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 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 201 134
Rank change year-on-year +80 -67 +77
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 818 354 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.44% 1.36% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.53% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 589 260 1,058
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,470 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £30,063 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +35.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,875 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +38.89% -21.53%

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 52,459 23,198 59,824
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 89.41% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 33,563 14,472 44,559
10th Percentile £28,320 £29,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,536 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 31 March 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 31 March 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 +36 203 £34,000 +4.62% 83
South East +51 177 £35,000 -27.46% 88
Midlands +61 172 £32,500 - 65
East of England +34 125 £32,500 -35.00% 39
South West 0 111 £35,000 -30.00% 17
North West +25 105 £33,250 +10.83% 34
East Midlands +14 93 £32,500 -29.73% 25
West Midlands +35 79 £32,310 -0.59% 40
Yorkshire +11 78 £33,500 -36.19% 30
Scotland -26 24 £31,000 -4.62% 23
North East -7 20 £35,000 +40.00% 20
Wales -16 13 £30,000 -36.84% 12
Northern Ireland -30 7 £34,000 - 2
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 March 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.

1 190 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 112 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (12.71%) Azure
4 87 (10.64%) CRM
5 83 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
6 80 (9.78%) Python
7 77 (9.41%) AWS
8 69 (8.44%) JavaScript
9 68 (8.31%) GitHub
10 67 (8.19%) AWS Certification
10 67 (8.19%) Internet
11 66 (8.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 65 (7.95%) CSS
12 65 (7.95%) HTML
13 63 (7.70%) Azure Certification
14 62 (7.58%) Process Improvement
14 62 (7.58%) SQL
15 61 (7.46%) Git
15 61 (7.46%) R
15 61 (7.46%) WordPress
16 60 (7.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 60 (7.33%) Web Development
17 56 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
18 55 (6.72%) Customer Service
19 52 (6.36%) ERP
20 50 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
21 49 (5.99%) Linux
21 49 (5.99%) Salesforce
22 45 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
23 44 (5.38%) SAP

