Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 188 147
Rank change year-on-year +96 -41 +33
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,471 519 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.75% 1.51% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.69% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 920 317 605
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,625 £56,533 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.88% -11.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 78,697 30,688 52,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.48% 89.33% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 54,596 17,458 30,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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
North of England +93 319 £39,500 +19.70% 162
South East +63 306 £35,000 - 168
Midlands +82 287 £37,500 -11.24% 119
South West -22 203 £30,000 -25.00% 75
North West +75 182 £40,000 +36.75% 73
East of England +36 182 £35,000 +7.69% 76
West Midlands +66 157 £28,750 -39.47% 59
East Midlands +31 130 £40,000 +12.68% 60
Yorkshire +27 105 £35,000 -14.63% 62
Scotland +74 104 £45,000 +66.67% 33
Wales -29 49 £28,392 -20.75% 24
North East -38 32 £40,750 +3.16% 30
Northern Ireland -53 27 £45,000 +73.08% 9
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 17 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 353 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 191 (12.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 180 (12.24%) Customer Service
4 177 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (11.15%) Microsoft Office
6 131 (8.91%) CRM
7 128 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
8 117 (7.95%) Linux
9 114 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 113 (7.68%) Windows
11 109 (7.41%) SQL
12 95 (6.46%) Azure
13 90 (6.12%) Active Directory
14 80 (5.44%) ERP
15 79 (5.37%) Logistics
16 76 (5.17%) Windows Server
17 70 (4.76%) Salesforce
18 67 (4.55%) Security Cleared
19 66 (4.49%) SharePoint
20 65 (4.42%) SAP
21 64 (4.35%) Power Platform
22 63 (4.28%) Time Management
23 61 (4.15%) Entra ID
24 60 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
25 58 (3.94%) DevOps
26 57 (3.87%) Data Quality
27 56 (3.81%) Cybersecurity
28 53 (3.60%) SaaS
28 53 (3.60%) SQL Server
29 52 (3.54%) PowerShell

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 66 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 60 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.54%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.27%) IIS
4 4 (0.27%) WordPress
5 2 (0.14%) Confluence
6 1 (0.068%) Apache
6 1 (0.068%) CMS
6 1 (0.068%) ExpressionEngine
6 1 (0.068%) JBoss
6 1 (0.068%) Mendix
6 1 (0.068%) nginx
6 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 191 (12.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 164 (11.15%) Microsoft Office
3 46 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
4 22 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.61%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.068%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (1.56%) Primavera
2 17 (1.16%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.54%) Sage 200
4 5 (0.34%) SAP CRM
5 4 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.27%) Odoo
5 4 (0.27%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.27%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.20%) Shopify
7 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.14%) Maximo
7 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.068%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.068%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 128 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (6.46%) Azure
3 64 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 61 (4.15%) Entra ID
5 53 (3.60%) SaaS
6 45 (3.06%) AWS
7 24 (1.63%) GitHub
8 22 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (1.43%) Power Automate
10 18 (1.22%) OpenShift
11 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (0.95%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.88%) Mimecast
12 13 (0.88%) PaaS
13 12 (0.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 9 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (0.54%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (0.41%) MailChimp
16 6 (0.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 5 (0.34%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.40%) Firewall
2 36 (2.45%) DNS
3 28 (1.90%) VPN
4 26 (1.77%) DHCP
5 16 (1.09%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.88%) Broadband
6 13 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.75%) SAN
8 10 (0.68%) LAN
8 10 (0.68%) WAN
9 8 (0.54%) Internet
9 8 (0.54%) Network Security
10 7 (0.48%) VLAN
10 7 (0.48%) Wireless
11 4 (0.27%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.27%) VSAN
12 3 (0.20%) NGN
12 3 (0.20%) SSH
13 2 (0.14%) SSL
14 1 (0.068%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 46 (3.13%) Power BI
3 22 (1.50%) MySQL
4 15 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 14 (0.95%) Oracle Database
6 10 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.61%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.61%) SAP HANA
8 6 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.27%) Power Query
10 3 (0.20%) GIS
10 3 (0.20%) MS Access
10 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.14%) Big Data
11 2 (0.14%) KNIME
11 2 (0.14%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.14%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (1.22%) JIRA
2 16 (1.09%) Git
3 4 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.14%) Ant
4 2 (0.14%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.14%) Maven
5 1 (0.068%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.068%) Flyway
5 1 (0.068%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.068%) Selenium
5 1 (0.068%) TeamCity
General
1 346 (23.52%) Social Skills
2 192 (13.05%) Organisational Skills
3 172 (11.69%) Finance
4 84 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (4.89%) Marketing
