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 6 July 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 210 129
Rank change year-on-year +104 -81 +59
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,088 473 1,525
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.55% 1.45% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.62% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 760 320 1,212
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,052
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.66%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% -22.58%

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 66,564 29,259 71,575
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 89.40% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 46,194 16,540 51,114
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 6 July 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 6 July 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 +85 284 £35,000 +25.00% 87
Midlands +77 223 £37,500 +5.63% 41
South East +38 196 £36,500 -18.89% 84
East of England +54 162 £35,000 +7.69% 38
North West +61 154 £35,000 +32.08% 57
South West -14 138 £31,500 -30.00% 55
East Midlands +35 121 £40,000 +46.12% 18
West Midlands +50 102 £37,500 -11.76% 24
Yorkshire +30 99 £35,000 -17.65% 22
Scotland +67 68 £34,000 +30.77% 21
North East -25 31 £42,500 +51.79% 9
Wales -38 21 £30,000 -36.84% 7
Northern Ireland -47 6 £45,000 +73.08% 7
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 July 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.

1 216 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 131 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 105 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
5 102 (9.38%) CRM
6 100 (9.19%) SQL
7 98 (9.01%) Azure
8 84 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 81 (7.44%) Customer Service
10 79 (7.26%) Linux
11 76 (6.99%) ERP
11 76 (6.99%) Windows
12 68 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
13 66 (6.07%) Active Directory
14 62 (5.70%) AWS
15 59 (5.42%) Salesforce
16 54 (4.96%) Python
17 53 (4.87%) Cybersecurity
18 52 (4.78%) Data Quality
18 52 (4.78%) Logistics
19 48 (4.41%) SharePoint
20 47 (4.32%) Power Platform
20 47 (4.32%) Security Cleared
21 46 (4.23%) Entra ID
21 46 (4.23%) SAP
22 45 (4.14%) GitHub
22 45 (4.14%) Internet
22 45 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
23 44 (4.04%) Firewall
24 43 (3.95%) AWS Certification

