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 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 216 124
Rank change year-on-year +97 -92 +70
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 985 419 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.46% 1.44% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.62% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 692 289 1,201
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,100 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £24,545
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -26.32%

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 63,399 25,927 70,162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 89.15% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 42,369 13,779 50,824
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £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 3 June 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 3 June 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 +81 282 £35,000 +27.27% 83
Midlands +69 198 £34,500 -2.82% 61
South East +43 176 £35,000 -23.91% 85
North West +70 150 £35,000 +32.08% 53
East of England +48 144 £35,000 +7.69% 51
South West -29 116 £31,500 -37.00% 52
East Midlands +35 105 £35,000 +9.38% 22
Yorkshire +23 102 £35,000 -30.00% 22
West Midlands +32 93 £34,000 -26.24% 40
Scotland +39 54 £31,000 +19.23% 17
North East -26 30 £41,250 +47.32% 8
Wales -27 19 £30,000 -36.84% 12
Northern Ireland -31 10 £45,000 +73.08% 5
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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.

1 197 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 122 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
3 111 (11.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 102 (10.36%) CRM
5 91 (9.24%) Azure
6 87 (8.83%) SQL
7 85 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
8 75 (7.61%) Customer Service
9 72 (7.31%) ERP
10 70 (7.11%) Linux
11 67 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 64 (6.50%) Windows
13 57 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
14 56 (5.69%) AWS
15 54 (5.48%) Salesforce
16 52 (5.28%) Active Directory
17 50 (5.08%) Python
18 48 (4.87%) Internet
19 47 (4.77%) SAP
20 46 (4.67%) AWS Certification
20 46 (4.67%) Data Quality
20 46 (4.67%) GitHub
21 45 (4.57%) Logistics
22 44 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
22 44 (4.47%) JavaScript
22 44 (4.47%) Power Platform
23 43 (4.37%) Azure Certification
23 43 (4.37%) CSS
23 43 (4.37%) HTML
23 43 (4.37%) Process Improvement

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 39 (3.96%) SharePoint
1 39 (3.96%) WordPress
2 32 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.41%) Confluence
4 2 (0.20%) CMS
5 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.10%) Mendix
5 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 111 (11.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 20 (2.03%) iTrent
2 12 (1.22%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
4 7 (0.71%) Odoo
4 7 (0.71%) Primavera
5 6 (0.61%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.20%) Magento
7 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.20%) Shopify
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 91 (9.24%) Azure
2 85 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (5.69%) AWS
4 46 (4.67%) GitHub
5 44 (4.47%) Power Platform
6 35 (3.55%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (1.02%) SaaS
10 8 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (0.81%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.51%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.30%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.30%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.30%) Veeva
13 3 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (4.87%) Internet
2 36 (3.65%) Firewall
3 21 (2.13%) Wireless
4 13 (1.32%) VPN
5 12 (1.22%) DNS
6 11 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.02%) Broadband
8 9 (0.91%) Network Security
9 7 (0.71%) SAN
10 6 (0.61%) DHCP
11 5 (0.51%) LAN
11 5 (0.51%) WAN
12 3 (0.30%) SSH
13 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.20%) VoIP
14 1 (0.10%) DKIM
14 1 (0.10%) DMARC
14 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
14 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.45%) Power BI
3 20 (2.03%) MySQL
4 10 (1.02%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.61%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.51%) Tableau
7 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.30%) GIS
8 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.30%) Power Query
8 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 38 (3.86%) Git
2 5 (0.51%) JIRA
3 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
General
1 171 (17.36%) Social Skills
2 107 (10.86%) Finance
3 74 (7.51%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (4.77%) Marketing
5 45 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (4.06%) Retail
7 38 (3.86%) Multimedia
8 34 (3.45%) Law
9 32 (3.25%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.23%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.73%) Back Office
11 17 (1.73%) Public Sector
12 14 (1.42%) Military
13 13 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (0.91%) Legal
15 8 (0.81%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.71%) Games
17 6 (0.61%) Automotive
17 6 (0.61%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.37%) CSS
1 43 (4.37%) HTML
2 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (0.41%) SAP Basis
3 3 (0.30%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.20%) jQuery
4 2 (0.20%) REST
5 1 (0.10%) .NET
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.10%) Middleware
5 1 (0.10%) ODBC
5 1 (0.10%) OpenID
5 1 (0.10%) SAML
5 1 (0.10%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.84%) Replication
2 23 (2.34%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.52%) Clustering
6 13 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 8 (0.81%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.61%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.61%) NHS
10 5 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.51%) PKI
10 5 (0.51%) Product Ownership
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%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.30%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 70 (7.11%) Linux
2 64 (6.50%) Windows
3 31 (3.15%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.73%) Android
5 17 (1.73%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.41%) Unix
9 3 (0.30%) Debian
10 2 (0.20%) CentOS
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (10.36%) CRM
3 75 (7.61%) Customer Service
4 72 (7.31%) ERP
5 67 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (4.57%) Logistics
7 44 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
8 43 (4.37%) Process Improvement
9 38 (3.86%) Web Development
10 33 (3.35%) Data Entry
10 33 (3.35%) Data Management
11 31 (3.15%) Business Intelligence
12 28 (2.84%) DevOps
13 27 (2.74%) High Availability
13 27 (2.74%) Project Delivery
13 27 (2.74%) Service Delivery
14 25 (2.54%) Analytics
14 25 (2.54%) Time Management
15 24 (2.44%) ITIL
16 23 (2.34%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 87 (8.83%) SQL
2 50 (5.08%) Python
3 44 (4.47%) JavaScript
4 39 (3.96%) R
5 25 (2.54%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.62%) Shell Script
7 14 (1.42%) Bash
8 8 (0.81%) Go
9 6 (0.61%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.51%) VBA
11 4 (0.41%) C
12 3 (0.30%) C#
13 1 (0.10%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.10%) Java
Qualifications
1 46 (4.67%) AWS Certification
2 43 (4.37%) Azure Certification
3 42 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (3.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 35 (3.55%) Security Cleared
6 20 (2.03%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.83%) A+ Certification
7 18 (1.83%) DBS Check
7 18 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (1.32%) CIPD
8 13 (1.32%) Degree
9 11 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.20%) AAT
12 2 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.10%) CCNA
13 1 (0.10%) CCNP
13 1 (0.10%) MCSE
13 1 (0.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.67%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.25%) GDPR
3 28 (2.84%) QA
4 11 (1.12%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.02%) SLA
6 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.30%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 52 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 26 (2.64%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.61%) Docker
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) iptables
7 3 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.62%) Nessus
3 15 (1.52%) Proxmox
4 14 (1.42%) Terraform
5 13 (1.32%) Kubernetes
6 12 (1.22%) Ansible
7 11 (1.12%) Grafana
7 11 (1.12%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.61%) Puppet
9 3 (0.30%) Data Guard
9 3 (0.30%) SCCM
9 3 (0.30%) systemd
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.10%) Nagios
11 1 (0.10%) Podman
11 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 197 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.48%) Salesforce
3 47 (4.77%) SAP
4 22 (2.23%) VMware
5 19 (1.93%) HubSpot
6 18 (1.83%) Sage
7 15 (1.52%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.22%) Oracle
8 12 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.22%) Veeam
9 11 (1.12%) HP
10 10 (1.02%) Zoho
11 8 (0.81%) Facebook
12 7 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.71%) SonicWALL
13 4 (0.41%) Cisco
13 4 (0.41%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.41%) Meraki
13 4 (0.41%) SYSPRO
14 3 (0.30%) Palo Alto