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 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 154 186
Rank change year-on-year -8 +32 +68
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 528 729 528
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.40% 1.60% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.70% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 344 416 411
10th Percentile £25,125 £25,030 £22,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £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 33,945 42,922 28,084
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.20% 94.10% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21,393 22,830 21,309
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,416 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% -0.16% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,855 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% -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 30 November 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 30 November 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 +3 127 £35,000 -22.22% 97
South West +1 108 £44,500 -11.00% 37
Midlands +30 101 £35,000 -22.22% 70
North of England +16 94 £32,500 -7.14% 71
East of England +27 79 £32,500 -35.00% 42
West Midlands +41 56 £42,500 -5.56% 46
North West +27 47 £30,500 -27.38% 38
East Midlands +8 45 £32,500 -18.75% 23
Yorkshire +8 38 £33,000 -2.22% 22
Scotland -12 13 £27,500 -31.25% 22
North East -1 9 £47,500 +9.83% 12
Wales +8 7 £30,000 -11.76% 13
Northern Ireland -1 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 30 November 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.

1 157 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 102 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (16.10%) Linux
4 82 (15.53%) Microsoft Office
5 81 (15.34%) Microsoft Excel
6 74 (14.02%) Windows
7 70 (13.26%) Azure
8 66 (12.50%) Security Cleared
9 56 (10.61%) Active Directory
10 54 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
11 53 (10.04%) Cisco
11 53 (10.04%) Customer Service
12 52 (9.85%) SC Cleared
13 50 (9.47%) DV Cleared
14 49 (9.28%) AWS
15 45 (8.52%) High Availability
16 44 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
16 44 (8.33%) CRM
17 42 (7.95%) Python
18 39 (7.39%) ITIL
18 39 (7.39%) Microsoft Certification
19 38 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
20 35 (6.63%) CCNA
20 35 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
20 35 (6.63%) SQL
20 35 (6.63%) Time Management
20 35 (6.63%) Windows Server
21 34 (6.44%) CCNP
21 34 (6.44%) Innovative Thinking
22 33 (6.25%) 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 28 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 18 (3.41%) WordPress
3 16 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.76%) CMS
4 4 (0.76%) 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 82 (15.53%) Microsoft Office
2 81 (15.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.14%) 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 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.76%) Primavera
3 4 (0.76%) 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 70 (13.26%) Azure
2 54 (10.23%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (9.28%) AWS
4 27 (5.11%) Power Platform
5 20 (3.79%) GitHub
6 17 (3.22%) Entra ID
6 17 (3.22%) PowerApps
7 13 (2.46%) Power Automate
8 10 (1.89%) SaaS
9 9 (1.70%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.95%) GCP
10 5 (0.95%) OCI
10 5 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (0.95%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.57%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.55%) Firewall
2 23 (4.36%) Internet
3 13 (2.46%) VPN
4 12 (2.27%) DNS
5 9 (1.70%) Wireless
6 7 (1.33%) LAN
6 7 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.14%) VLAN
8 5 (0.95%) NAS
8 5 (0.95%) Network Security
9 3 (0.57%) DHCP
9 3 (0.57%) Intranet
9 3 (0.57%) IP Telephony
9 3 (0.57%) WAN
10 2 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
10 2 (0.38%) HTTP
10 2 (0.38%) Multicast
11 1 (0.19%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.19%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.03%) Power BI
3 9 (1.70%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.95%) Metadata
6 4 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.76%) MySQL
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.76%) 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 21 (3.98%) Git
2 6 (1.14%) 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
1 141 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 89 (16.86%) Finance
3 52 (9.85%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.92%) Legal
5 26 (4.92%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.36%) Law
7 22 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 18 (3.41%) Multimedia
9 16 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.03%) Marketing
10 15 (2.84%) Retail
11 13 (2.46%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.70%) Back Office
13 7 (1.33%) Advertising
13 7 (1.33%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.33%) Automotive
13 7 (1.33%) Billing
14 6 (1.14%) Local Government
14 6 (1.14%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.60%) CSS
1 19 (3.60%) HTML
2 5 (0.95%) 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 (6.82%) e-Learning
2 26 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 14 (2.65%) Driving Licence
4 12 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.89%) FMCG
6 9 (1.70%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.70%) NHS
7 6 (1.14%) CMDB
7 6 (1.14%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.14%) Learning Management System
7 6 (1.14%) Replication
8 5 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
9 4 (0.76%) iPad
10 3 (0.57%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.57%) iSeries
10 3 (0.57%) PMI
10 3 (0.57%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 85 (16.10%) Linux
2 74 (14.02%) Windows
3 35 (6.63%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.06%) Unix
5 18 (3.41%) Android
6 17 (3.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (3.22%) Windows 10
7 15 (2.84%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (1.89%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 7 (1.33%) CentOS
12 4 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.38%) AIX
13 2 (0.38%) CoreOS
13 2 (0.38%) Debian
13 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.38%) VMS
13 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (10.04%) Customer Service
3 45 (8.52%) High Availability
4 44 (8.33%) CRM
5 39 (7.39%) ITIL
6 38 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (6.63%) Time Management
8 34 (6.44%) Innovative Thinking
9 29 (5.49%) Process Improvement
10 28 (5.30%) Collaborative Working
11 27 (5.11%) Data Protection
12 25 (4.73%) Business Intelligence
13 24 (4.55%) Data Management
13 24 (4.55%) ERP
14 23 (4.36%) Service Delivery
15 20 (3.79%) Asset Management
15 20 (3.79%) Disaster Recovery
15 20 (3.79%) Migration
16 18 (3.41%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.95%) Python
2 35 (6.63%) SQL
3 26 (4.92%) PowerShell
4 24 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.41%) R
6 16 (3.03%) Bash
7 6 (1.14%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.76%) 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 66 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 52 (9.85%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.47%) DV Cleared
4 44 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (7.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (6.63%) CCNA
7 34 (6.44%) CCNP
8 25 (4.73%) Degree
9 24 (4.55%) Azure Certification
10 20 (3.79%) AWS Certification
11 18 (3.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 12 (2.27%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.70%) RHCSA
14 7 (1.33%) MCSE
15 6 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
18 3 (0.57%) HNC
18 3 (0.57%) HND
18 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.98%) GDPR
2 10 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.89%) SLA
3 9 (1.70%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.76%) 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 56 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.33%) vSphere
5 5 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.76%) 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 19 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.46%) Ansible
3 12 (2.27%) Terraform
4 6 (1.14%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.95%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.76%) Grafana
6 4 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.76%) 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
1 157 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 53 (10.04%) Cisco
3 33 (6.25%) VMware
4 32 (6.06%) Salesforce
5 30 (5.68%) SAP
6 18 (3.41%) Red Hat
7 15 (2.84%) Oracle
8 13 (2.46%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.89%) Apple
10 8 (1.52%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.52%) Remedy
11 7 (1.33%) IBM
11 7 (1.33%) Samsung
12 5 (0.95%) Datto
12 5 (0.95%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.95%) Sage
13 4 (0.76%) Adobe
13 4 (0.76%) Google
13 4 (0.76%) IFS
13 4 (0.76%) RedGate