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 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 214 132
Rank change year-on-year +92 -82 +76
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 903 373 1,435
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.38% 1.37% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.55% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 639 267 1,096
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,375 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,938 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +28.59% -16.68%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,313
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +35.71% -22.63%

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 60,811 24,072 64,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 88.36% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 38,942 14,620 47,077
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £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 £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,800 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -11.67%

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 1 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 1 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 +38 239 £34,000 +23.64% 72
Midlands +60 191 £32,500 -22.16% 52
South East +56 182 £35,000 -26.32% 90
North West +33 137 £31,000 +14.81% 32
East of England +39 129 £35,000 -24.32% 29
South West -20 109 £35,000 -30.00% 36
East Midlands +13 98 £32,500 -32.99% 23
West Midlands +34 93 £31,500 -0.32% 29
Yorkshire -4 78 £35,000 -34.88% 26
Scotland -7 41 £34,000 +4.62% 25
North East -20 24 £35,000 +40.00% 14
Wales -15 18 £30,000 -36.84% 8
Northern Ireland -31 8 £39,500 - 3
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 180 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 119 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (11.07%) CRM
4 96 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 94 (10.41%) Azure
6 69 (7.64%) ERP
7 66 (7.31%) AWS
8 65 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
9 64 (7.09%) SQL
10 63 (6.98%) Customer Service
11 62 (6.87%) Python
12 57 (6.31%) GitHub
13 56 (6.20%) AWS Certification
13 56 (6.20%) Process Improvement
14 55 (6.09%) Linux
15 54 (5.98%) Internet
15 54 (5.98%) JavaScript
15 54 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
16 53 (5.87%) CSS
16 53 (5.87%) HTML
17 52 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
18 51 (5.65%) Azure Certification
19 49 (5.43%) R
19 49 (5.43%) WordPress
20 48 (5.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
20 48 (5.32%) Git
20 48 (5.32%) Salesforce
20 48 (5.32%) Web Development
21 42 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
22 39 (4.32%) Logistics

