Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 195 144
Rank change year-on-year +104 -51 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,564 503 911
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.81% 1.45% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 1.62% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 975 302 549
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -17.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £56,533 £57,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £37,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.04% -17.22% -9.34%

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 80,372 30,974 50,542
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 89.50% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 55,674 17,230 28,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
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 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.55% - -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 2 October 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 October 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
South East +91 346 £32,500 +12.07% 175
North of England +85 323 £35,500 +7.58% 175
Midlands +83 309 £35,000 -16.67% 143
South West -11 218 £30,000 -25.00% 88
East of England +33 188 £32,500 - 89
North West +78 183 £37,500 +38.89% 85
West Midlands +63 165 £30,000 -36.84% 76
East Midlands +42 144 £40,000 +12.68% 67
Scotland +83 107 £43,500 +59.63% 33
Yorkshire +33 105 £37,250 -1.97% 63
Wales -27 54 £28,000 -19.60% 25
North East -35 35 £35,000 -26.32% 30
Northern Ireland -65 27 £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 2 October 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.

1 399 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 236 (15.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 221 (14.13%) Customer Service
4 193 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
5 187 (11.96%) Microsoft Office
6 140 (8.95%) CRM
7 126 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
8 124 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 121 (7.74%) Linux
10 115 (7.35%) Windows
11 104 (6.65%) SQL
12 95 (6.07%) Azure
13 91 (5.82%) Active Directory
14 89 (5.69%) Logistics
15 88 (5.63%) ERP
16 84 (5.37%) Salesforce
17 81 (5.18%) Windows Server
18 80 (5.12%) SAP
19 77 (4.92%) Time Management
20 70 (4.48%) Data Entry
21 68 (4.35%) SharePoint
22 66 (4.22%) Power Platform
22 66 (4.22%) Security Cleared
23 63 (4.03%) Cybersecurity
23 63 (4.03%) Spreadsheet
24 61 (3.90%) DevOps
24 61 (3.90%) Entra ID
25 56 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
25 56 (3.58%) QA
26 53 (3.39%) Firewall

