IT Administrator
UK

The median IT Administrator salary in the UK is £33,233 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 626 857 1004
Rank change year-on-year +231 +147 -311
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 295 141 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 194 112 185
10th Percentile £22,000 £23,250 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,233 £33,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £46,500 £48,675 £54,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £28,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -7.69%

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 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 +258 275 £33,966 -0.10% 29
UK excluding London +168 251 £31,500 +10.53% 29
South East +55 76 £35,000 +32.08% 4
Work from Home +127 59 £37,500 - 7
East of England +76 54 £29,000 -14.71% 2
North of England +81 41 £30,000 +5.26% 10
London +146 37 £39,250 -1.88% 4
Midlands +43 36 £34,995 +26.11% 6
South West -4 31 £28,750 -10.16% 3
North West +35 26 £30,000 +7.14% 8
West Midlands +50 23 £34,995 +26.11% 4
Yorkshire +104 14 £31,500 -3.08% 2
East Midlands -4 13 £33,966 +23.51% 2
Scotland -52 12 £35,000 +50.54% 4
North East -5 1 £32,500 +18.18%
Wales - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, IT 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 IT Administrator in the job title.

1 193 (65.42%) Microsoft
2 146 (49.49%) Social Skills
3 109 (36.95%) Windows
4 103 (34.92%) Customer Service
5 99 (33.56%) SharePoint
6 87 (29.49%) Active Directory
7 80 (27.12%) Project Management
8 78 (26.44%) Intranet
9 77 (26.10%) Retail
10 76 (25.76%) Agile
11 71 (24.07%) Agile Project Management
12 68 (23.05%) Windows Server
13 66 (22.37%) Microsoft 365
14 55 (18.64%) Azure
15 52 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
16 42 (14.24%) PowerShell
17 37 (12.54%) Self-Motivation
18 35 (11.86%) Data Centre
19 34 (11.53%) VMware
20 33 (11.19%) Firewall
21 32 (10.85%) Windows 10
22 29 (9.83%) SAN
22 29 (9.83%) Linux
22 29 (9.83%) Server Management
23 28 (9.49%) Microsoft Exchange
23 28 (9.49%) Citrix
23 28 (9.49%) Entra ID
24 27 (9.15%) Finance
25 26 (8.81%) Microsoft Office
26 24 (8.14%) LAN

IT 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 99 (33.56%) SharePoint
2 28 (9.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.03%) Site Server
4 5 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 26 (8.81%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.36%) Trello
5 1 (0.34%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 66 (22.37%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (18.64%) Azure
3 28 (9.49%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.76%) OneDrive
5 14 (4.75%) AWS
6 13 (4.41%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.37%) SaaS
8 6 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.03%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.69%) GCP
9 5 (1.69%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.69%) WhatsApp
10 4 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.36%) Slack
11 1 (0.34%) IaaS
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Purview
11 1 (0.34%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (26.44%) Intranet
2 33 (11.19%) Firewall
3 29 (9.83%) SAN
4 24 (8.14%) LAN
4 24 (8.14%) WAN
5 16 (5.42%) NAS
6 12 (4.07%) DNS
7 11 (3.73%) VPN
8 10 (3.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (3.39%) TCP/IP
9 9 (3.05%) VLAN
9 9 (3.05%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (2.71%) Unified Communications
11 7 (2.37%) VoIP
12 6 (2.03%) iSCSI
13 5 (1.69%) DHCP
14 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
14 1 (0.34%) MPLS
14 1 (0.34%) OpenVPN
14 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.41%) Power BI
1 13 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.69%) MySQL
3 2 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.68%) MS Access
3 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.69%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
General
1 146 (49.49%) Social Skills
2 77 (26.10%) Retail
3 27 (9.15%) Finance
4 12 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.71%) Automotive
6 7 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.03%) Aviation
7 6 (2.03%) Legal
8 5 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.36%) Law
9 4 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.02%) Local Government
10 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.03%) HTML
2 1 (0.34%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.54%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (11.86%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.80%) Management Information System
4 12 (4.07%) Wiki
5 10 (3.39%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.71%) Replication
7 6 (2.03%) Handset
7 6 (2.03%) Xbox
8 5 (1.69%) PMI
9 4 (1.36%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.36%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.36%) PKI
10 3 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.02%) Life Science
10 3 (1.02%) VAX
11 2 (0.68%) Photography
12 1 (0.34%) Device Driver
12 1 (0.34%) FMCG
12 1 (0.34%) iPhone
12 1 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 109 (36.95%) Windows
2 68 (23.05%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.85%) Windows 10
4 29 (9.83%) Linux
5 18 (6.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (5.42%) Android
7 15 (5.08%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.39%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.37%) Mac OS
9 7 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.36%) VMS
11 3 (1.02%) Unix
11 3 (1.02%) Windows 7
11 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (34.92%) Customer Service
2 80 (27.12%) Project Management
3 76 (25.76%) Agile
4 71 (24.07%) Agile Project Management
5 52 (17.63%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (9.83%) Server Management
7 22 (7.46%) Data Centre Operations
7 22 (7.46%) Service Management
8 21 (7.12%) Benchmarking
8 21 (7.12%) Infrastructure Maintenance
8 21 (7.12%) Performance Monitoring
8 21 (7.12%) Vulnerability Management
9 19 (6.44%) ERP
10 16 (5.42%) Artificial Intelligence
11 15 (5.08%) Patch Management
12 14 (4.75%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (4.41%) CRM
14 12 (4.07%) Data Analysis
15 11 (3.73%) Asset Management
15 11 (3.73%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 42 (14.24%) PowerShell
2 23 (7.80%) SQL
3 10 (3.39%) Perl
3 10 (3.39%) Python
4 2 (0.68%) C#
4 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (7.80%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.12%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.10%) Degree
4 10 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.03%) MCSA
6 6 (2.03%) MCSE
7 5 (1.69%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.34%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.34%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.03%) GDPR
1 6 (2.03%) SLA
2 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.36%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 87 (29.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.73%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.71%) Firmware
5 4 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (1.36%) vSphere
6 3 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.02%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 17 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.37%) SCCM
3 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.36%) WSUS
5 3 (1.02%) EMC VPLEX
5 3 (1.02%) Nagios
5 3 (1.02%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 193 (65.42%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.53%) VMware
3 28 (9.49%) Citrix
4 21 (7.12%) NetApp
5 12 (4.07%) Dell
6 11 (3.73%) Veeam
7 8 (2.71%) Apple
8 6 (2.03%) Freshdesk
8 6 (2.03%) Juniper
8 6 (2.03%) Mitel
9 5 (1.69%) BT
9 5 (1.69%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.69%) HP
10 3 (1.02%) Centreon
10 3 (1.02%) EMC
10 3 (1.02%) Epicor
10 3 (1.02%) Google
10 3 (1.02%) SAP
10 3 (1.02%) Sybase
11 2 (0.68%) Aruba