Hybrid/Remote Administrator Job Trends

Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Administrator salary for remote/hybrid work is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 194 270
Rank change year-on-year -16 +76 -42
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 286 249 262
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.22% 1.55% 1.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.68% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 200 145 183
10th Percentile £26,875 £25,625 £28,096
25th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £56,875
90th Percentile £65,000 £79,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £36,256 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.32% -6.25% -18.12%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 21,988 14,847 22,816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 92.53% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 15,627 8,962 15,506
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,077
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.99% -7.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Administrator job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Administrator
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Administrator job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Administrator job vacancies

Administrator
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Administrator over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Administrator salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 4 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 94 (32.87%) Microsoft
2 61 (21.33%) CRM
3 53 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (17.48%) Salesforce
5 46 (16.08%) Microsoft Excel
6 44 (15.38%) Azure
7 41 (14.34%) Active Directory
8 39 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (13.64%) SQL
9 38 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
10 36 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (11.19%) Entra ID
12 30 (10.49%) Data Management
13 29 (10.14%) SaaS
14 28 (9.79%) Data Quality
14 28 (9.79%) DevOps
15 27 (9.44%) Customer Service
16 23 (8.04%) Microsoft Exchange
16 23 (8.04%) Project Delivery
17 22 (7.69%) Linux
17 22 (7.69%) Logistics
17 22 (7.69%) SharePoint
18 20 (6.99%) AWS
18 20 (6.99%) DBS Check
18 20 (6.99%) ERP
18 20 (6.99%) Project Management
19 19 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
19 19 (6.64%) Hyper-V
20 18 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
20 18 (6.29%) Windows

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 23 (8.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.40%) CMS
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) ExpressionEngine
5 1 (0.35%) IIS
Applications
1 46 (16.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (13.29%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (5.24%) NetSuite
2 10 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.05%) Shopify
4 2 (0.70%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.35%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.38%) Azure
2 39 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (11.19%) Entra ID
4 29 (10.14%) SaaS
5 20 (6.99%) AWS
6 17 (5.94%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (3.50%) Mimecast
8 10 (3.50%) Power Automate
9 8 (2.80%) Intacct
9 8 (2.80%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (2.10%) GitHub
12 5 (1.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (1.05%) ClickUp
13 3 (1.05%) Contentful
13 3 (1.05%) Google Sheets
13 3 (1.05%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.70%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.85%) Firewall
2 7 (2.45%) DNS
2 7 (2.45%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.10%) VPN
4 4 (1.40%) Broadband
4 4 (1.40%) DHCP
4 4 (1.40%) SAN
5 3 (1.05%) Internet
5 3 (1.05%) Network Security
5 3 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.35%) DKIM
6 1 (0.35%) DMARC
6 1 (0.35%) FTP
6 1 (0.35%) Intranet
6 1 (0.35%) LAN
6 1 (0.35%) SSL
6 1 (0.35%) VLAN
6 1 (0.35%) WAN
6 1 (0.35%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.15%) Power BI
1 9 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (1.40%) MySQL
3 4 (1.40%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.70%) KNIME
4 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.70%) MS Access
5 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 10 (3.50%) JIRA
2 2 (0.70%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Bitbucket
General
1 91 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 55 (19.23%) Finance
3 48 (16.78%) Organisational Skills
4 29 (10.14%) Marketing
5 14 (4.90%) Billing
5 14 (4.90%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.55%) Legal
7 12 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (3.85%) Retail
9 8 (2.80%) Manufacturing
10 6 (2.10%) Law
11 4 (1.40%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.40%) Games
11 4 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.05%) Automotive
12 3 (1.05%) Back Office
12 3 (1.05%) Banking
12 3 (1.05%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.70%) Front Office
13 2 (0.70%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.75%) CSS
1 5 (1.75%) HTML
2 4 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (1.05%) Middleware
4 2 (0.70%) JSON
5 1 (0.35%) .NET
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.35%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.35%) CSS3
5 1 (0.35%) HTML5
5 1 (0.35%) OpenID
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.35%) React
5 1 (0.35%) RESTful
5 1 (0.35%) SAML
5 1 (0.35%) SPFx
5 1 (0.35%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 22 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 21 (7.34%) Data Structures
3 17 (5.94%) Clustering
4 12 (4.20%) Replication
5 10 (3.50%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.45%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.75%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.40%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.40%) NHS
9 4 (1.40%) PMI
9 4 (1.40%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.05%) AI Agents
10 3 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.05%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.05%) Legacy Code
10 3 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
11 2 (0.70%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.69%) Linux
2 18 (6.29%) Windows
3 12 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.10%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.75%) Debian
6 4 (1.40%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.35%) AIX
7 1 (0.35%) Android
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (21.33%) CRM
2 53 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
4 30 (10.49%) Data Management
5 28 (9.79%) DevOps
6 27 (9.44%) Customer Service
7 23 (8.04%) Project Delivery
8 22 (7.69%) Logistics
9 20 (6.99%) ERP
9 20 (6.99%) Project Management
10 19 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (6.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 17 (5.94%) High Availability
12 17 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (5.59%) CI/CD
13 16 (5.59%) Identity Management
13 16 (5.59%) Process Improvement
14 15 (5.24%) Change Management
14 15 (5.24%) Workflow
15 14 (4.90%) Revenue Recognition
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.64%) SQL
2 10 (3.50%) Python
2 10 (3.50%) R
3 9 (3.15%) JavaScript
3 9 (3.15%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.45%) Bash
5 6 (2.10%) PHP
6 4 (1.40%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.05%) Ruby
8 1 (0.35%) C#
8 1 (0.35%) Go
8 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (6.99%) DBS Check
2 15 (5.24%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.10%) Degree
5 5 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.40%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.70%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.70%) CIPD
7 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.79%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.90%) GDPR
2 14 (4.90%) SLA
3 13 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.20%) QA
5 11 (3.85%) ISO 9001
6 8 (2.80%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.35%) GRC
9 1 (0.35%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.35%) NIST
9 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.35%) PMO
9 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
System Software
1 41 (14.34%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.64%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.05%) Docker
5 2 (0.70%) iptables
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (2.80%) Ansible
3 6 (2.10%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.05%) Data Guard
4 3 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
4 3 (1.05%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.70%) Puppet
6 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.35%) Grafana
6 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.35%) Podman
6 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.35%) SCCM
6 1 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (32.87%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.48%) Salesforce
3 15 (5.24%) Sage
4 9 (3.15%) HubSpot
5 8 (2.80%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (2.80%) Oracle
5 8 (2.80%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.45%) Google
6 7 (2.45%) VMware
7 5 (1.75%) Zoho
8 4 (1.40%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.40%) SAP
8 4 (1.40%) Veeam
9 3 (1.05%) Concur
9 3 (1.05%) SonicWALL
10 2 (0.70%) Databricks
10 2 (0.70%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.70%) Meraki
10 2 (0.70%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.70%) SolarWinds