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 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 184 126
Rank change year-on-year +29 -58 +101
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 584 533 1,161
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.28% 1.56% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 1.70% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 383 254 877
10th Percentile £25,420 £26,250 £22,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,113 £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £48,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% +37.86% -19.38%
75th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +29.87% -19.79%

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 41,346 31,443 46,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 92.03% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25,513 15,048 36,216
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 +29 132 £35,000 -26.32% 93
Midlands +44 127 £32,500 -12.98% 52
North of England +15 125 £32,500 -22.74% 95
South West -17 96 £35,000 -30.00% 32
East of England +23 94 £32,500 -32.29% 51
East Midlands +18 67 £32,500 -2.54% 29
North West +38 64 £32,500 -23.53% 51
West Midlands +44 60 £34,810 -20.44% 23
Yorkshire +6 52 £30,500 -12.86% 37
Scotland -18 12 £28,000 -41.05% 16
North East -17 9 £55,500 +71.02% 11
Wales +4 6 £33,750 -11.18% 7
Northern Ireland -11 6 - - 2
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 February 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.

1 144 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 93 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (10.79%) Azure
4 58 (9.93%) Linux
4 58 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
5 55 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
6 51 (8.73%) Process Improvement
7 48 (8.22%) Python
8 46 (7.88%) CRM
8 46 (7.88%) Windows
9 43 (7.36%) AWS
9 43 (7.36%) Customer Service
10 40 (6.85%) Active Directory
10 40 (6.85%) Security Cleared
11 39 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
12 38 (6.51%) SQL
13 35 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (5.82%) SAP
15 33 (5.65%) Power Platform
16 32 (5.48%) JavaScript
16 32 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
16 32 (5.48%) Salesforce
17 31 (5.31%) DV Cleared
17 31 (5.31%) SC Cleared
18 30 (5.14%) CSS
18 30 (5.14%) GitHub
18 30 (5.14%) HTML
18 30 (5.14%) Internet
19 29 (4.97%) AWS Certification
20 28 (4.79%) Business Intelligence

