Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £33,718 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 183 146
Rank change year-on-year +91 -37 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,517 518 957
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.78% 1.51% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.69% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 945 315 601
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,718 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -12.50% -8.05%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £56,533 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -9.41% -10.53%

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 79,503 30,639 52,619
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 89.30% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 55,058 17,449 30,640
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
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 £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% - -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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +83 325 £36,500 +10.61% 161
South East +66 323 £35,000 - 161
Midlands +79 297 £35,000 -17.65% 114
South West -15 209 £30,000 -25.00% 78
East of England +37 187 £35,000 +7.69% 78
North West +84 183 £40,000 +48.15% 77
West Midlands +60 162 £30,000 -40.70% 58
East Midlands +38 135 £40,000 +12.68% 56
Yorkshire +28 109 £35,000 -14.63% 56
Scotland +84 106 £43,500 +59.63% 34
Wales -22 50 £28,392 +17.57% 25
North East -35 33 £40,750 -14.21% 31
Northern Ireland -60 27 £45,000 +73.08% 8
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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.

1 373 (24.59%) Microsoft
2 207 (13.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 197 (12.99%) Customer Service
4 186 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
5 174 (11.47%) Microsoft Office
6 137 (9.03%) CRM
7 130 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
8 118 (7.78%) Linux
9 117 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 114 (7.51%) Windows
11 108 (7.12%) SQL
12 97 (6.39%) Azure
13 91 (6.00%) Active Directory
14 86 (5.67%) Logistics
15 83 (5.47%) ERP
16 77 (5.08%) Windows Server
17 72 (4.75%) Salesforce
18 70 (4.61%) Time Management
19 69 (4.55%) SAP
20 67 (4.42%) SharePoint
21 66 (4.35%) Security Cleared
22 64 (4.22%) Power Platform
23 61 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
24 60 (3.96%) Entra ID
25 58 (3.82%) DevOps
26 57 (3.76%) Cybersecurity
26 57 (3.76%) Data Quality
27 55 (3.63%) Data Entry
28 53 (3.49%) SaaS
28 53 (3.49%) Spreadsheet

