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 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 207 158
Rank change year-on-year +105 -49 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,229 519 976
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.64% 1.51% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.69% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 822 343 752
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,125 £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 £50,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,200
% change year-on-year - -6.72% -13.55%

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 71,020 30,795 56,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.61% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 49,062 17,779 38,279
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £38,250 £32,750 £37,000
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 £80,000
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 2 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 2 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 +95 299 £35,000 +16.67% 87
Midlands +77 240 £40,000 -4.76% 78
South East +40 230 £37,500 +7.14% 122
South West -13 179 £30,000 -33.33% 35
North West +81 173 £35,000 +32.08% 50
East of England +39 156 £35,000 +7.69% 45
East Midlands +32 123 £40,000 +12.68% 43
West Midlands +49 117 £37,500 -31.00% 35
Yorkshire +20 96 £35,000 -14.63% 29
Scotland +69 89 £43,500 +67.31% 24
North East -29 30 £39,000 +39.29% 8
Wales -47 24 £30,000 -36.84% 13
Northern Ireland -62 17 £45,000 +73.08% 14
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 245 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 134 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
3 124 (10.09%) Azure
4 115 (9.36%) Microsoft Excel
5 113 (9.19%) CRM
6 112 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
6 112 (9.11%) SQL
7 106 (8.62%) Linux
8 101 (8.22%) Customer Service
9 99 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 98 (7.97%) Windows
11 82 (6.67%) Active Directory
12 80 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
13 72 (5.86%) AWS
13 72 (5.86%) ERP
14 67 (5.45%) Salesforce
15 62 (5.04%) Security Cleared
16 59 (4.80%) Windows Server
17 57 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
17 57 (4.64%) Python
18 55 (4.48%) Data Quality
19 53 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
19 53 (4.31%) Entra ID
20 52 (4.23%) Logistics
20 52 (4.23%) SQL Server
21 51 (4.15%) SharePoint
22 50 (4.07%) Git
22 50 (4.07%) GitHub
22 50 (4.07%) QA
23 49 (3.99%) DevOps

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 57 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.01%) WordPress
4 8 (0.65%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.24%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.081%) Apache
6 1 (0.081%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.081%) CMS
6 1 (0.081%) ExpressionEngine
6 1 (0.081%) JBoss
6 1 (0.081%) Mendix
6 1 (0.081%) nginx
6 1 (0.081%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.081%) WebLogic
Applications
1 115 (9.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (6.51%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.22%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.55%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.14%) Primavera
4 6 (0.49%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.41%) iTrent
5 5 (0.41%) Odoo
6 4 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.16%) Shopify
8 1 (0.081%) Magento
8 1 (0.081%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.081%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 124 (10.09%) Azure
2 112 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (5.86%) AWS
4 53 (4.31%) Entra ID
5 50 (4.07%) GitHub
6 49 (3.99%) Power Platform
7 43 (3.50%) SaaS
8 19 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (1.46%) OpenShift
10 15 (1.22%) Mimecast
11 13 (1.06%) PaaS
12 12 (0.98%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.65%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 5 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.41%) GCP
15 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
16 4 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
16 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.82%) Internet
2 44 (3.58%) Firewall
3 31 (2.52%) DNS
4 23 (1.87%) Wireless
5 22 (1.79%) DHCP
6 17 (1.38%) Broadband
6 17 (1.38%) VPN
7 14 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (1.06%) SAN
9 11 (0.90%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.73%) LAN
10 9 (0.73%) Network Security
10 9 (0.73%) WAN
11 4 (0.33%) VLAN
11 4 (0.33%) VSAN
12 3 (0.24%) SSH
13 2 (0.16%) SSL
13 2 (0.16%) VoIP
14 1 (0.081%) Ethernet
14 1 (0.081%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.17%) Power BI
3 24 (1.95%) MySQL
4 12 (0.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 11 (0.90%) Oracle Database
6 10 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.73%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.65%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.33%) Power Query
10 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.24%) GIS
11 3 (0.24%) Tableau
12 2 (0.16%) KNIME
12 2 (0.16%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.16%) MS Access
12 2 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (4.07%) Git
2 13 (1.06%) JIRA
3 3 (0.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.081%) Ant
5 1 (0.081%) Apache Ivy
5 1 (0.081%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.081%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.081%) Maven
5 1 (0.081%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.081%) Selenium
5 1 (0.081%) TeamCity
General
1 216 (17.58%) Social Skills
2 136 (11.07%) Finance
3 91 (7.40%) Organisational Skills
4 65 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (4.56%) Marketing
6 43 (3.50%) Manufacturing
7 39 (3.17%) Law
7 39 (3.17%) Retail
8 35 (2.85%) Multimedia
8 35 (2.85%) Telecoms
9 29 (2.36%) Legal
