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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 196 157
Rank change year-on-year +96 -39 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,283 531 964
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.66% 1.54% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.72% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 856 349 744
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,688 £26,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -12.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,400
% change year-on-year - -7.18% -14.95%

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 72,831 30,931 56,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 89.45% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 50,336 17,816 37,495
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,498
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.91% - -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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +82 310 £35,000 +16.67% 99
Midlands +69 255 £40,000 -4.76% 88
South East +34 240 £37,500 +11.11% 145
South West -19 179 £30,000 -29.41% 65
North West +74 178 £35,000 +32.08% 52
East of England +35 161 £35,000 +7.69% 56
West Midlands +60 131 £37,500 -31.00% 50
East Midlands +39 124 £40,000 +12.68% 38
Yorkshire +28 101 £35,000 -14.63% 32
Scotland +75 92 £43,500 +67.31% 21
Wales -33 33 £30,000 -36.84% 19
North East -32 31 £35,000 +25.00% 17
Northern Ireland -59 18 £45,000 +73.08% 13
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 August 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.

1 274 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 140 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (9.82%) Azure
4 125 (9.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 117 (9.12%) CRM
6 116 (9.04%) Customer Service
7 115 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
8 110 (8.57%) SQL
9 107 (8.34%) Linux
9 107 (8.34%) Microsoft Office
10 104 (8.11%) Windows
11 102 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
12 84 (6.55%) Active Directory
13 73 (5.69%) AWS
14 72 (5.61%) ERP
15 66 (5.14%) Salesforce
16 65 (5.07%) Windows Server
17 63 (4.91%) Security Cleared
18 59 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
19 58 (4.52%) SharePoint
20 57 (4.44%) Entra ID
20 57 (4.44%) Logistics
20 57 (4.44%) Python
21 56 (4.36%) Cybersecurity
22 53 (4.13%) Power Platform
23 52 (4.05%) Data Quality
24 51 (3.98%) Git
24 51 (3.98%) QA
25 49 (3.82%) DevOps
25 49 (3.82%) 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 59 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 58 (4.52%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.96%) WordPress
4 8 (0.62%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.31%) IIS
6 2 (0.16%) Confluence
7 1 (0.078%) Apache
7 1 (0.078%) CMS
7 1 (0.078%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (0.078%) JBoss
7 1 (0.078%) Mendix
7 1 (0.078%) nginx
7 1 (0.078%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.078%) WebLogic
Applications
1 125 (9.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 107 (8.34%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.31%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.48%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.17%) Primavera
3 14 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.47%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.31%) iTrent
5 4 (0.31%) Odoo
6 3 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.23%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.16%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.16%) Shopify
8 1 (0.078%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.078%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 126 (9.82%) Azure
2 115 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (5.69%) AWS
4 57 (4.44%) Entra ID
5 53 (4.13%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.82%) GitHub
7 47 (3.66%) SaaS
8 18 (1.40%) OpenShift
9 15 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (1.17%) Mimecast
10 13 (1.01%) PaaS
10 13 (1.01%) Power Automate
11 9 (0.70%) PowerApps
12 7 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.39%) GCP
14 5 (0.39%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.66%) Internet
2 46 (3.59%) Firewall
3 34 (2.65%) DNS
4 24 (1.87%) DHCP
5 23 (1.79%) Wireless
6 21 (1.64%) VPN
7 18 (1.40%) Broadband
8 14 (1.09%) TCP/IP
8 14 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (1.01%) SAN
10 9 (0.70%) LAN
10 9 (0.70%) Network Security
10 9 (0.70%) WAN
11 6 (0.47%) VLAN
12 4 (0.31%) VSAN
13 3 (0.23%) SSH
14 2 (0.16%) SSL
15 1 (0.078%) FTP
15 1 (0.078%) iSCSI
15 1 (0.078%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.82%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.12%) Power BI
3 23 (1.79%) MySQL
4 14 (1.09%) Oracle Database
5 12 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.70%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.62%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.31%) Power Query
11 3 (0.23%) GIS
11 3 (0.23%) MS Access
11 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.23%) Tableau
12 2 (0.16%) KNIME
12 2 (0.16%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (3.98%) Git
2 13 (1.01%) JIRA
3 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.16%) Ant
4 2 (0.16%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.16%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.078%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.078%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.078%) Selenium
5 1 (0.078%) TeamCity
General
1 242 (18.86%) Social Skills
2 144 (11.22%) Finance
3 107 (8.34%) Organisational Skills
4 62 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (4.60%) Marketing
6 46 (3.59%) Manufacturing
7 44 (3.43%) Law
8 39 (3.04%) Telecoms
9 38 (2.96%) Retail
10 35 (2.73%) Multimedia
11 30 (2.34%) Legal
12 19 (1.48%) Military
