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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 206 136
Rank change year-on-year +83 -70 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 889 370 1,416
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.41% 1.39% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.57% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 639 266 1,093
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,428 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,250 £24,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +35.73% -16.68%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £48,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -27.84% +38.57% -23.50%

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 58,528 23,499 63,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 88.50% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37,331 14,551 46,799
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +39 217 £34,000 +22.52% 70
South East +38 191 £35,000 -28.57% 81
Midlands +57 188 £32,500 -12.16% 49
East of England +35 135 £35,000 -36.36% 27
North West +26 117 £32,500 +20.37% 39
South West -15 111 £35,000 -30.00% 26
East Midlands +1 99 £32,500 -32.99% 16
West Midlands +31 89 £31,500 -3.08% 33
Yorkshire +4 78 £34,000 -36.74% 15
Scotland -13 35 £35,750 -7.74% 18
North East -18 22 £35,000 +40.00% 16
Wales -12 19 £30,000 -36.84% 10
Northern Ireland -33 7 £34,000 - 1
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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.

1 186 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 119 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
3 106 (11.92%) Azure
4 97 (10.91%) CRM
5 87 (9.79%) Microsoft Excel
6 77 (8.66%) AWS
7 76 (8.55%) Python
8 67 (7.54%) GitHub
9 66 (7.42%) AWS Certification
9 66 (7.42%) ERP
10 65 (7.31%) JavaScript
11 64 (7.20%) Internet
11 64 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 63 (7.09%) CSS
12 63 (7.09%) HTML
12 63 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
12 63 (7.09%) SQL
13 61 (6.86%) Azure Certification
14 60 (6.75%) Process Improvement
15 59 (6.64%) Git
15 59 (6.64%) R
15 59 (6.64%) WordPress
16 58 (6.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 58 (6.52%) Customer Service
16 58 (6.52%) Web Development
17 54 (6.07%) Linux
18 50 (5.62%) Salesforce
19 47 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
20 43 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
21 42 (4.72%) Windows