10 20 (1.63%) Public Sector
11 17 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.30%) Military
13 12 (0.98%) Billing
14 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.73%) Legal Technology
15 8 (0.65%) Back Office
15 8 (0.65%) Games
16 7 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.09%) CSS
1 38 (3.09%) HTML
2 9 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.41%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.24%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.16%) OpenID
5 2 (0.16%) REST
6 1 (0.081%) CSS3
6 1 (0.081%) HTML5
6 1 (0.081%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.081%) Middleware
6 1 (0.081%) OAuth
6 1 (0.081%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.081%) ODBC
6 1 (0.081%) React
6 1 (0.081%) Redfish
6 1 (0.081%) SAML
6 1 (0.081%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.17%) Replication
2 34 (2.77%) Clustering
3 32 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 31 (2.52%) Management Information System
5 24 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.22%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.14%) Social Media
8 9 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (0.65%) Driving Licence
9 8 (0.65%) NHS
10 5 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.41%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.41%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.41%) PKI
10 5 (0.41%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.41%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.33%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.24%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 106 (8.62%) Linux
2 98 (7.97%) Windows
3 59 (4.80%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.87%) Mac OS
5 22 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 20 (1.63%) Android
7 15 (1.22%) Unix
8 12 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.98%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.81%) Windows 10
10 8 (0.65%) Debian
11 6 (0.49%) CentOS
12 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.33%) CoreOS
14 3 (0.24%) Solaris
15 1 (0.081%) Rocky
15 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
2 113 (9.19%) CRM
3 101 (8.22%) Customer Service
4 99 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 72 (5.86%) ERP
6 53 (4.31%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (4.23%) Logistics
8 49 (3.99%) DevOps
9 47 (3.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 44 (3.58%) High Availability
11 40 (3.25%) Service Delivery
11 40 (3.25%) Time Management
11 40 (3.25%) Web Development
12 39 (3.17%) Data Management
13 37 (3.01%) ITIL
14 35 (2.85%) Business Intelligence
15 33 (2.69%) Project Delivery
16 30 (2.44%) Process Improvement
16 30 (2.44%) Vulnerability Management
17 29 (2.36%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 112 (9.11%) SQL
2 57 (4.64%) Python
3 46 (3.74%) PowerShell
4 45 (3.66%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.58%) R
6 20 (1.63%) Bash
7 17 (1.38%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.57%) C
9 6 (0.49%) Ruby
10 5 (0.41%) VBA
11 4 (0.33%) Go
12 3 (0.24%) C++
12 3 (0.24%) PHP
13 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.081%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.081%) C#
14 1 (0.081%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.081%) Java
Qualifications
1 62 (5.04%) Security Cleared
2 42 (3.42%) SC Cleared
3 41 (3.34%) AWS Certification
3 41 (3.34%) Azure Certification
3 41 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (2.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 29 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.03%) DBS Check
6 25 (2.03%) Degree
7 19 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
8 18 (1.46%) A+ Certification
9 8 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.41%) CIPD
10 5 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.24%) HND
12 2 (0.16%) AAT
12 2 (0.16%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.081%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (4.48%) Data Quality
2 50 (4.07%) QA
3 27 (2.20%) GDPR
4 20 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.38%) SLA
6 14 (1.14%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.33%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.24%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.24%) PMO
12 1 (0.081%) GRC
12 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.081%) NIST
12 1 (0.081%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.081%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.91%) Hyper-V
3 16 (1.30%) Docker
4 13 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.57%) Ceph
6 5 (0.41%) iptables
6 5 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.33%) Firmware
8 1 (0.081%) NFS
8 1 (0.081%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.081%) Xen
Systems Management
1 26 (2.12%) Ansible
2 25 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.71%) Kubernetes
4 19 (1.55%) Nessus
5 17 (1.38%) Terraform
6 15 (1.22%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.98%) Proxmox
8 9 (0.73%) Puppet
9 8 (0.65%) Grafana
9 8 (0.65%) Podman
10 7 (0.57%) Argo
10 7 (0.57%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.57%) Istio
11 6 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.49%) SCCM
12 4 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.33%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.33%) SCVMM
12 4 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 245 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.45%) Salesforce
3 44 (3.58%) SAP
4 29 (2.36%) Red Hat
5 27 (2.20%) VMware
6 23 (1.87%) HubSpot
6 23 (1.87%) Sage
7 19 (1.55%) Oracle
8 16 (1.30%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.14%) Veeam
10 13 (1.06%) HP
11 10 (0.81%) Dell
11 10 (0.81%) Google
12 9 (0.73%) Zoho
13 8 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.57%) SonicWALL
15 6 (0.49%) Facebook
15 6 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 5 (0.41%) Cisco
17 4 (0.33%) McAfee