IT Administrator Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median IT Administrator salary for remote or hybrid work is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 523 645
Rank change year-on-year +135 +122 +118
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 29 61 32
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.18% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.19% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 27 36 31
10th Percentile £19,500 £21,000 -
25th Percentile £23,438 £25,500 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - +14.50%
75th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,500
90th Percentile £48,000 £40,250 £48,000
UK median annual salary £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% - -

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 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
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% -

IT Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Administrator trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Administrator
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

IT Administrator salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Administrator over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

IT Administrator salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 28 (96.55%) Social Skills
2 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
3 19 (65.52%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
5 16 (55.17%) Windows
6 14 (48.28%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
8 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (20.69%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (20.69%) Windows 10
11 6 (20.69%) Azure
11 6 (20.69%) SQL
12 5 (17.24%) VBA
12 5 (17.24%) Oracle
12 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
12 5 (17.24%) IIS
12 5 (17.24%) Java
12 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
12 5 (17.24%) Linux
12 5 (17.24%) Tomcat
12 5 (17.24%) SOAP
12 5 (17.24%) XML
12 5 (17.24%) CRM
12 5 (17.24%) SSL
12 5 (17.24%) Project Management
12 5 (17.24%) Progress
12 5 (17.24%) Unix

IT 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 5 (17.24%) IIS
1 5 (17.24%) Tomcat
2 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.69%) Azure
3 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Copilot
3 5 (17.24%) Power Automate
4 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) DMARC
1 5 (17.24%) SSL
2 3 (10.34%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) LAN
2 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.34%) WAN
3 1 (3.45%) DHCP
3 1 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (3.45%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (17.24%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
General
1 28 (96.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (48.28%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Czech Language
3 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.90%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.24%) JSON
1 5 (17.24%) REST
1 5 (17.24%) SOAP
1 5 (17.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows 10
3 5 (17.24%) Linux
3 5 (17.24%) Unix
3 5 (17.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
2 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.24%) Agile
3 5 (17.24%) CRM
3 5 (17.24%) Data Privacy
3 5 (17.24%) Portfolio Management
3 5 (17.24%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
3 5 (17.24%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
4 2 (6.90%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
4 2 (6.90%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (6.90%) Information Security
4 2 (6.90%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (6.90%) Operations Management
4 2 (6.90%) Process Improvement
4 2 (6.90%) Resource Management
4 2 (6.90%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
2 5 (17.24%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
2 5 (17.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (58.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (17.24%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.45%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Oracle
2 5 (17.24%) Progress
3 4 (13.79%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Apple
4 1 (3.45%) Facebook
4 1 (3.45%) HP
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) SAP
4 1 (3.45%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (3.45%) Veritas