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 67 (4.42%) SharePoint
2 61 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.53%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.26%) WordPress
5 2 (0.13%) Confluence
6 1 (0.066%) Apache
6 1 (0.066%) CMS
6 1 (0.066%) ExpressionEngine
6 1 (0.066%) JBoss
6 1 (0.066%) Mendix
6 1 (0.066%) nginx
6 1 (0.066%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.066%) WebLogic
Applications
1 207 (13.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 174 (11.47%) Microsoft Office
3 53 (3.49%) Spreadsheet
4 23 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.59%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (1.65%) Primavera
2 17 (1.12%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.53%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.40%) SAP CRM
5 5 (0.33%) Sage 50
6 4 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.26%) Odoo
6 4 (0.26%) Shopify
6 4 (0.26%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.13%) Maximo
8 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.066%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.066%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 130 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (6.39%) Azure
3 64 (4.22%) Power Platform
4 60 (3.96%) Entra ID
5 53 (3.49%) SaaS
6 46 (3.03%) AWS
7 24 (1.58%) GitHub
8 23 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
9 22 (1.45%) Power Automate
10 18 (1.19%) OpenShift
11 15 (0.99%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (0.86%) Mimecast
13 13 (0.86%) PaaS
14 12 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 9 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
17 7 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 6 (0.40%) MailChimp
19 5 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 50 (3.30%) Firewall
2 37 (2.44%) DNS
3 28 (1.85%) VPN
4 27 (1.78%) DHCP
5 17 (1.12%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.86%) Broadband
6 13 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.73%) SAN
8 10 (0.66%) LAN
8 10 (0.66%) WAN
9 8 (0.53%) Internet
9 8 (0.53%) Network Security
10 7 (0.46%) VLAN
10 7 (0.46%) Wireless
11 4 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.26%) VSAN
12 3 (0.20%) NGN
12 3 (0.20%) SSH
13 2 (0.13%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (0.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 46 (3.03%) Power BI
3 22 (1.45%) MySQL
4 15 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (0.86%) Oracle Database
6 10 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.59%) SAP HANA
8 6 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.26%) Power Query
11 3 (0.20%) GIS
11 3 (0.20%) MS Access
11 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.13%) Big Data
12 2 (0.13%) KNIME
12 2 (0.13%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (1.19%) JIRA
2 16 (1.05%) Git
3 4 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.13%) Ant
4 2 (0.13%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.13%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.13%) Maven
5 1 (0.066%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.066%) Flyway
5 1 (0.066%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.066%) Selenium
5 1 (0.066%) TeamCity
General
1 370 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 215 (14.17%) Organisational Skills
3 175 (11.54%) Finance
4 88 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (4.88%) Marketing
6 67 (4.42%) Retail
7 64 (4.22%) Law
8 63 (4.15%) Manufacturing
9 53 (3.49%) Legal
10 46 (3.03%) Telecoms
11 29 (1.91%) Public Sector
12 22 (1.45%) Automotive
12 22 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 19 (1.25%) Military
14 17 (1.12%) Aerospace
15 16 (1.05%) Billing
16 14 (0.92%) Advertising
17 13 (0.86%) Legal Technology
18 7 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (0.46%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.58%) Terraform
2 7 (0.46%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.33%) CSS
3 5 (0.33%) HTML
3 5 (0.33%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.20%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.13%) OpenID
5 2 (0.13%) REST
6 1 (0.066%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.066%) CSS3
6 1 (0.066%) HTML5
6 1 (0.066%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.066%) OAuth
6 1 (0.066%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.066%) OpenTofu
6 1 (0.066%) React
6 1 (0.066%) Redfish
6 1 (0.066%) SOAP
6 1 (0.066%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 59 (3.89%) Onboarding
3 46 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (2.70%) Replication
5 35 (2.31%) Clustering
6 33 (2.18%) Driving Licence
7 21 (1.38%) Social Media
8 17 (1.12%) NHS
9 14 (0.92%) Data Structures
10 13 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (0.73%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.66%) AI Agents
12 10 (0.66%) Private Cloud
13 8 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.46%) Data Centre
15 6 (0.40%) Housing Association
16 5 (0.33%) PMI
16 5 (0.33%) Virtual Team
17 4 (0.26%) PKI
17 4 (0.26%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 118 (7.78%) Linux
2 114 (7.51%) Windows
3 77 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.65%) Mac OS
5 24 (1.58%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.38%) Android
7 15 (0.99%) Unix
8 14 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.79%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.66%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.53%) Debian
12 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.33%) CentOS
14 4 (0.26%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.26%) Solaris
15 3 (0.20%) Rocky
16 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (12.99%) Customer Service
2 186 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
3 137 (9.03%) CRM
4 117 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 86 (5.67%) Logistics
6 83 (5.47%) ERP
7 70 (4.61%) Time Management
8 58 (3.82%) DevOps
9 57 (3.76%) Cybersecurity
10 55 (3.63%) Data Entry
11 50 (3.30%) Service Delivery
12 48 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 48 (3.16%) Project Delivery
13 47 (3.10%) High Availability
14 44 (2.90%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (2.83%) Workflow
16 42 (2.77%) AI
16 42 (2.77%) Customer Experience
17 40 (2.64%) Order Management
18 39 (2.57%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (7.12%) SQL
2 51 (3.36%) PowerShell
3 27 (1.78%) Python
4 26 (1.71%) Bash
5 18 (1.19%) Shell Script
6 9 (0.59%) R
7 8 (0.53%) Go
8 6 (0.40%) C
8 6 (0.40%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.40%) Ruby
9 4 (0.26%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.20%) C++
10 3 (0.20%) PHP
11 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.066%) Bicep
12 1 (0.066%) C#
12 1 (0.066%) Java
12 1 (0.066%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (4.35%) Security Cleared
2 45 (2.97%) SC Cleared
3 38 (2.50%) DBS Check
4 35 (2.31%) Degree
5 28 (1.85%) DV Cleared
6 18 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.46%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.46%) CIPD
8 7 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.20%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.20%) HND
12 2 (0.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.066%) AAT
13 1 (0.066%) CCNA
13 1 (0.066%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (3.76%) Data Quality
2 52 (3.43%) QA
3 30 (1.98%) SLA
4 25 (1.65%) GDPR
5 16 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (0.99%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.33%) ISO 14001
8 5 (0.33%) PMO
9 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.13%) GMP
10 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.066%) COSHH
11 1 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.066%) GRC
11 1 (0.066%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.066%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.066%) NIST
11 1 (0.066%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (6.00%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.16%) Hyper-V
3 15 (0.99%) Docker
3 15 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.46%) Ceph
4 7 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.33%) iptables
6 4 (0.26%) vSphere
7 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.13%) Firmware
9 1 (0.066%) NFS
9 1 (0.066%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.066%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.066%) Xen
9 1 (0.066%) XenApp
9 1 (0.066%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (2.31%) Ansible
2 25 (1.65%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.32%) Nessus
4 20 (1.32%) Prometheus
5 14 (0.92%) Proxmox
6 13 (0.86%) Grafana
7 8 (0.53%) Podman
8 7 (0.46%) Argo
8 7 (0.46%) Check_MK
8 7 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (0.46%) Istio
8 7 (0.46%) SCCM
9 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.40%) Puppet
10 5 (0.33%) ZABBIX
11 4 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) SCVMM
12 3 (0.20%) systemd
Vendors
1 373 (24.59%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.75%) Salesforce
3 69 (4.55%) SAP
4 38 (2.50%) VMware
5 29 (1.91%) Sage
6 24 (1.58%) Oracle
6 24 (1.58%) Red Hat
7 20 (1.32%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.19%) HubSpot
9 16 (1.05%) Google
10 12 (0.79%) HP
10 12 (0.79%) Veeam
11 10 (0.66%) Facebook
12 8 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (0.53%) Dell
13 6 (0.40%) SonicWALL
13 6 (0.40%) Workday
14 5 (0.33%) Citrix
14 5 (0.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 4 (0.26%) McAfee