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 61 (7.46%) WordPress
2 30 (3.67%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.37%) CMS
4 3 (0.37%) Confluence
4 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.37%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.37%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 83 (10.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 50 (6.11%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (3.06%) iTrent
2 19 (2.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.10%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.37%) Magento
5 3 (0.37%) Odoo
5 3 (0.37%) Primavera
5 3 (0.37%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.24%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.24%) Shopify
6 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 104 (12.71%) Azure
2 77 (9.41%) AWS
3 68 (8.31%) GitHub
4 56 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (3.42%) Power Platform
6 14 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (1.47%) Entra ID
8 7 (0.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (0.86%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (0.86%) Power Automate
8 7 (0.86%) PowerApps
8 7 (0.86%) SaaS
8 7 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 6 (0.73%) OCI
10 5 (0.61%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.49%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.37%) GCP
12 3 (0.37%) Veeva
13 2 (0.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 67 (8.19%) Internet
2 27 (3.30%) Firewall
3 20 (2.44%) Wireless
4 14 (1.71%) VPN
5 8 (0.98%) Broadband
5 8 (0.98%) Network Security
6 7 (0.86%) DNS
6 7 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.61%) WAN
8 4 (0.49%) LAN
9 3 (0.37%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.37%) SAN
10 2 (0.24%) DHCP
10 2 (0.24%) HTTP
10 2 (0.24%) VoIP
11 1 (0.12%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.44%) Power BI
3 13 (1.59%) Oracle Database
4 10 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.98%) Tableau
6 7 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
7 6 (0.73%) MySQL
7 6 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.61%) Oracle Database 12c
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database 10g
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Database 11g
9 4 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.37%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.37%) Oracle Discoverer
10 3 (0.37%) Power Query
11 2 (0.24%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 61 (7.46%) Git
2 4 (0.49%) JIRA
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
General
1 150 (18.34%) Social Skills
2 110 (13.45%) Finance
3 69 (8.44%) Organisational Skills
4 60 (7.33%) Multimedia
5 51 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.52%) Retail
7 31 (3.79%) Marketing
8 25 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.32%) Law
10 18 (2.20%) Back Office
11 15 (1.83%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.22%) Legal
13 9 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (1.10%) Military
14 8 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.98%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.61%) Automotive
15 5 (0.61%) Billing
16 4 (0.49%) Games
16 4 (0.49%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.95%) CSS
1 65 (7.95%) HTML
2 5 (0.61%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.37%) .NET
3 3 (0.37%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.37%) JSON
3 3 (0.37%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.37%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (0.37%) WebCenter
3 3 (0.37%) XML
4 2 (0.24%) jQuery
4 2 (0.24%) ODBC
5 1 (0.12%) Itk
5 1 (0.12%) Laravel
5 1 (0.12%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (2.20%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 13 (1.59%) Replication
5 11 (1.34%) Private Cloud
6 10 (1.22%) FMCG
7 8 (0.98%) Clustering
7 8 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (0.73%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.61%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.61%) Learning Management System
9 5 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.49%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.49%) Smart Meter
11 3 (0.37%) Blog
11 3 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.37%) iSeries
12 2 (0.24%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.99%) Linux
2 44 (5.38%) Windows
3 15 (1.83%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.98%) Android
4 8 (0.98%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.86%) Unix
6 5 (0.61%) CentOS
6 5 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.24%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (10.64%) CRM
3 62 (7.58%) Process Improvement
4 60 (7.33%) Web Development
5 55 (6.72%) Customer Service
6 52 (6.36%) ERP
7 45 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (4.40%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (4.16%) Business Intelligence
10 31 (3.79%) Logistics
11 26 (3.18%) Data Management
12 24 (2.93%) Data Entry
12 24 (2.93%) ITIL
12 24 (2.93%) Time Management
13 23 (2.81%) Data Protection
13 23 (2.81%) Migration
14 22 (2.69%) Analytics
15 21 (2.57%) Decision-Making
16 18 (2.20%) Service Delivery
16 18 (2.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 80 (9.78%) Python
2 69 (8.44%) JavaScript
3 62 (7.58%) SQL
4 61 (7.46%) R
5 21 (2.57%) PowerShell
6 13 (1.59%) Bash
7 9 (1.10%) T-SQL
8 7 (0.86%) Go
9 5 (0.61%) VBA
10 3 (0.37%) C
10 3 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.24%) C#
11 2 (0.24%) Perl
11 2 (0.24%) PHP
12 1 (0.12%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.12%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 67 (8.19%) AWS Certification
2 66 (8.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 63 (7.70%) Azure Certification
4 60 (7.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 29 (3.55%) Security Cleared
6 22 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.44%) A+ Certification
8 18 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (1.83%) CIPD
10 13 (1.59%) SC Cleared
11 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (0.86%) Degree
12 4 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.37%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.24%) AAT
15 1 (0.12%) CCNA
15 1 (0.12%) CCNP
15 1 (0.12%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.12%) HNC
15 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.16%) GDPR
2 25 (3.06%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.71%) QA
4 9 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.61%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.49%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.37%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.37%) SLA
8 2 (0.24%) PMO
9 1 (0.12%) COSHH
9 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 37 (4.52%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.47%) Hyper-V
3 8 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.61%) Docker
5 4 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.37%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (1.47%) Ansible
1 12 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.34%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.34%) Terraform
3 10 (1.22%) Proxmox
4 8 (0.98%) Grafana
4 8 (0.98%) Nessus
4 8 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.49%) Data Guard
6 4 (0.49%) Puppet
7 3 (0.37%) Nagios
7 3 (0.37%) WSUS
8 2 (0.24%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.12%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.12%) SCCM
9 1 (0.12%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 190 (23.23%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.99%) Salesforce
3 44 (5.38%) SAP
4 19 (2.32%) Oracle
5 18 (2.20%) VMware
6 15 (1.83%) HubSpot
7 13 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.34%) Red Hat
8 11 (1.34%) Sage
9 7 (0.86%) Facebook
9 7 (0.86%) Zoho
10 6 (0.73%) HP
11 4 (0.49%) Cisco
11 4 (0.49%) SYSPRO
11 4 (0.49%) Veeam
12 3 (0.37%) IBM
12 3 (0.37%) IFS
12 3 (0.37%) Meraki
12 3 (0.37%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud