Administrator Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Administrator salary for remote or hybrid work is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 215 243
Rank change year-on-year -28 +28 +96
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 183 502 603
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 1.48% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 1.55% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 151 413 406
10th Percentile £25,375 £23,265 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £46,000 £35,000 £45,500
% change year-on-year +31.43% -23.08% +1.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,910 32,483 40,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,940 24,937 29,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,081 £36,541
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Administrator trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Administrator
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Administrator.

Administrator salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Administrator
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Administrator over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Administrator salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 78 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 63 (34.43%) Microsoft
3 52 (28.42%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (27.32%) Finance
5 46 (25.14%) Linux
6 40 (21.86%) SQL
7 39 (21.31%) Windows
8 34 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
9 33 (18.03%) Azure
9 33 (18.03%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (16.94%) Customer Service
11 30 (16.39%) Active Directory
12 24 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
13 23 (12.57%) PowerShell
14 22 (12.02%) Agile
14 22 (12.02%) SQL Server
14 22 (12.02%) Microsoft Excel
14 22 (12.02%) VMware
15 21 (11.48%) Salesforce
15 21 (11.48%) Analytics
16 20 (10.93%) DevOps
16 20 (10.93%) Windows Server
17 19 (10.38%) Degree
18 18 (9.84%) SaaS
18 18 (9.84%) Management Information System
19 17 (9.29%) Disaster Recovery
19 17 (9.29%) Organisational Skills
20 16 (8.74%) Red Hat
20 16 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
20 16 (8.74%) NetSuite

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.83%) Tomcat
3 6 (3.28%) IIS
3 6 (3.28%) nginx
4 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.64%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (1.09%) Confluence
7 1 (0.55%) Apache
Applications
1 24 (13.11%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (12.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (6.01%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (8.74%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.19%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.64%) Maximo
4 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.55%) SAP Business ByDesign
4 1 (0.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (18.03%) Azure
1 33 (18.03%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (9.84%) SaaS
3 15 (8.20%) AWS
4 10 (5.46%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.28%) OneDrive
6 6 (3.28%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.19%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (2.19%) GCP
9 3 (1.64%) Boomi
10 2 (1.09%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.09%) Google Docs
10 2 (1.09%) Google Drive
10 2 (1.09%) Google Sheets
10 2 (1.09%) Sentry
10 2 (1.09%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.01%) Firewall
2 8 (4.37%) DNS
3 6 (3.28%) SSL
4 5 (2.73%) DMARC
5 3 (1.64%) DHCP
5 3 (1.64%) LAN
5 3 (1.64%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.64%) VLAN
5 3 (1.64%) VPN
5 3 (1.64%) WAN
6 2 (1.09%) Multicast
6 2 (1.09%) Network Security
6 2 (1.09%) SMTP
6 2 (1.09%) SSH
7 1 (0.55%) FTP
7 1 (0.55%) HTTP
7 1 (0.55%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.55%) IPsec
7 1 (0.55%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.02%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (4.92%) MySQL
4 8 (4.37%) MariaDB
4 8 (4.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.83%) Data Lake
5 7 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (2.19%) Power BI
6 4 (2.19%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.19%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.09%) Cloud Spanner
7 2 (1.09%) Couchbase
7 2 (1.09%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.09%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (6.01%) JIRA
2 4 (2.19%) Git
3 2 (1.09%) GitLab
4 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 50 (27.32%) Finance
3 34 (18.58%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.29%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (7.65%) Law
6 12 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (6.01%) Billing
8 9 (4.92%) Marketing
9 8 (4.37%) Legal
10 7 (3.83%) Banking
