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 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 193 150
Rank change year-on-year +95 -43 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,352 535 986
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.69% 1.53% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.72% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 885 340 723
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -12.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £56,533 £59,900
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.35% -7.50% -15.79%

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 75,287 31,184 57,024
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 89.41% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 52,249 17,984 36,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +83 320 £35,000 +13.82% 82
Midlands +86 264 £40,000 -4.76% 79
South East +61 254 £36,500 +12.31% 99
South West -22 190 £30,000 -25.00% 56
North West +78 183 £36,500 +37.74% 41
East of England +35 168 £36,250 +11.54% 39
West Midlands +67 147 £34,500 -28.27% 43
East Midlands +35 117 £40,000 +3.23% 37
Yorkshire +27 106 £35,000 -17.65% 28
Scotland +77 97 £43,500 +67.31% 28
Wales -33 38 £30,000 -36.84% 16
North East -34 31 £35,000 +25.00% 14
Northern Ireland -58 26 £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 27 August 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.

1 301 (22.26%) Microsoft
2 139 (10.28%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (9.62%) Azure
4 125 (9.25%) Customer Service
5 123 (9.10%) Microsoft Excel
6 118 (8.73%) SQL
7 117 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
8 116 (8.58%) CRM
9 115 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
10 109 (8.06%) Linux
11 106 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (7.84%) Windows
12 86 (6.36%) Active Directory
13 74 (5.47%) AWS
14 73 (5.40%) ERP
15 68 (5.03%) Windows Server
16 67 (4.96%) Salesforce
17 64 (4.73%) Security Cleared
18 63 (4.66%) SharePoint
19 61 (4.51%) Logistics
20 59 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
21 58 (4.29%) Entra ID
21 58 (4.29%) Python
21 58 (4.29%) SQL Server
22 54 (3.99%) DevOps
22 54 (3.99%) GitHub
23 53 (3.92%) Power Platform
23 53 (3.92%) SaaS
24 52 (3.85%) PowerShell
24 52 (3.85%) QA

