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 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 228 133
Rank change year-on-year +108 -95 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 965 412 1,470
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.45% 1.40% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.57% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 680 288 1,111
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,750 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -21.79% +27.88% -16.82%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +28.57% -23.91%

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 62,155 26,263 65,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 89.46% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 41,146 14,496 47,795
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 18 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 18 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 +73 262 £35,000 +27.27% 79
Midlands +67 199 £32,500 -4.41% 66
South East +61 187 £35,000 -23.91% 102
North West +77 146 £31,500 +16.67% 42
East of England +46 137 £35,000 -22.22% 39
South West -21 114 £31,500 -37.00% 41
East Midlands +26 104 £32,500 -19.25% 25
West Midlands +45 95 £31,500 -1.72% 41
Yorkshire +22 92 £35,000 -30.00% 28
Scotland +25 51 £31,000 +9.73% 18
North East -20 24 £35,000 +40.00% 9
Wales -14 19 £30,000 -36.84% 9
Northern Ireland -30 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 18 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 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 119 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (11.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 105 (10.88%) CRM
5 95 (9.84%) Azure
6 80 (8.29%) SQL
7 74 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
8 73 (7.56%) Customer Service
9 70 (7.25%) ERP
10 65 (6.74%) Linux
11 63 (6.53%) AWS
11 63 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (5.80%) Python
13 54 (5.60%) Internet
14 53 (5.49%) AWS Certification
14 53 (5.49%) GitHub
15 52 (5.39%) Salesforce
15 52 (5.39%) Windows
16 51 (5.28%) JavaScript
16 51 (5.28%) Process Improvement
17 50 (5.18%) CSS
17 50 (5.18%) HTML
17 50 (5.18%) Microsoft Certification
18 48 (4.97%) Azure Certification
19 47 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
20 46 (4.77%) R
20 46 (4.77%) WordPress
21 45 (4.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
21 45 (4.66%) Git
21 45 (4.66%) 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 (4.77%) WordPress
2 37 (3.83%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.21%) CMS
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 107 (11.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.59%) iTrent
2 20 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.24%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.73%) 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 95 (9.84%) Azure
2 74 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (6.53%) AWS
4 53 (5.49%) GitHub
5 41 (4.25%) Power Platform
6 29 (3.01%) 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 (0.73%) Mimecast
12 5 (0.52%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.52%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.52%) PowerApps
13 4 (0.41%) GCP
13 4 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.31%) Smartsheet
14 3 (0.31%) Veeva
14 3 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.60%) Internet
2 33 (3.42%) Firewall
3 20 (2.07%) Wireless
4 13 (1.35%) VPN
5 10 (1.04%) Broadband
5 10 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.83%) Network Security
7 7 (0.73%) DNS
8 6 (0.62%) SAN
9 4 (0.41%) LAN
9 4 (0.41%) 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 (3.83%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.21%) Power BI
3 20 (2.07%) MySQL
4 7 (0.73%) 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%) 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%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 45 (4.66%) Git
2 5 (0.52%) JIRA
3 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
General
1 168 (17.41%) Social Skills
2 107 (11.09%) Finance
3 69 (7.15%) Organisational Skills
4 48 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.66%) Marketing
5 45 (4.66%) Multimedia
6 40 (4.15%) Retail
7 35 (3.63%) Law
8 30 (3.11%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.97%) Public Sector
10 18 (1.87%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.76%) Back Office
12 16 (1.66%) Military
13 11 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (0.93%) Legal
15 8 (0.83%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.62%) Automotive
16 6 (0.62%) Games
17 4 (0.41%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.18%) CSS
1 50 (5.18%) 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%) Laravel
5 1 (0.10%) ODBC
5 1 (0.10%) OpenID
5 1 (0.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (2.69%) Replication
2 21 (2.18%) Management Information System
3 18 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (1.66%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.35%) 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%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (6.74%) Linux
2 52 (5.39%) Windows
3 24 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 16 (1.66%) Mac OS
5 15 (1.55%) Android
5 15 (1.55%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.31%) CentOS
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
9 2 (0.21%) Debian
10 1 (0.10%) Solaris
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
2 105 (10.88%) CRM
3 73 (7.56%) Customer Service
4 70 (7.25%) ERP
5 63 (6.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (5.28%) Process Improvement
7 45 (4.66%) Web Development
8 44 (4.56%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (4.46%) Logistics
10 34 (3.52%) Data Management
11 31 (3.21%) Data Entry
12 27 (2.80%) Business Intelligence
12 27 (2.80%) High Availability
13 26 (2.69%) Service Delivery
14 25 (2.59%) DevOps
14 25 (2.59%) Project Management
15 24 (2.49%) Analytics
15 24 (2.49%) Project Delivery
16 23 (2.38%) Time Management
17 22 (2.28%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 80 (8.29%) SQL
2 56 (5.80%) Python
3 51 (5.28%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.77%) R
5 16 (1.66%) Bash
6 15 (1.55%) PowerShell
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 (5.49%) AWS Certification
2 50 (5.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (4.97%) Azure Certification
4 45 (4.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 32 (3.32%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.87%) A+ Certification
6 18 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
7 17 (1.76%) SC Cleared
8 15 (1.55%) CIPD
8 15 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 14 (1.45%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.14%) Degree
11 7 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.21%) AAT
14 1 (0.10%) CCNA
14 1 (0.10%) CCNP
14 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.10%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.10%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 35 (3.63%) GDPR
3 25 (2.59%) QA
4 11 (1.14%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.73%) SLA
6 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.31%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.21%) PMO
10 1 (0.10%) COSHH
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.76%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.73%) Docker
3 7 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.31%) Firmware
5 3 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 17 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 17 (1.76%) Nessus
2 15 (1.55%) Terraform
3 14 (1.45%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.24%) Grafana
4 12 (1.24%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.14%) Ansible
5 11 (1.14%) Proxmox
6 5 (0.52%) Puppet
7 3 (0.31%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.31%) SCCM
7 3 (0.31%) systemd
7 3 (0.31%) WSUS
8 2 (0.21%) Nagios
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.10%) Podman
9 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 191 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.39%) Salesforce
3 42 (4.35%) SAP
4 19 (1.97%) HubSpot
4 19 (1.97%) VMware
5 18 (1.87%) Sage
6 14 (1.45%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.35%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.04%) Oracle
8 10 (1.04%) Zoho
9 9 (0.93%) HP
10 8 (0.83%) Facebook
11 7 (0.73%) 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%) Google
14 3 (0.31%) Meraki
14 3 (0.31%) Palo Alto