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 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 217 131
Rank change year-on-year +96 -86 +73
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 978 408 1,496
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.46% 1.43% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.61% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 692 282 1,133
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,250 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +6.43% -16.31%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,625 £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -26.32%

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 62,939 25,339 66,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 88.87% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 41,883 13,427 48,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,450 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -6.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 +79 273 £35,000 +27.27% 96
Midlands +77 203 £32,500 -4.41% 64
South East +48 180 £35,000 -23.91% 87
North West +67 150 £32,500 +22.64% 50
East of England +46 139 £35,000 -9.68% 39
South West -27 116 £31,500 -37.00% 44
East Midlands +28 107 £32,500 -3.70% 24
Yorkshire +17 97 £35,000 -30.00% 37
West Midlands +42 96 £33,250 -6.34% 40
Scotland +27 52 £31,000 +19.23% 18
North East -24 26 £37,000 +39.62% 9
Wales -21 19 £30,000 -36.84% 12
Northern Ireland -32 10 £45,000 +73.08% 6
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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.

1 194 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 119 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 104 (10.63%) CRM
5 94 (9.61%) Azure
6 82 (8.38%) SQL
7 79 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
8 74 (7.57%) Customer Service
9 71 (7.26%) ERP
10 68 (6.95%) Linux
11 63 (6.44%) AWS
12 62 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 56 (5.73%) Python
14 55 (5.62%) Internet
14 55 (5.62%) Windows
15 54 (5.52%) Salesforce
16 53 (5.42%) AWS Certification
16 53 (5.42%) GitHub
17 51 (5.21%) JavaScript
18 50 (5.11%) CSS
18 50 (5.11%) HTML
18 50 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
19 49 (5.01%) Microsoft Certification
20 47 (4.81%) Active Directory
20 47 (4.81%) Azure Certification
21 46 (4.70%) R
21 46 (4.70%) WordPress
22 45 (4.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
22 45 (4.60%) Data Quality
22 45 (4.60%) Git

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 46 (4.70%) WordPress
2 39 (3.99%) SharePoint
3 30 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.20%) CMS
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 110 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 24 (2.45%) iTrent
2 20 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.72%) Odoo
5 7 (0.72%) Primavera
6 6 (0.61%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.31%) Magento
9 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.20%) Shopify
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle 11i
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 94 (9.61%) Azure
2 79 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
3 63 (6.44%) AWS
4 53 (5.42%) GitHub
5 42 (4.29%) Power Platform
6 32 (3.27%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (0.92%) SaaS
10 8 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (0.82%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.51%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.31%) GCP
13 3 (0.31%) Veeva
13 3 (0.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 55 (5.62%) Internet
2 33 (3.37%) Firewall
3 20 (2.04%) Wireless
4 13 (1.33%) VPN
5 11 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.02%) Broadband
7 9 (0.92%) Network Security
8 8 (0.82%) DNS
9 7 (0.72%) SAN
10 5 (0.51%) LAN
10 5 (0.51%) WAN
11 3 (0.31%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.31%) SSH
12 2 (0.20%) DHCP
12 2 (0.20%) VoIP
13 1 (0.10%) DKIM
13 1 (0.10%) DMARC
13 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.10%) VLAN
13 1 (0.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.68%) SQL Server
2 32 (3.27%) Power BI
3 20 (2.04%) MySQL
4 9 (0.92%) SAP HANA
5 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.51%) Oracle Database
5 5 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.51%) Tableau
6 4 (0.41%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.31%) GIS
7 3 (0.31%) Power Query
8 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.10%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 45 (4.60%) Git
2 5 (0.51%) JIRA
3 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
General
1 168 (17.18%) Social Skills
2 108 (11.04%) Finance
3 69 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (4.81%) Marketing
5 45 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.60%) Multimedia
6 42 (4.29%) Retail
7 32 (3.27%) Law
8 31 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.94%) Telecoms
10 17 (1.74%) Back Office
10 17 (1.74%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.43%) Military
12 12 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.82%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.82%) Legal
14 7 (0.72%) Games
15 6 (0.61%) Automotive
16 4 (0.41%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.11%) CSS
1 50 (5.11%) HTML
2 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.31%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.31%) SAP Basis
4 2 (0.20%) jQuery
5 1 (0.10%) .NET
5 1 (0.10%) ODBC
5 1 (0.10%) OpenID
5 1 (0.10%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.76%) Replication
2 23 (2.35%) Management Information System
3 19 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (1.64%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
6 14 (1.43%) Clustering
7 12 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (1.02%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.61%) NHS
10 5 (0.51%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.51%) FMCG
10 5 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.51%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.41%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.41%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.31%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 68 (6.95%) Linux
2 55 (5.62%) Windows
3 26 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 17 (1.74%) Mac OS
5 16 (1.64%) Android
5 16 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.61%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.31%) CentOS
8 3 (0.31%) Unix
9 2 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.10%) Solaris
10 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (10.63%) CRM
3 74 (7.57%) Customer Service
4 71 (7.26%) ERP
5 62 (6.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (4.60%) Logistics
6 45 (4.60%) Process Improvement
6 45 (4.60%) Web Development
7 41 (4.19%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (3.37%) Data Management
9 32 (3.27%) Data Entry
10 28 (2.86%) Business Intelligence
11 26 (2.66%) DevOps
11 26 (2.66%) Project Delivery
11 26 (2.66%) Service Delivery
12 25 (2.56%) High Availability
13 24 (2.45%) Project Management
14 23 (2.35%) Analytics
14 23 (2.35%) Time Management
15 22 (2.25%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 82 (8.38%) SQL
2 56 (5.73%) Python
3 51 (5.21%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.70%) R
5 18 (1.84%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.53%) Shell Script
7 14 (1.43%) Bash
8 8 (0.82%) Go
9 6 (0.61%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.51%) VBA
11 4 (0.41%) C
12 2 (0.20%) C#
Qualifications
1 53 (5.42%) AWS Certification
2 49 (5.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 47 (4.81%) Azure Certification
4 45 (4.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 35 (3.58%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.84%) A+ Certification
6 18 (1.84%) Network+ Certification
6 18 (1.84%) SC Cleared
7 16 (1.64%) DBS Check
8 15 (1.53%) CIPD
9 13 (1.33%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.12%) Degree
11 7 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.20%) AAT
14 1 (0.10%) CCNA
14 1 (0.10%) CCNP
14 1 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.10%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.60%) Data Quality
2 34 (3.48%) GDPR
3 27 (2.76%) QA
4 11 (1.12%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (0.82%) SLA
6 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.31%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.31%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (4.81%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.15%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.61%) Docker
5 4 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.31%) Firmware
6 3 (0.31%) iptables
Systems Management
1 17 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.64%) Nessus
3 14 (1.43%) Terraform
4 13 (1.33%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.33%) Proxmox
5 12 (1.23%) Grafana
5 12 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.12%) Ansible
7 5 (0.51%) Puppet
8 3 (0.31%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.31%) SCCM
8 3 (0.31%) systemd
9 2 (0.20%) Nagios
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Podman
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 194 (19.84%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.52%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.60%) SAP
4 20 (2.04%) VMware
5 19 (1.94%) HubSpot
6 18 (1.84%) Sage
7 16 (1.64%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.12%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.02%) Oracle
9 10 (1.02%) Zoho
10 9 (0.92%) HP
10 9 (0.92%) Veeam
11 8 (0.82%) Facebook
12 7 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.72%) SonicWALL
13 4 (0.41%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.41%) SYSPRO
14 3 (0.31%) Dell
14 3 (0.31%) Meraki
14 3 (0.31%) Palo Alto