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 59 (6.64%) WordPress
2 31 (3.49%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.34%) Confluence
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 87 (9.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 43 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.81%) iTrent
2 19 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.46%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.90%) Salesforce CRM
5 5 (0.56%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.34%) Magento
7 3 (0.34%) Odoo
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.22%) Primavera
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.22%) Shopify
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 106 (11.92%) Azure
2 77 (8.66%) AWS
3 67 (7.54%) GitHub
4 63 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (2.92%) Power Platform
6 16 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (1.80%) Entra ID
7 10 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (0.79%) SaaS
10 5 (0.56%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.56%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.45%) GCP
11 4 (0.45%) OCI
11 4 (0.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.34%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.34%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.34%) Veeva
13 2 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.20%) Internet
2 29 (3.26%) Firewall
3 20 (2.25%) Wireless
4 13 (1.46%) VPN
5 11 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (1.12%) Network Security
7 8 (0.90%) Broadband
8 6 (0.67%) DNS
8 6 (0.67%) WAN
9 5 (0.56%) LAN
10 4 (0.45%) SAN
11 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.22%) DHCP
12 2 (0.22%) HTTP
12 2 (0.22%) SSH
12 2 (0.22%) VoIP
13 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
13 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.11%) VLAN
13 1 (0.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.36%) Power BI
3 9 (1.01%) Oracle Database
3 9 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (0.90%) MySQL
5 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (0.79%) Tableau
6 4 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.34%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database 12c
7 3 (0.34%) Power Query
7 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.34%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (0.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (6.64%) Git
2 4 (0.45%) JIRA
3 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 164 (18.45%) Social Skills
2 103 (11.59%) Finance
3 75 (8.44%) Organisational Skills
4 58 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (6.52%) Multimedia
5 38 (4.27%) Retail
6 37 (4.16%) Marketing
7 27 (3.04%) Manufacturing
8 19 (2.14%) Back Office
8 19 (2.14%) Law
9 14 (1.57%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.01%) Telecoms
12 8 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (0.90%) Military
13 7 (0.79%) Aerospace
13 7 (0.79%) Automotive
14 6 (0.67%) Legal
15 5 (0.56%) Games
16 4 (0.45%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.09%) CSS
1 63 (7.09%) HTML
2 5 (0.56%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.34%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.22%) .NET
4 2 (0.22%) jQuery
4 2 (0.22%) JSON
4 2 (0.22%) ODBC
4 2 (0.22%) XML
5 1 (0.11%) Laravel
5 1 (0.11%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ADF
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.11%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 20 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
1 20 (2.25%) Management Information System
1 20 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (1.91%) Onboarding
3 14 (1.57%) Replication
4 12 (1.35%) Private Cloud
5 11 (1.24%) Clustering
6 9 (1.01%) Data Structures
6 9 (1.01%) FMCG
6 9 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.56%) Driving Licence
7 5 (0.56%) Learning Management System
7 5 (0.56%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.45%) Cyberattack
8 4 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.45%) Smart Meter
9 3 (0.34%) Blog
9 3 (0.34%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.34%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.07%) Linux
2 42 (4.72%) Windows
3 18 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.01%) Android
4 9 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.01%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.67%) CentOS
7 5 (0.56%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.56%) Unix
8 2 (0.22%) Debian
8 2 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (10.91%) CRM
3 66 (7.42%) ERP
4 60 (6.75%) Process Improvement
5 58 (6.52%) Customer Service
5 58 (6.52%) Web Development
6 47 (5.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (4.50%) Logistics
8 36 (4.05%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (3.49%) Business Intelligence
10 29 (3.26%) Data Management
11 27 (3.04%) Service Delivery
12 26 (2.92%) Data Entry
13 25 (2.81%) Time Management
14 23 (2.59%) ITIL
14 23 (2.59%) Project Management
15 22 (2.47%) Analytics
15 22 (2.47%) Data Analysis
15 22 (2.47%) Data Protection
16 20 (2.25%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 76 (8.55%) Python
2 65 (7.31%) JavaScript
3 63 (7.09%) SQL
4 59 (6.64%) R
5 18 (2.02%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.80%) Bash
7 9 (1.01%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.90%) Go
9 5 (0.56%) VBA
10 4 (0.45%) C
11 2 (0.22%) C#
11 2 (0.22%) Perl
11 2 (0.22%) PHP
11 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.11%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (7.42%) AWS Certification
2 64 (7.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (6.86%) Azure Certification
4 58 (6.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 31 (3.49%) Security Cleared
6 21 (2.36%) DV Cleared
7 19 (2.14%) A+ Certification
8 18 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (1.69%) CIPD
10 14 (1.57%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.01%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.01%) Degree
12 7 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.22%) AAT
15 1 (0.11%) CCNA
15 1 (0.11%) CCNP
15 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.11%) MCSE
15 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.82%) Data Quality
1 34 (3.82%) GDPR
2 16 (1.80%) QA
3 11 (1.24%) ISO 9001
4 10 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.45%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.34%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.34%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.22%) PMO
9 1 (0.11%) COSHH
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.57%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.79%) Docker
3 7 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.34%) Firmware
6 2 (0.22%) iptables
Systems Management
1 15 (1.69%) Terraform
2 14 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.46%) Ansible
3 13 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.24%) Grafana
4 11 (1.24%) Nessus
4 11 (1.24%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.24%) Proxmox
5 5 (0.56%) Puppet
6 4 (0.45%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.34%) Nagios
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.34%) WSUS
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.22%) systemd
9 1 (0.11%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.11%) SCCM
9 1 (0.11%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 186 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.62%) Salesforce
3 41 (4.61%) SAP
4 19 (2.14%) HubSpot
5 17 (1.91%) Sage
5 17 (1.91%) VMware
6 16 (1.80%) Oracle
7 14 (1.57%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.12%) Zoho
10 7 (0.79%) Facebook
11 6 (0.67%) HP
12 5 (0.56%) Veeam
13 4 (0.45%) SonicWALL
13 4 (0.45%) SYSPRO
14 3 (0.34%) Cisco
14 3 (0.34%) Dell
14 3 (0.34%) Google
14 3 (0.34%) IBM
14 3 (0.34%) Meraki