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 63 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 59 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (2.81%) WordPress
4 8 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.30%) IIS
6 2 (0.15%) Confluence
7 1 (0.074%) Apache
7 1 (0.074%) CMS
7 1 (0.074%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (0.074%) JBoss
7 1 (0.074%) Mendix
7 1 (0.074%) nginx
7 1 (0.074%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.074%) WebLogic
Applications
1 123 (9.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 117 (8.65%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 19 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
4 9 (0.67%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 20 (1.48%) Primavera
2 19 (1.41%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.44%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.30%) Odoo
6 3 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.074%) iTrent
8 1 (0.074%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.074%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 130 (9.62%) Azure
2 115 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (5.47%) AWS
4 58 (4.29%) Entra ID
5 54 (3.99%) GitHub
6 53 (3.92%) Power Platform
6 53 (3.92%) SaaS
7 19 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (1.33%) OpenShift
9 15 (1.11%) Power Automate
10 14 (1.04%) Mimecast
11 13 (0.96%) PaaS
12 11 (0.81%) PowerApps
13 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.37%) Google Workspace
16 4 (0.30%) Amazon EKS
16 4 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.33%) Internet
2 44 (3.25%) Firewall
3 36 (2.66%) DNS
4 26 (1.92%) DHCP
5 24 (1.78%) Wireless
6 22 (1.63%) VPN
7 16 (1.18%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.11%) Broadband
9 13 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.89%) SAN
11 10 (0.74%) LAN
11 10 (0.74%) WAN
12 8 (0.59%) Network Security
13 7 (0.52%) VLAN
14 4 (0.30%) VSAN
15 3 (0.22%) SSH
16 2 (0.15%) SSL
16 2 (0.15%) Structured Cabling
17 1 (0.074%) DKIM
17 1 (0.074%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (4.29%) SQL Server
2 37 (2.74%) Power BI
3 23 (1.70%) MySQL
4 16 (1.18%) Oracle Database
5 13 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.67%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.30%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.22%) GIS
11 3 (0.22%) MS Access
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.15%) Big Data
12 2 (0.15%) KNIME
12 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.15%) Power Query
12 2 (0.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (3.77%) Git
2 13 (0.96%) JIRA
3 4 (0.30%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.15%) Ant
4 2 (0.15%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.15%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.15%) Maven
5 1 (0.074%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.074%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.074%) Selenium
5 1 (0.074%) TeamCity
General
1 262 (19.38%) Social Skills
2 148 (10.95%) Finance
3 120 (8.88%) Organisational Skills
4 63 (4.66%) Marketing
5 60 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (3.62%) Law
6 49 (3.62%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.33%) Retail
8 41 (3.03%) Telecoms
9 40 (2.96%) Legal
10 35 (2.59%) Multimedia
11 17 (1.26%) Military
11 17 (1.26%) Public Sector
12 14 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 13 (0.96%) Legal Technology
14 12 (0.89%) Automotive
14 12 (0.89%) Billing
15 9 (0.67%) Aerospace
16 6 (0.44%) Advertising
16 6 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.74%) CSS
1 37 (2.74%) HTML
2 18 (1.33%) Terraform
3 9 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (0.37%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.22%) AngularJS
5 3 (0.22%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.15%) OpenID
6 2 (0.15%) REST
7 1 (0.074%) CSS3
7 1 (0.074%) HTML5
7 1 (0.074%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.074%) Middleware
7 1 (0.074%) OAuth
7 1 (0.074%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.074%) ODBC
7 1 (0.074%) Redfish
7 1 (0.074%) SAML
7 1 (0.074%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (3.48%) Onboarding
2 42 (3.11%) Replication
3 41 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 37 (2.74%) Clustering
5 27 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (1.55%) Driving Licence
7 15 (1.11%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.11%) Social Media
8 11 (0.81%) NHS
9 8 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.44%) AI Agents
11 6 (0.44%) Operational Technology
12 5 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.37%) PMI
12 5 (0.37%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.30%) PKI
13 4 (0.30%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.30%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.30%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 109 (8.06%) Linux
2 106 (7.84%) Windows
3 68 (5.03%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.85%) Mac OS
5 24 (1.78%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.55%) Android
7 15 (1.11%) Unix
8 14 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.89%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.74%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.59%) Debian
12 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.37%) CentOS
14 4 (0.30%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.30%) Solaris
15 3 (0.22%) Rocky
16 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (10.28%) Problem-Solving
2 125 (9.25%) Customer Service
3 116 (8.58%) CRM
4 106 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (5.40%) ERP
6 61 (4.51%) Logistics
7 54 (3.99%) DevOps
8 51 (3.77%) Cybersecurity
9 48 (3.55%) High Availability
9 48 (3.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 41 (3.03%) Project Delivery
11 40 (2.96%) Service Delivery
11 40 (2.96%) Web Development
12 37 (2.74%) Time Management
13 34 (2.51%) Data Management
14 33 (2.44%) ITIL
14 33 (2.44%) Vulnerability Management
14 33 (2.44%) Workflow
15 32 (2.37%) Customer Experience
16 30 (2.22%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 118 (8.73%) SQL
2 58 (4.29%) Python
3 52 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 44 (3.25%) R
5 43 (3.18%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.63%) Bash
7 18 (1.33%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.52%) C
9 6 (0.44%) Ruby
10 4 (0.30%) Go
11 3 (0.22%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.22%) C++
11 3 (0.22%) PHP
12 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.15%) VBA
13 1 (0.074%) C#
13 1 (0.074%) Java
Qualifications
1 64 (4.73%) Security Cleared
2 45 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (3.11%) AWS Certification
4 41 (3.03%) Azure Certification
4 41 (3.03%) SC Cleared
5 35 (2.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 30 (2.22%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.14%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.70%) Degree
9 22 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
10 19 (1.41%) A+ Certification
11 9 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.37%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.22%) CIPD
13 3 (0.22%) HND
13 3 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.15%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.074%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (3.85%) QA
2 48 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 19 (1.41%) SLA
4 16 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.04%) GDPR
5 14 (1.04%) ISO 9001
6 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.30%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (0.22%) PMO
10 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.074%) GRC
11 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.074%) NIST
11 1 (0.074%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.074%) SOC 2
System Software
1 86 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.48%) Hyper-V
3 16 (1.18%) Docker
4 10 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.52%) Ceph
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.37%) iptables
8 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.074%) Firmware
9 1 (0.074%) NFS
9 1 (0.074%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.074%) Xen
Systems Management
1 29 (2.14%) Ansible
2 23 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.55%) Kubernetes
4 20 (1.48%) Nessus
5 15 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.81%) Proxmox
7 8 (0.59%) Grafana
7 8 (0.59%) Podman
8 7 (0.52%) Argo
8 7 (0.52%) Check_MK
8 7 (0.52%) Istio
9 6 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.44%) Puppet
9 6 (0.44%) SCCM
10 4 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.30%) SCVMM
10 4 (0.30%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 301 (22.26%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.96%) Salesforce
3 49 (3.62%) SAP
4 26 (1.92%) Sage
5 25 (1.85%) Oracle
5 25 (1.85%) Red Hat
5 25 (1.85%) VMware
6 20 (1.48%) HubSpot
7 19 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 13 (0.96%) Veeam
9 11 (0.81%) Google
9 11 (0.81%) HP
10 8 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (0.59%) Facebook
11 7 (0.52%) Dell
12 6 (0.44%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.37%) Zoho
14 4 (0.30%) ConnectWise
14 4 (0.30%) SYSPRO