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 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 219 134
Rank change year-on-year +100 -85 +68
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 969 413 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.46% 1.41% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.58% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 683 291 1,112
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,125 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.45% -15.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,125
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -23.50%

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 62,398 26,179 65,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 89.37% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 41,327 14,433 47,853
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +83 265 £35,000 +27.27% 83
Midlands +71 199 £32,500 -4.41% 61
South East +58 187 £35,000 -23.91% 98
North West +74 148 £32,500 +20.37% 43
East of England +50 139 £35,000 -22.22% 36
South West -18 113 £31,500 -37.00% 44
East Midlands +27 103 £32,500 -19.25% 26
West Midlands +49 96 £31,500 -1.72% 35
Yorkshire +14 92 £35,000 -30.00% 30
Scotland +25 51 £31,000 +9.73% 16
North East -21 25 £35,000 +40.00% 10
Wales -19 19 £30,000 -36.84% 10
Northern Ireland -32 10 £45,000 +73.08% 4
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 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.

1 191 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 119 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (11.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 105 (10.84%) CRM
5 97 (10.01%) Azure
6 79 (8.15%) SQL
7 74 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
8 73 (7.53%) Customer Service
9 70 (7.22%) ERP
10 68 (7.02%) Linux
11 64 (6.60%) AWS
12 62 (6.40%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (5.78%) Python
14 54 (5.57%) Internet
15 53 (5.47%) AWS Certification
15 53 (5.47%) GitHub
16 52 (5.37%) Salesforce
16 52 (5.37%) Windows
17 51 (5.26%) JavaScript
17 51 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
18 50 (5.16%) CSS
18 50 (5.16%) HTML
19 49 (5.06%) Process Improvement
20 48 (4.95%) Azure Certification
20 48 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
21 46 (4.75%) R
21 46 (4.75%) WordPress
22 45 (4.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
22 45 (4.64%) Git
22 45 (4.64%) Web Development

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 46 (4.75%) WordPress
2 37 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.21%) CMS
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 107 (11.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.58%) iTrent
2 20 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.24%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.72%) Odoo
6 6 (0.62%) Primavera
6 6 (0.62%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.31%) Magento
9 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.21%) Shopify
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle 11i
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (10.01%) Azure
2 74 (7.64%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (6.60%) AWS
4 53 (5.47%) GitHub
5 41 (4.23%) Power Platform
6 29 (2.99%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (0.93%) SaaS
10 8 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.72%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.52%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.52%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.31%) GCP
14 3 (0.31%) Veeva
14 3 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.57%) Internet
2 33 (3.41%) Firewall
3 20 (2.06%) Wireless
4 13 (1.34%) VPN
5 10 (1.03%) Broadband
5 10 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.83%) Network Security
7 7 (0.72%) DNS
8 6 (0.62%) SAN
9 5 (0.52%) LAN
9 5 (0.52%) WAN
10 3 (0.31%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.31%) SSH
11 2 (0.21%) VoIP
12 1 (0.10%) DHCP
12 1 (0.10%) DKIM
12 1 (0.10%) DMARC
12 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.10%) VLAN
12 1 (0.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.20%) Power BI
3 20 (2.06%) MySQL
4 8 (0.83%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.52%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.52%) Tableau
7 4 (0.41%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.31%) Power Query
9 2 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.21%) GIS
9 2 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.21%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 45 (4.64%) Git
2 5 (0.52%) JIRA
3 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
General
1 168 (17.34%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.15%) Finance
3 69 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.64%) Marketing
5 45 (4.64%) Multimedia
6 40 (4.13%) Retail
7 32 (3.30%) Law
8 30 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 18 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 17 (1.75%) Back Office
10 17 (1.75%) Public Sector
11 16 (1.65%) Military
12 11 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.93%) Legal
14 8 (0.83%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.62%) Automotive
15 6 (0.62%) Games
16 4 (0.41%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.16%) CSS
1 50 (5.16%) HTML
2 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.21%) jQuery
4 2 (0.21%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.10%) .NET
5 1 (0.10%) ODBC
5 1 (0.10%) OpenID
5 1 (0.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.79%) Replication
2 21 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 18 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (1.65%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.34%) Clustering
6 12 (1.24%) Data Structures
7 11 (1.14%) Private Cloud
8 9 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (0.62%) FMCG
10 5 (0.52%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.52%) NHS
11 4 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.41%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.41%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.41%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.31%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 68 (7.02%) Linux
2 52 (5.37%) Windows
3 24 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.65%) Mac OS
5 15 (1.55%) Android
5 15 (1.55%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.41%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.31%) CentOS
9 3 (0.31%) Unix
10 2 (0.21%) Debian
11 1 (0.10%) Solaris
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (10.84%) CRM
3 73 (7.53%) Customer Service
4 70 (7.22%) ERP
5 62 (6.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (5.06%) Process Improvement
7 45 (4.64%) Web Development
8 44 (4.54%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (4.44%) Logistics
10 34 (3.51%) Data Management
11 31 (3.20%) Data Entry
12 27 (2.79%) Business Intelligence
13 26 (2.68%) DevOps
13 26 (2.68%) High Availability
13 26 (2.68%) Service Delivery
14 24 (2.48%) Analytics
14 24 (2.48%) Project Delivery
15 23 (2.37%) Project Management
15 23 (2.37%) Time Management
16 22 (2.27%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 79 (8.15%) SQL
2 56 (5.78%) Python
3 51 (5.26%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.75%) R
5 16 (1.65%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.55%) Bash
6 15 (1.55%) Shell Script
7 8 (0.83%) Go
8 6 (0.62%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.52%) VBA
10 4 (0.41%) C
11 2 (0.21%) C#
Qualifications
1 53 (5.47%) AWS Certification
2 51 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (4.95%) Azure Certification
4 45 (4.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 34 (3.51%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.86%) A+ Certification
6 18 (1.86%) Network+ Certification
6 18 (1.86%) SC Cleared
7 15 (1.55%) CIPD
7 15 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.44%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.14%) Degree
10 7 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.21%) AAT
13 1 (0.10%) CCNA
13 1 (0.10%) CCNP
13 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.10%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.54%) Data Quality
2 35 (3.61%) GDPR
3 26 (2.68%) QA
4 12 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.14%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.83%) SLA
7 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.41%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.31%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.21%) PMO
11 1 (0.10%) COSHH
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.75%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.72%) Docker
3 7 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.31%) Firmware
5 3 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
1 17 (1.75%) Nessus
2 14 (1.44%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.44%) Terraform
3 12 (1.24%) Grafana
3 12 (1.24%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.14%) Ansible
4 11 (1.14%) Proxmox
5 5 (0.52%) Puppet
6 3 (0.31%) Data Guard
6 3 (0.31%) SCCM
6 3 (0.31%) systemd
6 3 (0.31%) WSUS
7 2 (0.21%) Nagios
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.10%) Podman
8 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 191 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.37%) Salesforce
3 43 (4.44%) SAP
4 19 (1.96%) HubSpot
4 19 (1.96%) VMware
5 18 (1.86%) Sage
6 15 (1.55%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.34%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.03%) Oracle
8 10 (1.03%) Zoho
9 9 (0.93%) HP
10 8 (0.83%) Facebook
11 7 (0.72%) Veeam
12 6 (0.62%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 6 (0.62%) SonicWALL
13 4 (0.41%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.41%) SYSPRO
14 3 (0.31%) Dell
14 3 (0.31%) Meraki
14 3 (0.31%) Palo Alto