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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 205 150
Rank change year-on-year +103 -55 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,178 512 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.61% 1.50% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.67% 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 799 337 862
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,715 £37,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -9.49% -12.35%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.60% -3.75% -13.98%

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 69,609 30,629 60,204
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.63% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 48,115 17,622 41,337
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,929 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 July 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 July 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 +92 287 £35,000 +20.69% 76
Midlands +79 235 £40,000 -4.76% 66
South East +41 220 £40,000 +11.89% 80
South West -13 171 £31,500 -30.00% 32
North West +68 165 £35,000 +32.08% 39
East of England +49 159 £35,000 +7.69% 44
East Midlands +31 120 £40,000 +25.98% 35
West Midlands +58 115 £37,500 -30.15% 31
Yorkshire +18 94 £35,000 -14.63% 26
Scotland +73 81 £44,250 +70.19% 21
North East -29 28 £39,500 +41.07% 11
Wales -41 22 £30,000 -36.84% 10
Northern Ireland -62 10 £45,000 +73.08% 10
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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.

1 223 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 128 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (9.93%) Azure
4 109 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (9.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 108 (9.17%) CRM
6 105 (8.91%) SQL
7 98 (8.32%) Linux
8 94 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 92 (7.81%) Windows
10 84 (7.13%) Customer Service
11 80 (6.79%) Active Directory
12 72 (6.11%) AWS
13 70 (5.94%) ERP
14 67 (5.69%) Salesforce
15 66 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
16 60 (5.09%) Security Cleared
17 58 (4.92%) Python
18 56 (4.75%) Windows Server
19 55 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
20 54 (4.58%) Data Quality
21 52 (4.41%) Cybersecurity
22 51 (4.33%) Entra ID
22 51 (4.33%) Logistics
23 50 (4.24%) Git
24 49 (4.16%) SharePoint
25 47 (3.99%) Internet
25 47 (3.99%) Power Platform
25 47 (3.99%) QA
26 46 (3.90%) Hyper-V

