6
Midlands -31 10 £23,500 +56.67% 5
West Midlands +7 9 £23,500 +95.83% 1
North of England -34 9 £23,000 -2.13% 7
South West -5 6 £24,500 -51.00% 1
Work from Home -22 5 £24,000 +9.09% 6
London +92 4 £22,250 -57.62% 5
North West +4 4 £23,000 -2.13% 3
Yorkshire +58 3 £20,500 -65.83% 3
East of England +8 3 £15,000 - 1
Wales -2 2 £23,000 -2.13%
North East -44 2 £23,500 - 1
East Midlands -34 1 £16,000 +6.67% 3

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 27 (57.45%) Social Skills
2 17 (36.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (31.91%) Finance
3 15 (31.91%) Data Entry
4 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
4 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (19.15%) Degree
5 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (12.77%) Mathematics
7 6 (12.77%) Time Management
8 5 (10.64%) Banking
8 5 (10.64%) Data Management
8 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
8 5 (10.64%) Statistics
8 5 (10.64%) SLA
8 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
8 5 (10.64%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (10.64%) GDPR
8 5 (10.64%) Facebook
8 5 (10.64%) YouTube
8 5 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (10.64%) Decision Tree
8 5 (10.64%) Performance Analysis
8 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
9 3 (6.38%) Marketing
9 3 (6.38%) Retail
9 3 (6.38%) Client Onboarding
9 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
9 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making

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 17 (36.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (23.40%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (10.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Magento
1 2 (4.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) Google Workspace
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Intranet
General
1 27 (57.45%) Social Skills
2 15 (31.91%) Finance
3 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Banking
4 5 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.38%) Marketing
5 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Retail
6 2 (4.26%) German Language
6 2 (4.26%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.13%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.91%) Data Entry
2 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (12.77%) Mathematics
3 6 (12.77%) Time Management
4 5 (10.64%) Customer Service
4 5 (10.64%) Data Analysis
4 5 (10.64%) Data Management
4 5 (10.64%) Decision Tree
4 5 (10.64%) Performance Analysis
4 5 (10.64%) Statistics
5 3 (6.38%) Client Onboarding
5 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making
6 2 (4.26%) Case Management
6 2 (4.26%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (4.26%) Customer Experience
6 2 (4.26%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (4.26%) Data Integration
6 2 (4.26%) Data Protection
6 2 (4.26%) Master Data Management
6 2 (4.26%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (19.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.64%) Data Quality
1 5 (10.64%) GDPR
1 5 (10.64%) SLA
2 1 (2.13%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (23.40%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) Facebook
2 5 (10.64%) YouTube
3 2 (4.26%) Google
3 2 (4.26%) SAP