Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 January 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 180 146
Rank change year-on-year +24 -34 +87
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 546 547 828
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.27% 1.54% 2.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 1.66% 2.31%
Number of salaries quoted 351 273 608
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +12.50% -6.98%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +19.05% -14.29%

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 39,084 32,989 35,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 92.66% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 23,896 15,997 27,300
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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
South East +32 130 £35,000 -26.32% 91
Midlands +35 107 £32,500 -3.27% 50
North of England +26 106 £32,500 -16.67% 99
South West -8 101 £35,000 -30.00% 25
East of England +21 84 £36,250 -23.68% 45
North West +24 55 £32,000 -24.71% 58
East Midlands +2 54 £32,500 +4.84% 27
West Midlands +39 53 £40,000 -11.11% 23
Yorkshire -4 42 £30,500 -12.86% 34
Scotland -9 15 £27,500 -38.89% 13
North East -7 9 £55,500 +53.20% 11
Wales +8 6 £33,750 -11.18% 9
Northern Ireland -5 6 - - 1
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 January 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.

1 141 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 96 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
3 69 (12.64%) Azure
4 65 (11.90%) Linux
5 57 (10.44%) Microsoft Office
6 55 (10.07%) Microsoft Excel
7 52 (9.52%) Windows
8 50 (9.16%) Security Cleared
9 49 (8.97%) Process Improvement
10 47 (8.61%) Python
11 46 (8.42%) Active Directory
12 44 (8.06%) AWS
13 41 (7.51%) SC Cleared
14 40 (7.33%) DV Cleared
14 40 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
15 39 (7.14%) CRM
16 37 (6.78%) Customer Service
16 37 (6.78%) SQL
17 35 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (6.23%) High Availability
18 34 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
19 33 (6.04%) Power Platform
20 32 (5.86%) Cisco
20 32 (5.86%) JavaScript
21 30 (5.49%) Internet
21 30 (5.49%) SAP
22 29 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
23 28 (5.13%) AWS Certification
23 28 (5.13%) CSS
23 28 (5.13%) GitHub