12 19 (1.48%) Public Sector
13 18 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 14 (1.09%) Billing
15 9 (0.70%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.70%) Legal Technology
16 8 (0.62%) Automotive
16 8 (0.62%) Games
17 7 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.88%) CSS
1 37 (2.88%) HTML
2 9 (0.70%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.23%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.16%) OpenID
5 2 (0.16%) REST
6 1 (0.078%) CSS3
6 1 (0.078%) HTML5
6 1 (0.078%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.078%) Middleware
6 1 (0.078%) OAuth
6 1 (0.078%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.078%) ODBC
6 1 (0.078%) React
6 1 (0.078%) Redfish
6 1 (0.078%) SAML
6 1 (0.078%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (3.12%) Management Information System
2 39 (3.04%) Onboarding
3 38 (2.96%) Replication
4 34 (2.65%) Clustering
5 28 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.17%) Data Structures
6 15 (1.17%) Social Media
7 12 (0.94%) Driving Licence
8 9 (0.70%) NHS
9 7 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.39%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.31%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.31%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.31%) PKI
11 4 (0.31%) PMI
11 4 (0.31%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.31%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 107 (8.34%) Linux
2 104 (8.11%) Windows
3 65 (5.07%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.87%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 20 (1.56%) Android
7 15 (1.17%) Unix
8 14 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.94%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.86%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.62%) Debian
12 6 (0.47%) CentOS
12 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
13 4 (0.31%) Solaris
14 3 (0.23%) Rocky
15 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
2 117 (9.12%) CRM
3 116 (9.04%) Customer Service
4 102 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (5.61%) ERP
6 57 (4.44%) Logistics
7 56 (4.36%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (3.82%) DevOps
9 48 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 45 (3.51%) High Availability
11 43 (3.35%) Service Delivery
12 40 (3.12%) Time Management
12 40 (3.12%) Web Development
13 39 (3.04%) Data Management
14 36 (2.81%) ITIL
14 36 (2.81%) Project Delivery
15 33 (2.57%) Business Intelligence
16 32 (2.49%) Customer Experience
16 32 (2.49%) Workflow
17 31 (2.42%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (8.57%) SQL
2 57 (4.44%) Python
3 47 (3.66%) PowerShell
4 45 (3.51%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.43%) R
6 21 (1.64%) Bash
7 19 (1.48%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.55%) C
9 6 (0.47%) Ruby
10 4 (0.31%) VBA
11 3 (0.23%) C++
11 3 (0.23%) Go
11 3 (0.23%) PHP
12 2 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.078%) C#
13 1 (0.078%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (4.91%) Security Cleared
2 42 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 41 (3.20%) AWS Certification
3 41 (3.20%) Azure Certification
3 41 (3.20%) SC Cleared
4 35 (2.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 30 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 29 (2.26%) DBS Check
7 25 (1.95%) Degree
8 20 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
9 18 (1.40%) A+ Certification
10 9 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.47%) CIPD
12 5 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.23%) HND
15 2 (0.16%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 1 (0.078%) AAT
16 1 (0.078%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.05%) Data Quality
2 51 (3.98%) QA
3 24 (1.87%) GDPR
4 19 (1.48%) SLA
5 18 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.01%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.47%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.23%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.23%) PMO
11 2 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.078%) GRC
12 1 (0.078%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.078%) NIST
12 1 (0.078%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.078%) SOC 2
System Software
1 84 (6.55%) Active Directory
2 49 (3.82%) Hyper-V
3 17 (1.33%) Docker
4 12 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.55%) Ceph
6 6 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.39%) iptables
8 3 (0.23%) Firmware
9 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.16%) vSphere
10 1 (0.078%) NFS
10 1 (0.078%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.078%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.078%) Xen
Systems Management
1 29 (2.26%) Ansible
2 24 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.64%) Kubernetes
4 19 (1.48%) Nessus
5 18 (1.40%) Terraform
6 14 (1.09%) Prometheus
7 11 (0.86%) Proxmox
8 9 (0.70%) Puppet
9 8 (0.62%) Podman
10 7 (0.55%) Argo
10 7 (0.55%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.55%) Grafana
10 7 (0.55%) Istio
11 6 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.47%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.47%) SCCM
12 5 (0.39%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.31%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (0.31%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 274 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.14%) Salesforce
3 46 (3.59%) SAP
4 28 (2.18%) Red Hat
5 27 (2.10%) VMware
6 26 (2.03%) Sage
7 23 (1.79%) HubSpot
7 23 (1.79%) Oracle
8 19 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.09%) Veeam
10 13 (1.01%) HP
11 11 (0.86%) Google
12 9 (0.70%) Dell
13 8 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.62%) Zoho
14 7 (0.55%) SonicWALL
15 6 (0.47%) Facebook
16 5 (0.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
17 4 (0.31%) Meraki
17 4 (0.31%) SYSPRO