10 7 (3.83%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.73%) Czech Language
12 5 (2.73%) Retail
13 3 (1.64%) Military
13 3 (1.64%) Public Sector
14 2 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.55%) Electronics
15 1 (0.55%) Fire and Rescue
15 1 (0.55%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.28%) JSON
1 6 (3.28%) XML
2 5 (2.73%) REST
2 5 (2.73%) SOAP
3 2 (1.09%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (1.09%) Node.js
3 2 (1.09%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.09%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.55%) ADO
4 1 (0.55%) EDI
4 1 (0.55%) LAMP
4 1 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.55%) Loki
4 1 (0.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.84%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.46%) CMDB
2 10 (5.46%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.83%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.83%) Data Structures
3 7 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.19%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.64%) Pricing Data
8 2 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.09%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.09%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.09%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.09%) Replication
9 1 (0.55%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.55%) Handset
9 1 (0.55%) Life Science
9 1 (0.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 46 (25.14%) Linux
2 39 (21.31%) Windows
3 20 (10.93%) Windows Server
4 15 (8.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (8.20%) Windows 10
5 12 (6.56%) Unix
6 10 (5.46%) AIX
7 9 (4.92%) CentOS
8 6 (3.28%) Ubuntu
9 5 (2.73%) Solaris
9 5 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.64%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (1.09%) Rocky
11 2 (1.09%) VMS
12 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.42%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (16.94%) Customer Service
3 22 (12.02%) Agile
4 21 (11.48%) Analytics
5 20 (10.93%) DevOps
6 17 (9.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 16 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (8.20%) CI/CD
8 15 (8.20%) CRM
8 15 (8.20%) Data Analysis
9 14 (7.65%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (7.65%) ITIL
9 14 (7.65%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (6.56%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (6.01%) Artificial Intelligence
11 11 (6.01%) Change Management
11 11 (6.01%) ETL
11 11 (6.01%) Regulatory Compliance
11 11 (6.01%) Roadmaps
12 10 (5.46%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (21.86%) SQL
2 23 (12.57%) PowerShell
3 13 (7.10%) T-SQL
4 12 (6.56%) Bash
4 12 (6.56%) Python
5 7 (3.83%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.73%) Java
6 5 (2.73%) VBA
7 2 (1.09%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.55%) AWK
8 1 (0.55%) C
8 1 (0.55%) C++
8 1 (0.55%) Korn
8 1 (0.55%) Perl
8 1 (0.55%) PHP
8 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (10.38%) Degree
2 11 (6.01%) ITIL Certification
3 8 (4.37%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (3.83%) IBM AIX Certification
5 5 (2.73%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.09%) RHCE
7 1 (0.55%) ACCA
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.55%) CIPD
7 1 (0.55%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.55%) RHCSA
7 1 (0.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.10%) QA
2 11 (6.01%) SLA
3 8 (4.37%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.09%) GDPR
5 2 (1.09%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 30 (16.39%) Active Directory
2 15 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.73%) vSphere
4 4 (2.19%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.09%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.55%) Docker
6 1 (0.55%) KVM
6 1 (0.55%) LXC
6 1 (0.55%) Postfix
6 1 (0.55%) Samba
6 1 (0.55%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.37%) Ansible
3 7 (3.83%) SCCM
4 6 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.73%) Terraform
6 4 (2.19%) Nagios
6 4 (2.19%) Opsgenie
6 4 (2.19%) Puppet
7 3 (1.64%) Grafana
7 3 (1.64%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.09%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.09%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.55%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 63 (34.43%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.02%) VMware
3 21 (11.48%) Salesforce
4 16 (8.74%) Red Hat
5 15 (8.20%) Oracle
6 9 (4.92%) SAP
7 7 (3.83%) Cisco
7 7 (3.83%) Citrix
8 5 (2.73%) iManage
8 5 (2.73%) Progress
9 4 (2.19%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.19%) Google
9 4 (2.19%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.64%) IFS
10 3 (1.64%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.64%) Xero
11 2 (1.09%) Adobe
11 2 (1.09%) Freshdesk
11 2 (1.09%) IBM
11 2 (1.09%) New Relic