Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 191 145
Rank change year-on-year +97 -46 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,502 529 962
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.81% 1.53% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 1.71% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 981 329 632
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £35,000 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -10.83% -10.29%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £56,533 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £40,400
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.70% -17.30%

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 77,860 30,912 53,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 89.37% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 54,247 17,634 31,832
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
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 £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 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 11 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 +91 335 £35,000 +6.06% 120
South East +69 302 £35,000 - 139
Midlands +82 292 £35,000 -16.67% 93
South West -14 206 £30,000 -25.00% 65
North West +78 194 £36,500 +35.19% 51
East of England +38 187 £35,000 +7.69% 58
West Midlands +74 165 £32,750 -27.22% 39
East Midlands +28 127 £40,000 +3.23% 54
Scotland +84 108 £43,500 +64.15% 20
Yorkshire +21 108 £35,000 -14.63% 48
Wales -24 50 £28,446 -40.11% 14
North East -29 33 £35,000 -11.39% 24
Northern Ireland -54 28 £45,000 +73.08% 2
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 362 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 175 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 175 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (11.38%) Customer Service
4 152 (10.12%) Microsoft Office
5 133 (8.85%) Azure
6 132 (8.79%) CRM
7 127 (8.46%) Microsoft 365
8 117 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 115 (7.66%) Linux
10 112 (7.46%) SQL
11 109 (7.26%) Windows
12 86 (5.73%) Active Directory
13 79 (5.26%) AWS
13 79 (5.26%) ERP
14 77 (5.13%) Logistics
15 73 (4.86%) Salesforce
16 71 (4.73%) Windows Server
17 67 (4.46%) SharePoint
18 65 (4.33%) Security Cleared
19 64 (4.26%) Power Platform
20 63 (4.19%) SAP
21 60 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
21 60 (3.99%) Python
22 59 (3.93%) Entra ID
23 57 (3.79%) GitHub
23 57 (3.79%) Time Management
24 56 (3.73%) DevOps
24 56 (3.73%) SQL Server
25 54 (3.60%) Data Quality

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 (4.46%) SharePoint
2 60 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 39 (2.60%) WordPress
4 8 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.27%) IIS
6 2 (0.13%) Confluence
7 1 (0.067%) Apache
7 1 (0.067%) CMS
7 1 (0.067%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (0.067%) JBoss
7 1 (0.067%) Mendix
7 1 (0.067%) nginx
7 1 (0.067%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.067%) WebLogic
Applications
1 175 (11.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 152 (10.12%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (2.46%) Spreadsheet
4 22 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.60%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (1.53%) Primavera
2 19 (1.26%) NetSuite
3 7 (0.47%) Sage 200
4 6 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
5 4 (0.27%) Odoo
5 4 (0.27%) Sage 50
5 4 (0.27%) SAP CRM
5 4 (0.27%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.20%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.13%) Shopify
8 1 (0.067%) Maximo
8 1 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 133 (8.85%) Azure
2 127 (8.46%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (5.26%) AWS
4 64 (4.26%) Power Platform
5 59 (3.93%) Entra ID
6 57 (3.79%) GitHub
7 53 (3.53%) SaaS
8 22 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
9 21 (1.40%) Power Automate
10 18 (1.20%) OpenShift
11 14 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
11 14 (0.93%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.87%) Mimecast
12 13 (0.87%) PaaS
13 10 (0.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.40%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.40%) MailChimp
15 6 (0.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 5 (0.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.00%) Firewall
2 43 (2.86%) Internet
3 36 (2.40%) DNS
4 26 (1.73%) DHCP
5 25 (1.66%) VPN
6 23 (1.53%) Wireless
7 16 (1.07%) TCP/IP
8 13 (0.87%) Broadband
9 12 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.73%) SAN
11 10 (0.67%) LAN
11 10 (0.67%) WAN
12 7 (0.47%) Network Security
12 7 (0.47%) VLAN
13 4 (0.27%) VSAN
14 3 (0.20%) NGN
14 3 (0.20%) SSH
14 3 (0.20%) Structured Cabling
15 2 (0.13%) SSL
16 1 (0.067%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 46 (3.06%) Power BI
3 23 (1.53%) MySQL
4 16 (1.07%) Oracle Database
5 15 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.60%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.27%) 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 51 (3.40%) Git
2 15 (1.00%) JIRA
3 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.067%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.067%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.067%) Selenium
5 1 (0.067%) TeamCity
General
1 342 (22.77%) Social Skills
2 187 (12.45%) Organisational Skills
3 162 (10.79%) Finance
4 78 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (4.73%) Marketing
6 61 (4.06%) Law
7 59 (3.93%) Retail
8 56 (3.73%) Manufacturing
9 47 (3.13%) Legal
10 45 (3.00%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.33%) Multimedia
12 26 (1.73%) Public Sector
13 20 (1.33%) Automotive
14 19 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 18 (1.20%) Military
16 13 (0.87%) Legal Technology
