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 12 June 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 211 123
Rank change year-on-year +106 -88 +66
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,018 439 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 1.49% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 1.67% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 719 299 1,253
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,125 £26,000 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -15.66%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £40,046 £35,520
% change year-on-year -12.60% +12.74% -25.22%

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 62,882 26,281 73,529
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 89.09% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 43,519 14,209 52,811
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,350 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,950
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 12 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 12 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 +101 289 £35,000 +27.27% 63
Midlands +77 211 £35,220 -4.81% 53
South East +35 174 £35,000 -23.91% 72
North West +89 156 £35,000 +32.08% 38
East of England +50 153 £35,000 +7.69% 40
South West -28 118 £31,500 -37.00% 51
East Midlands +26 114 £35,220 -0.79% 18
Yorkshire +30 103 £35,000 -30.00% 18
West Midlands +47 97 £36,250 -14.71% 36
Scotland +53 57 £31,000 +19.23% 16
North East -19 30 £41,250 +47.32% 7
Wales -25 21 £30,000 -36.84% 13
Northern Ireland -29 8 £45,000 +73.08% 3
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 198 (19.45%) Microsoft
2 124 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (11.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 100 (9.82%) CRM
5 93 (9.14%) SQL
6 89 (8.74%) Azure
7 88 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
8 76 (7.47%) Customer Service
8 76 (7.47%) ERP
9 74 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (7.27%) Linux
10 66 (6.48%) Windows
11 61 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
12 56 (5.50%) Salesforce
13 55 (5.40%) Active Directory
13 55 (5.40%) AWS
14 50 (4.91%) Python
15 49 (4.81%) Data Quality
16 47 (4.62%) Logistics
17 46 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
17 46 (4.52%) Power Platform
18 45 (4.42%) Internet
18 45 (4.42%) SAP
19 44 (4.32%) GitHub
20 43 (4.22%) AWS Certification
21 40 (3.93%) Azure Certification
21 40 (3.93%) JavaScript
21 40 (3.93%) SharePoint
22 39 (3.83%) Firewall
22 39 (3.83%) Microsoft 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 40 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.54%) WordPress
3 33 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.098%) Mendix
5 1 (0.098%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 113 (11.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.87%) iTrent
3 12 (1.18%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.79%) Primavera
4 8 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.69%) Odoo
6 6 (0.59%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Magento
8 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.20%) Shopify
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.098%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 89 (8.74%) Azure
2 88 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (5.40%) AWS
4 46 (4.52%) Power Platform
5 44 (4.32%) GitHub
6 38 (3.73%) Entra ID
7 16 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 11 (1.08%) SaaS
9 8 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (0.79%) Mimecast
10 7 (0.69%) Power Automate
11 6 (0.59%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.29%) GCP
14 3 (0.29%) Veeva
14 3 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.42%) Internet
2 39 (3.83%) Firewall
3 21 (2.06%) Wireless
4 14 (1.38%) VPN
5 13 (1.28%) DNS
6 12 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (0.98%) Broadband
8 9 (0.88%) Network Security
9 8 (0.79%) SAN
10 7 (0.69%) DHCP
11 5 (0.49%) LAN
11 5 (0.49%) WAN
12 3 (0.29%) SSH
13 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.20%) VoIP
14 1 (0.098%) DKIM
14 1 (0.098%) DMARC
14 1 (0.098%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.098%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.44%) Power BI
3 21 (2.06%) MySQL
4 11 (1.08%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.59%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.49%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.39%) Tableau
8 3 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.29%) GIS
8 3 (0.29%) Power Query
8 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.098%) Big Data
10 1 (0.098%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 36 (3.54%) Git
2 5 (0.49%) JIRA
3 1 (0.098%) Bitbucket
General
1 171 (16.80%) Social Skills
2 110 (10.81%) Finance
3 74 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (4.52%) Marketing
5 43 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (4.13%) Retail
7 36 (3.54%) Manufacturing
8 35 (3.44%) Multimedia
9 33 (3.24%) Law