6 64 (4.35%) Law
6 64 (4.35%) Retail
7 60 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 52 (3.54%) Legal
9 46 (3.13%) Telecoms
10 26 (1.77%) Public Sector
11 22 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.43%) Automotive
13 19 (1.29%) Military
14 17 (1.16%) Billing
15 14 (0.95%) Aerospace
16 13 (0.88%) Legal Technology
17 12 (0.82%) Advertising
18 7 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (0.48%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.63%) Terraform
2 7 (0.48%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.34%) CSS
3 5 (0.34%) HTML
3 5 (0.34%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.20%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.14%) OpenID
5 2 (0.14%) REST
6 1 (0.068%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.068%) CSS3
6 1 (0.068%) HTML5
6 1 (0.068%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.068%) OAuth
6 1 (0.068%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.068%) OpenTofu
6 1 (0.068%) React
6 1 (0.068%) Redfish
6 1 (0.068%) SOAP
6 1 (0.068%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 73 (4.96%) Management Information System
2 57 (3.87%) Onboarding
3 41 (2.79%) Replication
4 40 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
5 35 (2.38%) Clustering
6 32 (2.18%) Driving Licence
7 21 (1.43%) Social Media
8 16 (1.09%) NHS
9 15 (1.02%) Data Structures
10 13 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (0.68%) Operational Technology
11 10 (0.68%) Private Cloud
12 9 (0.61%) AI Agents
13 8 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.41%) Data Centre
15 5 (0.34%) Housing Association
15 5 (0.34%) PMI
15 5 (0.34%) Virtual Team
16 4 (0.27%) Product Ownership
16 4 (0.27%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 117 (7.95%) Linux
2 113 (7.68%) Windows
3 76 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.70%) Mac OS
5 24 (1.63%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.43%) Android
7 15 (1.02%) Unix
8 14 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.82%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.68%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.54%) Debian
12 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.34%) CentOS
14 4 (0.27%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.27%) Solaris
15 3 (0.20%) Rocky
16 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (12.24%) Customer Service
2 177 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (8.91%) CRM
4 114 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (5.44%) ERP
6 79 (5.37%) Logistics
7 63 (4.28%) Time Management
8 58 (3.94%) DevOps
9 56 (3.81%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (3.26%) High Availability
10 48 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 48 (3.26%) Project Delivery
11 47 (3.20%) Service Delivery
12 46 (3.13%) Data Entry
13 43 (2.92%) Business Intelligence
14 40 (2.72%) AI
14 40 (2.72%) Customer Experience
15 39 (2.65%) Workflow
16 37 (2.52%) Data Management
17 36 (2.45%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 109 (7.41%) SQL
2 52 (3.54%) PowerShell
3 27 (1.84%) Python
4 26 (1.77%) Bash
5 18 (1.22%) Shell Script
6 9 (0.61%) R
7 8 (0.54%) Go
8 6 (0.41%) C
8 6 (0.41%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.41%) Ruby
9 4 (0.27%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.20%) C++
10 3 (0.20%) PHP
11 2 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.068%) Bicep
12 1 (0.068%) C#
12 1 (0.068%) Java
12 1 (0.068%) VBA
Qualifications
1 67 (4.55%) Security Cleared
2 45 (3.06%) SC Cleared
3 37 (2.52%) DBS Check
4 32 (2.18%) Degree
5 29 (1.97%) DV Cleared
6 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (0.34%) CIPD
10 5 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.34%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.20%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.20%) HND
12 2 (0.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.068%) AAT
13 1 (0.068%) CCNA
13 1 (0.068%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (3.87%) Data Quality
2 52 (3.54%) QA
3 27 (1.84%) SLA
4 23 (1.56%) GDPR
5 15 (1.02%) ISO 9001
5 15 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.34%) ISO 14001
7 5 (0.34%) PMO
8 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.14%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.068%) COSHH
10 1 (0.068%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.068%) GMP
10 1 (0.068%) GRC
10 1 (0.068%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.068%) NIST
10 1 (0.068%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 90 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.20%) Hyper-V
3 15 (1.02%) Docker
4 13 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.48%) Ceph
5 7 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.34%) iptables
7 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.20%) vSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Firmware
9 1 (0.068%) NFS
9 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.068%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (2.31%) Ansible
2 25 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.36%) Nessus
4 20 (1.36%) Prometheus
5 14 (0.95%) Proxmox
6 13 (0.88%) Grafana
7 8 (0.54%) Podman
8 7 (0.48%) Argo
8 7 (0.48%) Check_MK
8 7 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (0.48%) Istio
9 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.41%) Puppet
9 6 (0.41%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.27%) SCVMM
10 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) systemd
Vendors
1 353 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 65 (4.42%) SAP
4 35 (2.38%) VMware
5 27 (1.84%) Sage
6 24 (1.63%) Oracle
6 24 (1.63%) Red Hat
7 20 (1.36%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.22%) HubSpot
9 15 (1.02%) Google
10 12 (0.82%) Veeam
11 11 (0.75%) HP
12 9 (0.61%) Facebook
13 8 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.48%) Dell
15 6 (0.41%) SonicWALL
15 6 (0.41%) Workday
16 5 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 4 (0.27%) Meraki
17 4 (0.27%) Zoho