17 12 (0.80%) Advertising
17 12 (0.80%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.80%) Billing
18 7 (0.47%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.66%) CSS
1 40 (2.66%) HTML
2 21 (1.40%) Terraform
3 8 (0.53%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (0.33%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.20%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.13%) OpenID
6 2 (0.13%) REST
7 1 (0.067%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.067%) CSS3
7 1 (0.067%) HTML5
7 1 (0.067%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.067%) OAuth
7 1 (0.067%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.067%) OpenTofu
7 1 (0.067%) React
7 1 (0.067%) Redfish
7 1 (0.067%) SOAP
7 1 (0.067%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 64 (4.26%) Management Information System
2 56 (3.73%) Onboarding
3 42 (2.80%) Replication
4 40 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
5 34 (2.26%) Clustering
6 30 (2.00%) Driving Licence
7 21 (1.40%) Social Media
8 14 (0.93%) NHS
9 13 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 11 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (0.60%) AI Agents
11 9 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (0.60%) Operational Technology
12 8 (0.53%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.33%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.33%) Housing Association
13 5 (0.33%) PMI
13 5 (0.33%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 115 (7.66%) Linux
2 109 (7.26%) Windows
3 71 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.66%) Mac OS
5 24 (1.60%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.40%) Android
7 15 (1.00%) Unix
8 14 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.80%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.67%) 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 (0.27%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.27%) Solaris
15 3 (0.20%) Rocky
16 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
2 171 (11.38%) Customer Service
3 132 (8.79%) CRM
4 117 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (5.26%) ERP
6 77 (5.13%) Logistics
7 57 (3.79%) Time Management
8 56 (3.73%) DevOps
9 53 (3.53%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (3.20%) High Availability
10 48 (3.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 47 (3.13%) Project Delivery
12 46 (3.06%) Service Delivery
13 41 (2.73%) Business Intelligence
13 41 (2.73%) Workflow
14 40 (2.66%) Web Development
15 39 (2.60%) Data Entry
16 38 (2.53%) AI
16 38 (2.53%) Customer Experience
17 37 (2.46%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (7.46%) SQL
2 60 (3.99%) Python
3 51 (3.40%) PowerShell
4 44 (2.93%) R
5 41 (2.73%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.60%) Bash
7 18 (1.20%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.47%) C
9 6 (0.40%) Go
9 6 (0.40%) Ruby
10 4 (0.27%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.20%) C++
11 3 (0.20%) PHP
12 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.13%) VBA
13 1 (0.067%) C#
13 1 (0.067%) Java
Qualifications
1 65 (4.33%) Security Cleared
2 50 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 44 (2.93%) AWS Certification
3 44 (2.93%) SC Cleared
4 41 (2.73%) Azure Certification
5 35 (2.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 33 (2.20%) DBS Check
7 30 (2.00%) DV Cleared
8 29 (1.93%) Degree
9 24 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
10 21 (1.40%) A+ Certification
11 7 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.33%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.27%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.20%) CIPD
14 3 (0.20%) HND
15 2 (0.13%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 1 (0.067%) CCNA
16 1 (0.067%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.60%) Data Quality
2 52 (3.46%) QA
3 25 (1.66%) SLA
4 19 (1.26%) GDPR
5 15 (1.00%) ISO 9001
5 15 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.33%) ISO 14001
8 5 (0.33%) PMO
9 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.067%) COSHH
11 1 (0.067%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.067%) GMP
11 1 (0.067%) GRC
11 1 (0.067%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.067%) NIST
11 1 (0.067%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.067%) SOC 2
System Software
1 86 (5.73%) Active Directory
2 46 (3.06%) Hyper-V
3 15 (1.00%) Docker
4 10 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.47%) Ceph
6 6 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.33%) iptables
8 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.13%) vSphere
9 1 (0.067%) Firmware
9 1 (0.067%) NFS
9 1 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.067%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 32 (2.13%) Ansible
2 23 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.33%) Nessus
5 18 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.87%) Proxmox
7 11 (0.73%) Grafana
8 8 (0.53%) Podman
9 7 (0.47%) Argo
9 7 (0.47%) Check_MK
9 7 (0.47%) Istio
10 6 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (0.40%) Puppet
10 6 (0.40%) SCCM
11 4 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
11 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.27%) SCVMM
11 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.20%) systemd
Vendors
1 362 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 73 (4.86%) Salesforce
3 63 (4.19%) SAP
4 29 (1.93%) Sage
4 29 (1.93%) VMware
5 26 (1.73%) Oracle
6 24 (1.60%) Red Hat
7 20 (1.33%) ServiceNow
8 18 (1.20%) HubSpot
9 12 (0.80%) Google
9 12 (0.80%) Veeam
10 11 (0.73%) HP
11 9 (0.60%) Facebook
12 8 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
13 7 (0.47%) Dell
14 5 (0.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 5 (0.33%) SonicWALL
14 5 (0.33%) Workday
15 4 (0.27%) ConnectWise
15 4 (0.27%) Zoho