10 24 (2.36%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.67%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.57%) Back Office
13 14 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.38%) Military
14 11 (1.08%) Legal
15 9 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.79%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.69%) Games
18 6 (0.59%) Billing
19 5 (0.49%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.73%) CSS
1 38 (3.73%) HTML
2 5 (0.49%) SAP Basis
3 4 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.20%) REST
6 1 (0.098%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.098%) Middleware
6 1 (0.098%) ODBC
6 1 (0.098%) OpenID
6 1 (0.098%) SAML
6 1 (0.098%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.75%) Replication
2 21 (2.06%) Management Information System
2 21 (2.06%) Onboarding
3 20 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (1.57%) Clustering
5 13 (1.28%) Data Structures
5 13 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (0.79%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.69%) NHS
9 6 (0.59%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.49%) PKI
10 5 (0.49%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.39%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.39%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.29%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.29%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.27%) Linux
2 66 (6.48%) Windows
3 32 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.87%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.77%) Android
5 18 (1.77%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.79%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.39%) Debian
8 4 (0.39%) Unix
9 2 (0.20%) CentOS
9 2 (0.20%) Solaris
10 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (9.82%) CRM
3 76 (7.47%) Customer Service
3 76 (7.47%) ERP
4 74 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 47 (4.62%) Logistics
6 46 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
7 39 (3.83%) Process Improvement
8 36 (3.54%) Web Development
9 33 (3.24%) Data Entry
9 33 (3.24%) Data Management
10 32 (3.14%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (3.05%) DevOps
12 28 (2.75%) High Availability
13 27 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 27 (2.65%) Service Delivery
14 26 (2.55%) Project Delivery
15 25 (2.46%) Analytics
15 25 (2.46%) Vulnerability Management
16 24 (2.36%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (9.14%) SQL
2 50 (4.91%) Python
3 40 (3.93%) JavaScript
4 37 (3.63%) R
5 28 (2.75%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.57%) Bash
6 16 (1.57%) Shell Script
7 8 (0.79%) Go
8 5 (0.49%) C
8 5 (0.49%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.49%) VBA
9 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.098%) C#
9 1 (0.098%) C++
9 1 (0.098%) Java
9 1 (0.098%) PHP
9 1 (0.098%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 43 (4.22%) AWS Certification
2 40 (3.93%) Azure Certification
3 39 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (3.63%) Security Cleared
5 35 (3.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 20 (1.96%) SC Cleared
7 19 (1.87%) DBS Check
8 18 (1.77%) A+ Certification
8 18 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
9 17 (1.67%) Degree
10 12 (1.18%) CIPD
10 12 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.20%) AAT
13 2 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.098%) CCNA
14 1 (0.098%) CCNP
14 1 (0.098%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.098%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.81%) Data Quality
2 32 (3.14%) GDPR
3 31 (3.05%) QA
4 11 (1.08%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.08%) SLA
5 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.39%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.098%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 55 (5.40%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.85%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.59%) Docker
5 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.39%) iptables
7 3 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.67%) Nessus
3 16 (1.57%) Proxmox
4 15 (1.47%) Terraform
5 13 (1.28%) Ansible
5 13 (1.28%) Kubernetes
6 11 (1.08%) Grafana
6 11 (1.08%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.59%) Puppet
8 3 (0.29%) SCCM
8 3 (0.29%) systemd
9 2 (0.20%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.098%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.098%) Podman
10 1 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 198 (19.45%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.50%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.42%) SAP
4 22 (2.16%) VMware
5 19 (1.87%) Sage
6 17 (1.67%) HubSpot
6 17 (1.67%) Red Hat
7 12 (1.18%) HP
7 12 (1.18%) Oracle
7 12 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.18%) Veeam
8 10 (0.98%) Zoho
9 8 (0.79%) Facebook
9 8 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 7 (0.69%) SonicWALL
11 4 (0.39%) Cisco
11 4 (0.39%) ConnectWise
11 4 (0.39%) Meraki
11 4 (0.39%) SYSPRO
12 3 (0.29%) Workday