Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 162 185
Rank change year-on-year -1 +23 +72
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 522 719 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.38% 1.59% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.69% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 340 409 410
10th Percentile £25,125 £25,030 £22,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £49,063 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £48,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.08% +1.05% -1.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 34,032 42,503 27,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 94.09% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 21,462 22,539 21,227
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,050 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,656 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.95% -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 1 December 2025.

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 1 December 2025. 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 +11 128 £35,000 -22.22% 97
South West -2 108 £44,500 -11.00% 41
Midlands +27 98 £32,500 -27.78% 68
North of England -3 92 £32,500 -7.14% 93
East of England +16 77 £32,500 -35.00% 43
West Midlands +43 55 £42,500 -5.56% 44
North West +25 46 £31,000 -22.50% 48
East Midlands +4 43 £32,500 -15.58% 23
Yorkshire +1 37 £33,000 -5.71% 35
Scotland -10 13 £27,500 -31.25% 25
North East +3 9 £47,500 +9.83% 13
Wales +10 7 £30,000 -11.76% 15
Northern Ireland -4 3 £28,000 +2.75% 4
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, 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.

1 154 (29.50%) Microsoft
2 101 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (16.28%) Linux
4 79 (15.13%) Microsoft Office
5 78 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
6 73 (13.98%) Windows
7 69 (13.22%) Azure
8 65 (12.45%) Security Cleared
9 55 (10.54%) Active Directory
10 53 (10.15%) Cisco
11 52 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
12 51 (9.77%) Customer Service
12 51 (9.77%) SC Cleared
13 50 (9.58%) DV Cleared
14 49 (9.39%) AWS
15 45 (8.62%) High Availability
16 44 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
17 43 (8.24%) Python
18 41 (7.85%) CRM
19 39 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
20 38 (7.28%) ITIL
21 37 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
22 35 (6.70%) CCNA
22 35 (6.70%) Cybersecurity
23 34 (6.51%) CCNP
23 34 (6.51%) Innovative Thinking
23 34 (6.51%) SQL
23 34 (6.51%) Windows Server
24 33 (6.32%) Time Management
24 33 (6.32%) VMware