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 48 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 45 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (3.31%) WordPress
4 3 (0.28%) Confluence
5 1 (0.092%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.092%) Mendix
5 1 (0.092%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 115 (10.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.38%) NetSuite
3 14 (1.29%) iTrent
4 12 (1.10%) Primavera
5 7 (0.64%) Odoo
5 7 (0.64%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.55%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.18%) Magento
8 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 105 (9.65%) Microsoft 365
2 98 (9.01%) Azure
3 62 (5.70%) AWS
4 47 (4.32%) Power Platform
5 46 (4.23%) Entra ID
6 45 (4.14%) GitHub
7 19 (1.75%) SaaS
8 14 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.19%) Mimecast
10 12 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 11 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.74%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.37%) GCP
14 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (0.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 3 (0.28%) OpenShift
15 3 (0.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.14%) Internet
2 44 (4.04%) Firewall
3 22 (2.02%) Wireless
4 18 (1.65%) DNS
5 17 (1.56%) VPN
6 14 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.10%) DHCP
8 11 (1.01%) Broadband
9 10 (0.92%) SAN
10 9 (0.83%) Network Security
11 5 (0.46%) LAN
11 5 (0.46%) WAN
12 4 (0.37%) TCP/IP
13 3 (0.28%) SSH
14 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.18%) VoIP
15 1 (0.092%) DKIM
15 1 (0.092%) DMARC
15 1 (0.092%) Unified Communications
15 1 (0.092%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.40%) Power BI
3 24 (2.21%) MySQL
4 11 (1.01%) SAP HANA
5 7 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.46%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.28%) GIS
9 3 (0.28%) Power Query
9 3 (0.28%) Tableau
10 2 (0.18%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.18%) MS Access
10 2 (0.18%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (3.40%) Git
2 8 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 179 (16.45%) Social Skills
2 117 (10.75%) Finance
3 81 (7.44%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (4.23%) Marketing
5 42 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.86%) Manufacturing
6 41 (3.77%) Retail
7 35 (3.22%) Law
7 35 (3.22%) Multimedia
8 29 (2.67%) Telecoms
9 18 (1.65%) Public Sector
10 17 (1.56%) Legal
11 15 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.29%) Military
13 13 (1.19%) Back Office
14 11 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.74%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.74%) Billing
15 8 (0.74%) Games
16 5 (0.46%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.49%) CSS
1 38 (3.49%) HTML
2 5 (0.46%) SAP Basis
3 4 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (0.28%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.28%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.18%) REST
6 1 (0.092%) Middleware
6 1 (0.092%) ODBC
6 1 (0.092%) OpenID
6 1 (0.092%) SAML
6 1 (0.092%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.57%) Replication
2 26 (2.39%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.11%) Management Information System
3 23 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (2.02%) Clustering
5 15 (1.38%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (0.74%) NHS
8 8 (0.74%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.55%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.46%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.46%) PKI
10 5 (0.46%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.37%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.28%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (0.28%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 79 (7.26%) Linux
2 76 (6.99%) Windows
3 41 (3.77%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.84%) Mac OS
5 19 (1.75%) Android
5 19 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.01%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.83%) Unix
8 8 (0.74%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.64%) Debian
10 5 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.18%) CentOS
11 2 (0.18%) Solaris
12 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (9.38%) CRM
3 84 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 81 (7.44%) Customer Service
5 76 (6.99%) ERP
6 53 (4.87%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (4.78%) Logistics
8 39 (3.58%) Web Development
9 34 (3.13%) Business Intelligence
9 34 (3.13%) DevOps
9 34 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 34 (3.13%) Service Delivery
10 33 (3.03%) Data Entry
10 33 (3.03%) Process Improvement
11 32 (2.94%) Data Management
12 30 (2.76%) High Availability
13 27 (2.48%) Project Delivery
14 26 (2.39%) Vulnerability Management
15 25 (2.30%) Analytics
15 25 (2.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (9.19%) SQL
2 54 (4.96%) Python
3 43 (3.95%) JavaScript
4 42 (3.86%) R
5 32 (2.94%) PowerShell
6 18 (1.65%) Bash
7 16 (1.47%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.74%) Go
9 7 (0.64%) C
10 5 (0.46%) VBA
11 4 (0.37%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.28%) C++
12 3 (0.28%) PHP
12 3 (0.28%) Ruby
13 1 (0.092%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.092%) C#
13 1 (0.092%) Java
Qualifications
1 47 (4.32%) Security Cleared
2 43 (3.95%) AWS Certification
3 40 (3.68%) Azure Certification
4 39 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (3.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 29 (2.67%) SC Cleared
7 23 (2.11%) Degree
8 20 (1.84%) DBS Check
8 20 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 18 (1.65%) A+ Certification
9 18 (1.65%) Network+ Certification
10 9 (0.83%) CIPD
11 6 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.28%) HND
14 2 (0.18%) AAT
14 2 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
15 1 (0.092%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.092%) MCSE
15 1 (0.092%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.78%) Data Quality
2 41 (3.77%) QA
3 32 (2.94%) GDPR
4 17 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.19%) SLA
6 12 (1.10%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.28%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.28%) PMO
12 1 (0.092%) GRC
12 1 (0.092%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.092%) NIST
12 1 (0.092%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.092%) SOC 2
System Software
1 66 (6.07%) Active Directory
2 35 (3.22%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.64%) Docker
5 5 (0.46%) iptables
6 3 (0.28%) Firmware
6 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.65%) Nessus
3 16 (1.47%) Ansible
3 16 (1.47%) Proxmox
4 15 (1.38%) Terraform
5 14 (1.29%) Kubernetes
6 11 (1.01%) Grafana
6 11 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.64%) Puppet
8 3 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.28%) SCCM
8 3 (0.28%) systemd
9 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.092%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.092%) Podman
10 1 (0.092%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 216 (19.85%) Microsoft
2 59 (5.42%) Salesforce
3 46 (4.23%) SAP
4 26 (2.39%) VMware
5 19 (1.75%) HubSpot
5 19 (1.75%) Sage
6 16 (1.47%) Red Hat
6 16 (1.47%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.19%) Veeam
8 12 (1.10%) HP
8 12 (1.10%) Oracle
9 10 (0.92%) Zoho
10 8 (0.74%) Facebook
10 8 (0.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 7 (0.64%) SonicWALL
12 6 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (0.55%) Google
13 4 (0.37%) Cisco
13 4 (0.37%) Meraki
13 4 (0.37%) SYSPRO