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 (4.28%) SharePoint
1 25 (4.28%) WordPress
2 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.51%) CMS
3 3 (0.51%) Confluence
3 3 (0.51%) Tomcat
3 3 (0.51%) WebLogic
3 3 (0.51%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 58 (9.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.51%) Siemens NX
5 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.42%) iTrent
2 12 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 6 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
6 4 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.68%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.68%) Primavera
6 4 (0.68%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.51%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.34%) Magento
8 2 (0.34%) Odoo
8 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 63 (10.79%) Azure
2 43 (7.36%) AWS
3 39 (6.68%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.65%) Power Platform
5 30 (5.14%) GitHub
6 15 (2.57%) PowerApps
7 13 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (2.23%) Entra ID
8 11 (1.88%) Power Automate
9 9 (1.54%) SaaS
10 6 (1.03%) OCI
10 6 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (0.86%) Smartsheet
12 4 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.51%) Veeva
14 2 (0.34%) GCP
14 2 (0.34%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.34%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.14%) Internet
2 22 (3.77%) Firewall
3 13 (2.23%) VPN
4 11 (1.88%) DNS
5 7 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.03%) LAN
7 5 (0.86%) Network Security
7 5 (0.86%) WAN
8 3 (0.51%) IP Telephony
9 2 (0.34%) Broadband
9 2 (0.34%) DHCP
9 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.34%) HTTP
9 2 (0.34%) Wireless
10 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.17%) VLAN
10 1 (0.17%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.08%) Power BI
3 10 (1.71%) Oracle Database
4 7 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.86%) MySQL
6 5 (0.86%) Oracle Database 12c
6 5 (0.86%) Tableau
7 4 (0.68%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.68%) Metadata
7 4 (0.68%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (0.68%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.51%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (4.62%) Git
2 4 (0.68%) JIRA
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
General
1 112 (19.18%) Social Skills
2 99 (16.95%) Finance
3 48 (8.22%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.45%) Retail
6 25 (4.28%) Multimedia
7 21 (3.60%) Law
8 19 (3.25%) Marketing
9 18 (3.08%) Manufacturing
10 15 (2.57%) Legal
11 12 (2.05%) Back Office
12 11 (1.88%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.03%) Advertising
14 6 (1.03%) Banking
14 6 (1.03%) Military
15 4 (0.68%) Automotive
15 4 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (5.14%) CSS
1 30 (5.14%) HTML
2 3 (0.51%) .NET
2 3 (0.51%) Itk
2 3 (0.51%) JSON
2 3 (0.51%) ModSecurity
2 3 (0.51%) Oracle ADF
2 3 (0.51%) WebCenter
2 3 (0.51%) XML
3 2 (0.34%) jQuery
3 2 (0.34%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.34%) Middleware
3 2 (0.34%) Mongoose
3 2 (0.34%) REST
3 2 (0.34%) SOAP
4 1 (0.17%) Laravel
4 1 (0.17%) LDAP
4 1 (0.17%) ODBC
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.17%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.08%) e-Learning
2 16 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.05%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.71%) FMCG
5 10 (1.71%) Replication
6 9 (1.54%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.54%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.37%) Private Cloud
8 5 (0.86%) Learning Management System
8 5 (0.86%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.68%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.68%) iPad
10 3 (0.51%) Clustering
10 3 (0.51%) iSeries
10 3 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.51%) NHS
10 3 (0.51%) PMI
11 2 (0.34%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.93%) Linux
2 46 (7.88%) Windows
3 19 (3.25%) Unix
4 18 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 13 (2.23%) Android
6 10 (1.71%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.86%) CentOS
8 5 (0.86%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.86%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.34%) VMS
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.17%) CoreOS
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (8.73%) Process Improvement
3 46 (7.88%) CRM
4 43 (7.36%) Customer Service
5 35 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (4.45%) High Availability
8 25 (4.28%) Web Development
9 24 (4.11%) ERP
9 24 (4.11%) ITIL
10 22 (3.77%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (3.60%) Data Protection
12 20 (3.42%) Logistics
13 19 (3.25%) Time Management
14 17 (2.91%) Innovative Thinking
15 16 (2.74%) Analytics
16 15 (2.57%) Migration
16 15 (2.57%) Project Management
17 14 (2.40%) Change Management
17 14 (2.40%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.22%) Python
2 38 (6.51%) SQL
3 32 (5.48%) JavaScript
4 25 (4.28%) R
5 20 (3.42%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.05%) Bash
7 10 (1.71%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.68%) Go
9 3 (0.51%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.51%) Tcl
10 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.34%) C#
10 2 (0.34%) Perl
10 2 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (6.85%) Security Cleared
2 32 (5.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (5.31%) DV Cleared
3 31 (5.31%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.97%) AWS Certification
5 27 (4.62%) Azure Certification
6 25 (4.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 20 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (2.91%) CCNP
9 14 (2.40%) CCNA
10 12 (2.05%) Degree
11 11 (1.88%) CIPD
12 6 (1.03%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.03%) RHCSA
13 3 (0.51%) HNC
13 3 (0.51%) HND
13 3 (0.51%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.34%) A+ Certification
15 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.11%) GDPR
2 10 (1.71%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.86%) SLA
5 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
5 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.51%) QA
6 2 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.17%) COSHH
7 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 40 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.68%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.34%) Docker
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (1.71%) Ansible
2 8 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.37%) Terraform
3 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (1.20%) Nessus
4 6 (1.03%) Grafana
4 6 (1.03%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.68%) Proxmox
5 4 (0.68%) SCCM
6 3 (0.51%) Nagios
6 3 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.51%) WSUS
7 2 (0.34%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.34%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.17%) Argo
8 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.17%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.82%) SAP
3 32 (5.48%) Salesforce
4 21 (3.60%) Cisco
5 16 (2.74%) Oracle
6 14 (2.40%) VMware
7 12 (2.05%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.88%) HubSpot
8 11 (1.88%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.37%) Remedy
10 5 (0.86%) Sage
11 4 (0.68%) Apple
11 4 (0.68%) Siemens
12 3 (0.51%) Adobe
12 3 (0.51%) Cognos
12 3 (0.51%) Google
12 3 (0.51%) IBM
12 3 (0.51%) IFS
12 3 (0.51%) McAfee
13 2 (0.34%) Workday