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 27 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.64%) WordPress
3 16 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.77%) CMS
4 4 (0.77%) Confluence
5 3 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.57%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 79 (15.13%) Microsoft Office
2 78 (14.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.57%) Siemens NX
5 3 (0.57%) Windchill
6 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.77%) Primavera
3 4 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.57%) iTrent
4 3 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.57%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.57%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.38%) Magento
5 2 (0.38%) Maximo
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.22%) Azure
2 52 (9.96%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (9.39%) AWS
4 27 (5.17%) Power Platform
5 21 (4.02%) GitHub
6 17 (3.26%) PowerApps
7 16 (3.07%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.49%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.92%) SaaS
10 8 (1.53%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.96%) GCP
11 5 (0.96%) OCI
11 5 (0.96%) Smartsheet
12 4 (0.77%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.57%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.60%) Firewall
1 24 (4.60%) Internet
2 13 (2.49%) VPN
3 12 (2.30%) DNS
4 8 (1.53%) Wireless
5 7 (1.34%) LAN
5 7 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (1.15%) VLAN
7 5 (0.96%) NAS
7 5 (0.96%) Network Security
8 3 (0.57%) DHCP
8 3 (0.57%) Intranet
8 3 (0.57%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.57%) WAN
9 2 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.38%) HTTP
9 2 (0.38%) Multicast
10 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.07%) Power BI
3 9 (1.72%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.96%) Metadata
6 4 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.77%) MySQL
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.77%) Tableau
7 3 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Discoverer
7 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.38%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 22 (4.21%) Git
2 6 (1.15%) JIRA
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.38%) GitLab
4 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
General
1 139 (26.63%) Social Skills
2 89 (17.05%) Finance
3 50 (9.58%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.98%) Legal
5 26 (4.98%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.21%) Law
7 21 (4.02%) Manufacturing
8 19 (3.64%) Multimedia
9 16 (3.07%) Marketing
10 15 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.87%) Retail
11 13 (2.49%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.53%) Back Office
13 7 (1.34%) Advertising
13 7 (1.34%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.34%) Automotive
13 7 (1.34%) Billing
14 6 (1.15%) Local Government
14 6 (1.15%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.83%) CSS
1 20 (3.83%) HTML
2 5 (0.96%) XML
3 3 (0.57%) Itk
3 3 (0.57%) JSON
3 3 (0.57%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (0.57%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.38%) .NET
4 2 (0.38%) LDAP
4 2 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.38%) Middleware
4 2 (0.38%) Mongoose
4 2 (0.38%) REST
4 2 (0.38%) SOAP
4 2 (0.38%) XMPP
5 1 (0.19%) Laravel
5 1 (0.19%) ODBC
5 1 (0.19%) SAML
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.90%) e-Learning
2 26 (4.98%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.68%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (2.68%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.11%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.92%) FMCG
6 9 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.34%) NHS
8 6 (1.15%) CMDB
8 6 (1.15%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.15%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.15%) Replication
9 5 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.77%) iPad
11 3 (0.57%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.57%) iSeries
11 3 (0.57%) PMI
11 3 (0.57%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 85 (16.28%) Linux
2 73 (13.98%) Windows
3 34 (6.51%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.13%) Unix
5 17 (3.26%) Android
5 17 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (3.07%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.68%) Apple iOS
8 12 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.72%) Mac OS
10 7 (1.34%) CentOS
10 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.77%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.38%) AIX
12 2 (0.38%) CoreOS
12 2 (0.38%) Debian
12 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.38%) VMS
12 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (9.77%) Customer Service
3 45 (8.62%) High Availability
4 41 (7.85%) CRM
5 38 (7.28%) ITIL
6 37 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (6.70%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (6.51%) Innovative Thinking
9 33 (6.32%) Time Management
10 29 (5.56%) Process Improvement
11 26 (4.98%) Collaborative Working
12 25 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (4.60%) Data Protection
14 23 (4.41%) Data Management
14 23 (4.41%) ERP
15 21 (4.02%) Service Delivery
16 20 (3.83%) Asset Management
16 20 (3.83%) Migration
17 19 (3.64%) Disaster Recovery
17 19 (3.64%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.24%) Python
2 34 (6.51%) SQL
3 26 (4.98%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.79%) JavaScript
5 19 (3.64%) R
6 16 (3.07%) Bash
7 6 (1.15%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.77%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.57%) Tcl
10 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.38%) Korn
10 2 (0.38%) Perl
10 2 (0.38%) PHP
10 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.19%) C#
Qualifications
1 65 (12.45%) Security Cleared
2 51 (9.77%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.58%) DV Cleared
4 44 (8.43%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (6.70%) CCNA
7 34 (6.51%) CCNP
8 25 (4.79%) Degree
9 24 (4.60%) Azure Certification
10 21 (4.02%) AWS Certification
11 19 (3.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 10 (1.92%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.72%) RHCSA
14 7 (1.34%) MCSE
15 6 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 3 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
17 3 (0.57%) HNC
17 3 (0.57%) HND
17 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.83%) GDPR
2 10 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.92%) SLA
3 9 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.77%) PMO
6 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.38%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.38%) QA
8 1 (0.19%) COSHH
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (10.54%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.53%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.34%) vSphere
5 5 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.77%) Docker
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.49%) Ansible
3 11 (2.11%) Terraform
4 6 (1.15%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.96%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.77%) Grafana
6 4 (0.77%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.77%) SCCM
7 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.57%) Nessus
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.57%) Puppet
7 3 (0.57%) WSUS
8 2 (0.38%) Nagios
8 2 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.38%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.19%) Argo
9 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 154 (29.50%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.15%) Cisco
3 33 (6.32%) VMware
4 30 (5.75%) Salesforce
5 29 (5.56%) SAP
6 18 (3.45%) Red Hat
7 15 (2.87%) Oracle
8 13 (2.49%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.72%) Apple
10 8 (1.53%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.53%) Remedy
11 7 (1.34%) IBM
12 6 (1.15%) Samsung
13 5 (0.96%) Datto
13 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.96%) Sage
14 4 (0.77%) Adobe
14 4 (0.77%) Google
14 4 (0.77%) IFS
15 3 (0.57%) Extreme Networks