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 55 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (4.16%) SharePoint
3 36 (3.06%) WordPress
4 8 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.34%) Confluence
6 2 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.085%) Apache
7 1 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.085%) CMS
7 1 (0.085%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (0.085%) JBoss
7 1 (0.085%) Mendix
7 1 (0.085%) nginx
7 1 (0.085%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.085%) WebLogic
Applications
1 109 (9.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (5.60%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.085%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 18 (1.53%) NetSuite
2 16 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.10%) Primavera
4 7 (0.59%) iTrent
4 7 (0.59%) Odoo
5 6 (0.51%) Sage 200
6 5 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.17%) Magento
7 2 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 117 (9.93%) Azure
2 109 (9.25%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (6.11%) AWS
4 51 (4.33%) Entra ID
5 47 (3.99%) Power Platform
6 45 (3.82%) GitHub
7 34 (2.89%) SaaS
8 18 (1.53%) OpenShift
9 15 (1.27%) Mimecast
10 13 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 13 (1.10%) PaaS
11 12 (1.02%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (0.68%) PowerApps
13 5 (0.42%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (0.42%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (0.42%) GCP
13 5 (0.42%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.99%) Internet
2 43 (3.65%) Firewall
3 29 (2.46%) DNS
4 22 (1.87%) Wireless
5 20 (1.70%) DHCP
6 15 (1.27%) VPN
7 14 (1.19%) Broadband
7 14 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (1.10%) SAN
9 10 (0.85%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.76%) Network Security
11 8 (0.68%) LAN
11 8 (0.68%) WAN
12 4 (0.34%) VSAN
13 3 (0.25%) SSH
14 2 (0.17%) Ethernet
14 2 (0.17%) SSL
14 2 (0.17%) VLAN
14 2 (0.17%) VoIP
15 1 (0.085%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.14%) Power BI
3 24 (2.04%) MySQL
4 11 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (0.85%) Oracle Database
6 9 (0.76%) SAP HANA
7 8 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.34%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.34%) Power Query
9 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.25%) GIS
10 3 (0.25%) Tableau
11 2 (0.17%) KNIME
11 2 (0.17%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.17%) MS Access
11 2 (0.17%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (4.24%) Git
2 12 (1.02%) JIRA
3 3 (0.25%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.17%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.085%) Ant
5 1 (0.085%) Apache Ivy
5 1 (0.085%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.085%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.085%) Maven
5 1 (0.085%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.085%) Selenium
5 1 (0.085%) TeamCity
General
1 194 (16.47%) Social Skills
2 125 (10.61%) Finance
3 81 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
4 60 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (4.67%) Marketing
6 42 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 39 (3.31%) Retail
8 35 (2.97%) Multimedia
9 34 (2.89%) Law
10 31 (2.63%) Telecoms
11 23 (1.95%) Legal
12 19 (1.61%) Public Sector
13 17 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.19%) Military
15 10 (0.85%) Back Office
15 10 (0.85%) Billing
16 9 (0.76%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.68%) Games
18 7 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.51%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.31%) CSS
1 39 (3.31%) HTML
2 8 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.42%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.25%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.25%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.17%) OpenID
5 2 (0.17%) REST
6 1 (0.085%) CSS3
6 1 (0.085%) HTML5
6 1 (0.085%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.085%) Middleware
6 1 (0.085%) OAuth
6 1 (0.085%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.085%) ODBC
6 1 (0.085%) React
6 1 (0.085%) Redfish
6 1 (0.085%) SAML
6 1 (0.085%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (2.80%) Replication
2 28 (2.38%) Clustering
3 27 (2.29%) Onboarding
4 24 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 21 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.19%) Social Media
8 10 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (0.68%) NHS
11 6 (0.51%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (0.42%) Cyberattack
12 5 (0.42%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.42%) PKI
12 5 (0.42%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.25%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.25%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 98 (8.32%) Linux
2 92 (7.81%) Windows
3 56 (4.75%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.70%) Mac OS
5 19 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.53%) Android
7 16 (1.36%) Unix
8 12 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 9 (0.76%) Windows 10
10 8 (0.68%) Debian
11 6 (0.51%) CentOS
12 4 (0.34%) CoreOS
12 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.25%) Solaris
14 1 (0.085%) Rocky
14 1 (0.085%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (9.17%) CRM
3 94 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 84 (7.13%) Customer Service
5 70 (5.94%) ERP
6 52 (4.41%) Cybersecurity
7 51 (4.33%) Logistics
8 44 (3.74%) DevOps
8 44 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 40 (3.40%) Web Development
10 38 (3.23%) High Availability
10 38 (3.23%) Time Management
11 36 (3.06%) ITIL
11 36 (3.06%) Service Delivery
12 35 (2.97%) Data Management
13 33 (2.80%) Business Intelligence
14 30 (2.55%) Data Entry
15 29 (2.46%) Process Improvement
15 29 (2.46%) Project Delivery
16 28 (2.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (8.91%) SQL
2 58 (4.92%) Python
3 45 (3.82%) JavaScript
4 44 (3.74%) R
5 40 (3.40%) PowerShell
6 21 (1.78%) Bash
7 17 (1.44%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.59%) C
9 6 (0.51%) Ruby
10 5 (0.42%) Go
10 5 (0.42%) VBA
11 3 (0.25%) C++
11 3 (0.25%) PHP
11 3 (0.25%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.085%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.085%) C#
12 1 (0.085%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.085%) Java
Qualifications
1 60 (5.09%) Security Cleared
2 42 (3.57%) AWS Certification
2 42 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 41 (3.48%) Azure Certification
4 40 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 29 (2.46%) DV Cleared
7 23 (1.95%) Degree
8 22 (1.87%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.53%) A+ Certification
9 18 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.51%) CIPD
12 5 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.25%) HND
14 2 (0.17%) AAT
14 2 (0.17%) Computer Science Degree
15 1 (0.085%) CCNA
15 1 (0.085%) CCNP
15 1 (0.085%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.58%) Data Quality
2 47 (3.99%) QA
3 27 (2.29%) GDPR
4 20 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.36%) SLA
6 13 (1.10%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.42%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.34%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.25%) PMO
11 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.085%) GRC
12 1 (0.085%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.085%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.085%) NIST
12 1 (0.085%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.085%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (6.79%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.90%) Hyper-V
3 16 (1.36%) Docker
4 13 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.59%) Ceph
6 5 (0.42%) iptables
6 5 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.34%) Firmware
8 1 (0.085%) NFS
8 1 (0.085%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.085%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (2.21%) Ansible
2 25 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.87%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.44%) Nessus
4 17 (1.44%) Terraform
5 16 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.10%) Proxmox
7 9 (0.76%) Grafana
7 9 (0.76%) Puppet
8 8 (0.68%) Podman
9 7 (0.59%) Argo
9 7 (0.59%) Check_MK
9 7 (0.59%) Istio
10 6 (0.51%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (0.51%) SCCM
11 4 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
11 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.34%) SCVMM
11 4 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 223 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.69%) Salesforce
3 43 (3.65%) SAP
4 29 (2.46%) Red Hat
5 27 (2.29%) VMware
6 23 (1.95%) HubSpot
7 19 (1.61%) Sage
8 17 (1.44%) Oracle
9 13 (1.10%) HP
9 13 (1.10%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.10%) Veeam
10 10 (0.85%) Dell
10 10 (0.85%) Zoho
11 8 (0.68%) CrowdStrike
11 8 (0.68%) Google
12 7 (0.59%) Facebook
12 7 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.59%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.42%) Cisco
14 4 (0.34%) McAfee