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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 222 128
Rank change year-on-year +103 -94 +75
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 972 405 1,516
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.45% 1.43% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.61% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 688 279 1,152
10th Percentile £26,245 £25,100 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £25,875 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +5.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £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 63,080 25,190 67,391
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 88.95% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 42,046 13,312 49,098
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £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 27 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 27 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 +85 274 £35,000 +27.27% 83
Midlands +71 200 £32,500 -4.41% 67
South East +57 180 £35,000 -23.91% 74
North West +59 148 £32,500 +22.64% 41
East of England +46 138 £35,000 -22.22% 44
South West -23 113 £31,500 -37.00% 47
East Midlands +24 105 £32,500 -3.70% 27
Yorkshire +25 99 £35,000 -30.00% 32
West Midlands +33 95 £34,000 -4.23% 40
Scotland +30 52 £31,000 +19.23% 15
North East -20 27 £39,000 +47.17% 10
Wales -24 19 £30,000 -36.84% 10
Northern Ireland -31 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 27 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.

1 196 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 119 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (11.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 104 (10.70%) CRM
5 92 (9.47%) Azure
6 83 (8.54%) SQL
7 80 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
8 73 (7.51%) Customer Service
9 71 (7.30%) ERP
10 67 (6.89%) Linux
11 61 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 60 (6.17%) AWS
13 57 (5.86%) Windows
14 54 (5.56%) Python
15 53 (5.45%) Internet
15 53 (5.45%) Salesforce
16 52 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
17 51 (5.25%) AWS Certification
17 51 (5.25%) GitHub
18 49 (5.04%) JavaScript
19 48 (4.94%) Active Directory
19 48 (4.94%) CSS
19 48 (4.94%) HTML
20 47 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
21 46 (4.73%) Azure Certification
21 46 (4.73%) Logistics
22 45 (4.63%) Data Quality
22 45 (4.63%) SAP
23 44 (4.53%) R
23 44 (4.53%) WordPress

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 44 (4.53%) WordPress
2 39 (4.01%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.21%) CMS
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
6 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 109 (11.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 52 (5.35%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.26%) iTrent
2 20 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.13%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.72%) Odoo
5 7 (0.72%) 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 92 (9.47%) Azure
2 80 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (6.17%) AWS
4 51 (5.25%) GitHub
5 42 (4.32%) Power Platform
6 32 (3.29%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (0.93%) SaaS
10 8 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (0.82%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.51%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.31%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.31%) Veeva
12 3 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (5.45%) Internet
2 32 (3.29%) Firewall
3 20 (2.06%) Wireless
4 13 (1.34%) VPN
5 11 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.03%) Broadband
7 9 (0.93%) DNS
7 9 (0.93%) Network Security
8 7 (0.72%) SAN
9 5 (0.51%) LAN
9 5 (0.51%) WAN
10 3 (0.31%) DHCP
10 3 (0.31%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.31%) SSH
11 2 (0.21%) VoIP
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 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 32 (3.29%) Power BI
3 20 (2.06%) MySQL
4 9 (0.93%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.51%) Tableau
7 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.31%) GIS
8 3 (0.31%) Power Query
8 3 (0.31%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.21%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 43 (4.42%) Git
2 5 (0.51%) JIRA
3 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
General
1 167 (17.18%) Social Skills
2 106 (10.91%) Finance
3 72 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (4.84%) Marketing
5 45 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (4.42%) Multimedia
7 42 (4.32%) Retail
8 32 (3.29%) Law
9 31 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 19 (1.95%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.75%) Back Office
11 17 (1.75%) Public Sector
12 14 (1.44%) Military
13 13 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.82%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.82%) Legal
15 7 (0.72%) Games
16 6 (0.62%) Automotive
17 5 (0.51%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.94%) CSS
1 48 (4.94%) HTML
2 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
2 3 (0.31%) Lightning Web Components
2 3 (0.31%) SAP Basis
3 2 (0.21%) jQuery
4 1 (0.10%) .NET
4 1 (0.10%) ODBC
4 1 (0.10%) OpenID
4 1 (0.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.88%) Replication
2 24 (2.47%) Management Information System
3 19 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.54%) Clustering
6 14 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 11 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.03%) Private Cloud
10 6 (0.62%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.62%) NHS
11 5 (0.51%) FMCG
11 5 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.51%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.41%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.41%) Smart Meter
13 3 (0.31%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 67 (6.89%) Linux
2 57 (5.86%) Windows
3 27 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.75%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.65%) Android
5 16 (1.65%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
9 2 (0.21%) CentOS
9 2 (0.21%) Debian
10 1 (0.10%) Solaris
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (10.70%) CRM
3 73 (7.51%) Customer Service
4 71 (7.30%) ERP
5 61 (6.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (4.73%) Logistics
7 43 (4.42%) Process Improvement
7 43 (4.42%) Web Development
8 40 (4.12%) Cybersecurity
9 33 (3.40%) Data Entry
9 33 (3.40%) Data Management
10 29 (2.98%) Business Intelligence
11 27 (2.78%) Service Delivery
12 26 (2.67%) DevOps
12 26 (2.67%) High Availability
13 25 (2.57%) Project Delivery
14 24 (2.47%) Time Management
15 23 (2.37%) Analytics
16 22 (2.26%) Decision-Making
16 22 (2.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (8.54%) SQL
2 54 (5.56%) Python
3 49 (5.04%) JavaScript
4 44 (4.53%) R
5 20 (2.06%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.54%) Shell Script
7 14 (1.44%) Bash
8 8 (0.82%) Go
9 6 (0.62%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.51%) VBA
11 4 (0.41%) C
12 2 (0.21%) C#
Qualifications
1 51 (5.25%) AWS Certification
2 47 (4.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (4.73%) Azure Certification
4 43 (4.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 34 (3.50%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.85%) A+ Certification
6 18 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
6 18 (1.85%) SC Cleared
7 17 (1.75%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.44%) CIPD
9 12 (1.23%) Degree
9 12 (1.23%) DV Cleared
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 45 (4.63%) Data Quality
2 35 (3.60%) GDPR
3 27 (2.78%) QA
4 11 (1.13%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.03%) SLA
6 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.51%) 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%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (4.94%) Active Directory
2 22 (2.26%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.51%) Docker
5 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.31%) Firmware
6 3 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 17 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.65%) Nessus
3 14 (1.44%) Terraform
4 13 (1.34%) Proxmox
5 12 (1.23%) Kubernetes
6 11 (1.13%) Ansible
6 11 (1.13%) Grafana
6 11 (1.13%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.51%) Puppet
8 3 (0.31%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.31%) SCCM
8 3 (0.31%) systemd
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Nagios
10 1 (0.10%) Podman
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 196 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.45%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.63%) SAP
4 20 (2.06%) VMware
5 19 (1.95%) HubSpot
6 18 (1.85%) Sage
7 15 (1.54%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.23%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.13%) Oracle
10 10 (1.03%) Veeam
10 10 (1.03%) Zoho
11 9 (0.93%) HP
12 8 (0.82%) Facebook
13 7 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.72%) SonicWALL
14 4 (0.41%) ConnectWise
14 4 (0.41%) SYSPRO
15 3 (0.31%) Dell
15 3 (0.31%) Meraki
15 3 (0.31%) Palo Alto