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 49 (5.43%) WordPress
2 32 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 23 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.33%) Confluence
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 96 (10.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.77%) iTrent
2 19 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.55%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.66%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.44%) Odoo
7 3 (0.33%) Magento
7 3 (0.33%) Primavera
8 2 (0.22%) Shopify
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 94 (10.41%) Azure
2 66 (7.31%) AWS
3 65 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (6.31%) GitHub
5 37 (4.10%) Power Platform
6 18 (1.99%) Entra ID
7 16 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (0.89%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (0.89%) SaaS
10 5 (0.55%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.44%) GCP
11 4 (0.44%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.44%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.33%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.33%) Veeva
12 3 (0.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.98%) Internet
2 29 (3.21%) Firewall
3 20 (2.21%) Wireless
4 13 (1.44%) VPN
5 10 (1.11%) Broadband
6 9 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.78%) Network Security
8 6 (0.66%) DNS
9 4 (0.44%) LAN
9 4 (0.44%) SAN
9 4 (0.44%) WAN
10 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.33%) SSH
11 2 (0.22%) HTTP
11 2 (0.22%) VoIP
12 1 (0.11%) DHCP
12 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.11%) VLAN
12 1 (0.11%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.32%) Power BI
2 29 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.22%) MySQL
4 7 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.78%) Tableau
5 6 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.55%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.44%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.33%) Power Query
8 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.22%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.22%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.11%) GIS
Development Applications
1 48 (5.32%) Git
2 4 (0.44%) JIRA
3 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
General
1 160 (17.72%) Social Skills
2 101 (11.18%) Finance
3 71 (7.86%) Organisational Skills
4 51 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (5.32%) Multimedia
6 38 (4.21%) Marketing
7 37 (4.10%) Retail
8 29 (3.21%) Law
9 28 (3.10%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.99%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.88%) Back Office
11 17 (1.88%) Military
12 15 (1.66%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.78%) Automotive
16 6 (0.66%) Legal
17 5 (0.55%) Games
18 4 (0.44%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (5.87%) CSS
1 53 (5.87%) HTML
2 4 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.22%) .NET
4 2 (0.22%) jQuery
4 2 (0.22%) ODBC
5 1 (0.11%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
1 19 (2.10%) Management Information System
2 18 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (1.88%) Onboarding
4 15 (1.66%) Replication
5 11 (1.22%) Clustering
5 11 (1.22%) Data Structures
5 11 (1.22%) Private Cloud
6 9 (1.00%) FMCG
6 9 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.55%) Driving Licence
7 5 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.44%) Cyberattack
8 4 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.44%) Learning Management System
8 4 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.44%) Smart Meter
9 3 (0.33%) Blog
9 3 (0.33%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.09%) Linux
2 39 (4.32%) Windows
3 16 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.33%) Android
4 12 (1.33%) Apple iOS
4 12 (1.33%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.55%) CentOS
6 5 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.33%) Unix
7 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.22%) Debian
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (11.07%) CRM
3 69 (7.64%) ERP
4 63 (6.98%) Customer Service
5 56 (6.20%) Process Improvement
6 52 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (5.32%) Web Development
8 39 (4.32%) Logistics
9 35 (3.88%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (3.32%) Data Management
11 28 (3.10%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (3.10%) Service Delivery
12 27 (2.99%) Data Entry
13 24 (2.66%) Analytics
13 24 (2.66%) Time Management
14 22 (2.44%) Project Management
15 21 (2.33%) Decision-Making
15 21 (2.33%) DevOps
16 20 (2.21%) Data Analysis
16 20 (2.21%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 64 (7.09%) SQL
2 62 (6.87%) Python
3 54 (5.98%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.43%) R
5 16 (1.77%) Bash
6 15 (1.66%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.89%) Go
7 8 (0.89%) T-SQL
8 5 (0.55%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.55%) VBA
9 4 (0.44%) C
10 2 (0.22%) C#
10 2 (0.22%) Perl
10 2 (0.22%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (6.20%) AWS Certification
2 54 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (5.65%) Azure Certification
4 48 (5.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 32 (3.54%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.10%) A+ Certification
7 18 (1.99%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
8 16 (1.77%) SC Cleared
9 15 (1.66%) CIPD
10 9 (1.00%) DBS Check
10 9 (1.00%) Degree
11 7 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.22%) AAT
14 1 (0.11%) CCNA
14 1 (0.11%) CCNP
14 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.11%) MCSA
14 1 (0.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (4.21%) Data Quality
2 33 (3.65%) GDPR
3 21 (2.33%) QA
4 11 (1.22%) ISO 9001
5 10 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.44%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.33%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.22%) PMO
9 2 (0.22%) SLA
10 1 (0.11%) COSHH
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 36 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.55%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.78%) Docker
3 7 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.33%) Firmware
5 3 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 16 (1.77%) Terraform
2 14 (1.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (1.55%) Nessus
3 13 (1.44%) Ansible
4 12 (1.33%) Grafana
4 12 (1.33%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.22%) Proxmox
6 5 (0.55%) Puppet
7 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.33%) systemd
7 3 (0.33%) WSUS
8 2 (0.22%) Nagios
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.11%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 180 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 48 (5.32%) Salesforce
3 39 (4.32%) SAP
4 19 (2.10%) HubSpot
5 18 (1.99%) Sage
6 17 (1.88%) VMware
7 13 (1.44%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.44%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.11%) Oracle
8 10 (1.11%) Zoho
9 7 (0.78%) Facebook
10 5 (0.55%) HP
10 5 (0.55%) Veeam
11 4 (0.44%) ConnectWise
11 4 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.44%) SonicWALL
11 4 (0.44%) SYSPRO
12 3 (0.33%) Google
12 3 (0.33%) Meraki
12 3 (0.33%) Palo Alto