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 68 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 56 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.51%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.26%) WordPress
5 2 (0.13%) Confluence
6 1 (0.064%) Apache
6 1 (0.064%) CMS
6 1 (0.064%) ExpressionEngine
6 1 (0.064%) JBoss
6 1 (0.064%) Mendix
6 1 (0.064%) nginx
6 1 (0.064%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.064%) WebLogic
Applications
1 236 (15.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 187 (11.96%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (4.03%) Spreadsheet
4 26 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.58%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.064%) Elementor
7 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (1.60%) Primavera
2 16 (1.02%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.51%) Sage 200
3 8 (0.51%) SAP CRM
4 6 (0.38%) Shopify
5 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.32%) Sage 50
6 4 (0.26%) Odoo
6 4 (0.26%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.19%) Maximo
7 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.19%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.064%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.064%) Infor CloudSuite
9 1 (0.064%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 126 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (6.07%) Azure
3 66 (4.22%) Power Platform
4 61 (3.90%) Entra ID
5 52 (3.32%) SaaS
6 50 (3.20%) AWS
7 27 (1.73%) GitHub
8 24 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
9 22 (1.41%) Power Automate
10 18 (1.15%) OpenShift
11 15 (0.96%) PowerApps
12 14 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (0.83%) PaaS
14 12 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (0.70%) Mimecast
16 9 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 6 (0.38%) Google Sheets
18 6 (0.38%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 53 (3.39%) Firewall
2 40 (2.56%) DNS
3 33 (2.11%) VPN
4 29 (1.85%) DHCP
5 19 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.90%) Broadband
7 12 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.70%) LAN
8 11 (0.70%) WAN
9 10 (0.64%) SAN
10 7 (0.45%) Internet
10 7 (0.45%) Network Security
10 7 (0.45%) VLAN
10 7 (0.45%) Wireless
11 4 (0.26%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.26%) VSAN
12 3 (0.19%) NGN
13 2 (0.13%) SSH
13 2 (0.13%) SSL
13 2 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.32%) SQL Server
2 48 (3.07%) Power BI
3 22 (1.41%) MySQL
4 15 (0.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (0.83%) Oracle Database
6 10 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.58%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.38%) Power Query
10 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
11 4 (0.26%) Big Data
11 4 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.19%) GIS
12 3 (0.19%) MS Access
12 3 (0.19%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.13%) KNIME
13 2 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (1.09%) JIRA
2 16 (1.02%) Git
3 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.064%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.064%) Flyway
5 1 (0.064%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.064%) Selenium
5 1 (0.064%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.064%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 392 (25.06%) Social Skills
2 237 (15.15%) Organisational Skills
3 190 (12.15%) Finance
4 97 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (4.73%) Marketing
6 73 (4.67%) Manufacturing
6 73 (4.67%) Retail
7 69 (4.41%) Law
8 54 (3.45%) Legal
9 51 (3.26%) Telecoms
10 29 (1.85%) Public Sector
11 25 (1.60%) Automotive
11 25 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (1.34%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.28%) Billing
13 20 (1.28%) Military
14 17 (1.09%) Advertising
15 13 (0.83%) Legal Technology
16 7 (0.45%) General Ledger
16 7 (0.45%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.66%) Terraform
2 6 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.32%) CSS
3 5 (0.32%) HTML
3 5 (0.32%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.13%) OpenID
5 2 (0.13%) REST
6 1 (0.064%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.064%) CSS3
6 1 (0.064%) HTML5
6 1 (0.064%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.064%) OAuth
6 1 (0.064%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.064%) OpenTofu
6 1 (0.064%) React
6 1 (0.064%) Redfish
6 1 (0.064%) SOAP
6 1 (0.064%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.14%) Management Information System
2 58 (3.71%) Onboarding
3 49 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (2.49%) Replication
5 35 (2.24%) Driving Licence
6 33 (2.11%) Clustering
7 22 (1.41%) Social Media
8 17 (1.09%) NHS
9 16 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (0.83%) Private Cloud
11 12 (0.77%) Operational Technology
12 10 (0.64%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.45%) Data Centre
13 7 (0.45%) PMI
14 6 (0.38%) Educational Technology
14 6 (0.38%) Housing Association
15 5 (0.32%) Virtual Team
16 4 (0.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 121 (7.74%) Linux
2 115 (7.35%) Windows
3 81 (5.18%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.53%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 20 (1.28%) Android
7 15 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (0.96%) Unix
8 11 (0.70%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.64%) Windows 10
10 8 (0.51%) Debian
11 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.32%) CentOS
13 4 (0.26%) CoreOS
13 4 (0.26%) Rocky
13 4 (0.26%) Solaris
14 1 (0.064%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (14.13%) Customer Service
2 193 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
3 140 (8.95%) CRM
4 124 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
5 89 (5.69%) Logistics
6 88 (5.63%) ERP
7 77 (4.92%) Time Management
8 70 (4.48%) Data Entry
9 63 (4.03%) Cybersecurity
10 61 (3.90%) DevOps
11 49 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
12 48 (3.07%) Project Delivery
13 47 (3.01%) AI
13 47 (3.01%) Business Intelligence
13 47 (3.01%) Customer Experience
13 47 (3.01%) High Availability
13 47 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 47 (3.01%) Service Delivery
14 45 (2.88%) Workflow
15 44 (2.81%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (6.65%) SQL
2 47 (3.01%) PowerShell
3 28 (1.79%) Python
4 27 (1.73%) Bash
5 19 (1.21%) Shell Script
6 9 (0.58%) Go
7 8 (0.51%) R
8 6 (0.38%) JavaScript
8 6 (0.38%) Ruby
9 4 (0.26%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.26%) C
10 3 (0.19%) C++
10 3 (0.19%) PHP
11 2 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.064%) Bicep
12 1 (0.064%) C#
12 1 (0.064%) Java
12 1 (0.064%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (4.22%) Security Cleared
2 45 (2.88%) SC Cleared
3 40 (2.56%) Degree
4 37 (2.37%) DBS Check
5 27 (1.73%) DV Cleared
6 19 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (0.77%) AWS Certification
8 8 (0.51%) CIPD
8 8 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (0.45%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.45%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.26%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.19%) AAT
13 3 (0.19%) HND
14 2 (0.13%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 1 (0.064%) CCNA
15 1 (0.064%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (3.58%) QA
2 51 (3.26%) Data Quality
3 31 (1.98%) SLA
4 30 (1.92%) GDPR
5 17 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (0.96%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.19%) GMP
9 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (0.19%) PMO
10 2 (0.13%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.064%) COSHH
11 1 (0.064%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.064%) GRC
11 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.064%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.064%) NIST
11 1 (0.064%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 91 (5.82%) Active Directory
2 46 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 16 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.90%) Docker
5 8 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.45%) Ceph
7 5 (0.32%) vSphere
8 4 (0.26%) iptables
8 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.13%) Firmware
10 1 (0.064%) NFS
10 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.064%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.064%) Xen
10 1 (0.064%) XenApp
10 1 (0.064%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (2.49%) Ansible
2 26 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.41%) Prometheus
4 19 (1.21%) Nessus
5 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (0.96%) Grafana
7 14 (0.90%) Proxmox
8 8 (0.51%) Podman
9 7 (0.45%) Argo
9 7 (0.45%) Check_MK
9 7 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
9 7 (0.45%) Istio
9 7 (0.45%) SCCM
10 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Clustering
10 6 (0.38%) Puppet
11 5 (0.32%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.26%) McAfee ePO
12 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.26%) SCVMM
13 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 399 (25.51%) Microsoft
2 84 (5.37%) Salesforce
3 80 (5.12%) SAP
4 40 (2.56%) VMware
5 26 (1.66%) Oracle
6 25 (1.60%) Sage
7 22 (1.41%) Red Hat
8 20 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 17 (1.09%) Google
10 14 (0.90%) HubSpot
11 13 (0.83%) HP
12 11 (0.70%) Veeam
13 9 (0.58%) Dell
13 9 (0.58%) Facebook
14 7 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
15 6 (0.38%) Citrix
15 6 (0.38%) Workday
16 5 (0.32%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 5 (0.32%) SonicWALL
16 5 (0.32%) Xero