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 25 (4.58%) SharePoint
1 25 (4.58%) WordPress
2 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.55%) CMS
3 3 (0.55%) Confluence
3 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
3 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.55%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 57 (10.44%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (10.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.37%) Windchill
7 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 15 (2.75%) iTrent
2 13 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.73%) Primavera
5 4 (0.73%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.55%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.18%) Magento
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 69 (12.64%) Azure
2 44 (8.06%) AWS
3 40 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (6.04%) Power Platform
5 28 (5.13%) GitHub
6 15 (2.75%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.75%) PowerApps
7 11 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (2.01%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.65%) SaaS
9 6 (1.10%) OCI
10 5 (0.92%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.73%) GCP
11 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.55%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.55%) Veeva
13 2 (0.37%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 2 (0.37%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (0.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.49%) Internet
2 22 (4.03%) Firewall
3 13 (2.38%) VPN
4 11 (2.01%) DNS
5 8 (1.47%) LAN
6 7 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.92%) Network Security
7 5 (0.92%) WAN
8 4 (0.73%) Wireless
9 3 (0.55%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.55%) VLAN
10 2 (0.37%) DHCP
10 2 (0.37%) HTTP
10 2 (0.37%) NAS
11 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.30%) Power BI
3 10 (1.83%) Oracle Database
4 7 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.92%) MySQL
6 5 (0.92%) Oracle Database 12c
6 5 (0.92%) Tableau
7 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.73%) Metadata
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 27 (4.95%) Git
2 5 (0.92%) JIRA
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 109 (19.96%) Social Skills
2 94 (17.22%) Finance
3 45 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (8.06%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (4.58%) Multimedia
6 22 (4.03%) Retail
7 20 (3.66%) Law
8 15 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 14 (2.56%) Legal
9 14 (2.56%) Marketing
10 13 (2.38%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.47%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.28%) Back Office
13 6 (1.10%) Advertising
13 6 (1.10%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.10%) Banking
13 6 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.10%) Military
14 4 (0.73%) Automotive
15 3 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.13%) CSS
1 28 (5.13%) HTML
2 3 (0.55%) .NET
2 3 (0.55%) Itk
2 3 (0.55%) JSON
2 3 (0.55%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.55%) Oracle ADF
2 3 (0.55%) WebCenter
2 3 (0.55%) XML
3 2 (0.37%) jQuery
3 2 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.37%) Middleware
3 2 (0.37%) Mongoose
3 2 (0.37%) REST
3 2 (0.37%) SOAP
4 1 (0.18%) LDAP
4 1 (0.18%) ODBC
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.18%) SAP Basis
4 1 (0.18%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 16 (2.93%) Analytical Mindset
2 16 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 10 (1.83%) FMCG
5 9 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.47%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.47%) Replication
7 6 (1.10%) Private Cloud
8 5 (0.92%) Learning Management System
8 5 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.92%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.73%) CMDB
9 4 (0.73%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.73%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.73%) iPad
10 3 (0.55%) Clustering
10 3 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
10 3 (0.55%) NHS
10 3 (0.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 65 (11.90%) Linux
2 52 (9.52%) Windows
3 26 (4.76%) Unix
4 23 (4.21%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.75%) Android
6 12 (2.20%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.28%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.28%) Windows 10
9 6 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.92%) CentOS
11 4 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.37%) VMS
13 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (8.97%) Process Improvement
3 39 (7.14%) CRM
4 37 (6.78%) Customer Service
5 35 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (6.23%) High Availability
7 26 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (4.76%) ITIL
8 25 (4.58%) Innovative Thinking
8 25 (4.58%) Web Development
9 24 (4.40%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (4.21%) ERP
11 21 (3.85%) Data Protection
12 19 (3.48%) Time Management
13 18 (3.30%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (3.11%) Asset Management
14 17 (3.11%) Project Management
15 16 (2.93%) Change Management
16 15 (2.75%) Disaster Recovery
16 15 (2.75%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.61%) Python
2 37 (6.78%) SQL
3 32 (5.86%) JavaScript
4 25 (4.58%) R
5 22 (4.03%) PowerShell
6 10 (1.83%) Bash
7 8 (1.47%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.55%) Tcl
9 2 (0.37%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.37%) C#
9 2 (0.37%) Go
9 2 (0.37%) Perl
9 2 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 50 (9.16%) Security Cleared
2 41 (7.51%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.33%) DV Cleared
4 34 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (5.13%) AWS Certification
7 27 (4.95%) Azure Certification
8 25 (4.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 25 (4.58%) CCNP
9 23 (4.21%) CCNA
10 17 (3.11%) Degree
11 9 (1.65%) CIPD
12 6 (1.10%) RHCSA
13 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.55%) HNC
14 3 (0.55%) HND
14 3 (0.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.37%) A+ Certification
16 1 (0.18%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.03%) GDPR
2 10 (1.83%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.28%) SLA
4 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.73%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.73%) PMO
6 3 (0.55%) QA
7 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) COSHH
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 46 (8.42%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.92%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.37%) Docker
6 1 (0.18%) KVM
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.65%) Ansible
3 7 (1.28%) Terraform
4 6 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.10%) Nessus
5 4 (0.73%) Grafana
5 4 (0.73%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.73%) SCCM
6 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.55%) Nagios
6 3 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.55%) WSUS
7 2 (0.37%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.37%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.37%) PaperCut
7 2 (0.37%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) Argo
8 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.18%) Puppet
Vendors
1 141 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.86%) Cisco
3 30 (5.49%) SAP
4 26 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 16 (2.93%) Oracle
5 16 (2.93%) VMware
6 11 (2.01%) Red Hat
6 11 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.83%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.47%) Remedy
9 6 (1.10%) Apple
10 5 (0.92%) Sage
11 4 (0.73%) Google
11 4 (0.73%) Siemens
12 3 (0.55%) Adobe
12 3 (0.55%) Cognos
12 3 (0.55%) IBM
12 3 (0.55%) IFS
12 3 (0.55%) McAfee
12 3 (0.55%) Palo Alto