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 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 215 130
Rank change year-on-year +106 -85 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,106 488 1,452
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.55% 1.45% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 1.62% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 767 326 1,146
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,044
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,000 £24,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.15%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,188 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -19.35%

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 67,575 30,176 69,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.38% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 46,820 17,246 49,288
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 12 July 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 12 July 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 +89 282 £35,000 +20.69% 75
Midlands +67 228 £37,500 +5.63% 44
South East +40 201 £37,500 -12.38% 81
East of England +47 161 £35,000 +7.69% 30
North West +62 155 £35,000 +32.08% 44
South West -13 147 £31,500 -30.00% 48
East Midlands +32 124 £40,000 +46.12% 16
West Midlands +51 104 £37,500 -11.76% 28
Yorkshire +26 99 £35,000 -16.17% 24
Scotland +63 70 £34,000 +30.77% 16
North East -36 28 £39,500 +41.07% 8
Wales -33 21 £30,000 -36.84% 9
Northern Ireland -58 6 £45,000 +73.08% 11
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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.

1 214 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 126 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 105 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (9.40%) CRM
6 101 (9.13%) SQL
7 100 (9.04%) Azure
8 86 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (7.23%) Customer Service
9 80 (7.23%) Windows
10 79 (7.14%) Linux
11 73 (6.60%) ERP
12 70 (6.33%) Active Directory
13 69 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
14 64 (5.79%) AWS
15 61 (5.52%) Salesforce
16 55 (4.97%) Python
17 53 (4.79%) Cybersecurity
17 53 (4.79%) Logistics
18 52 (4.70%) Data Quality
19 50 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
19 50 (4.52%) Security Cleared
20 47 (4.25%) Entra ID
20 47 (4.25%) SharePoint
21 46 (4.16%) Power Platform
21 46 (4.16%) SAP
22 45 (4.07%) GitHub
22 45 (4.07%) Internet
22 45 (4.07%) Windows Server
23 44 (3.98%) 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 50 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 47 (4.25%) SharePoint
3 36 (3.25%) WordPress
4 3 (0.27%) Confluence
5 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.090%) CMS
5 1 (0.090%) ExpressionEngine
5 1 (0.090%) Mendix
5 1 (0.090%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 114 (10.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (6.24%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.90%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 16 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.08%) iTrent
3 12 (1.08%) Primavera
4 7 (0.63%) Odoo
4 7 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.54%) Sage 200
6 2 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.18%) Magento
6 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 105 (9.49%) Microsoft 365
2 100 (9.04%) Azure
3 64 (5.79%) AWS
4 47 (4.25%) Entra ID
5 46 (4.16%) Power Platform
6 45 (4.07%) GitHub
7 21 (1.90%) SaaS
8 14 (1.27%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.08%) Power Automate
10 11 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (0.72%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.45%) GCP
13 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (0.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.07%) Internet
2 44 (3.98%) Firewall
3 22 (1.99%) Wireless
4 21 (1.90%) DNS
5 16 (1.45%) VPN
6 15 (1.36%) DHCP
7 14 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.99%) Broadband
8 11 (0.99%) SAN
9 9 (0.81%) Network Security
10 4 (0.36%) LAN
10 4 (0.36%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.36%) WAN
11 3 (0.27%) SSH
12 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.18%) VoIP
13 1 (0.090%) DKIM
13 1 (0.090%) SSL
13 1 (0.090%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.090%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.44%) SQL Server
2 36 (3.25%) Power BI
3 24 (2.17%) MySQL
4 11 (0.99%) SAP HANA
5 7 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.63%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.27%) GIS
9 3 (0.27%) Power Query
9 3 (0.27%) Tableau
10 2 (0.18%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.18%) MS Access
10 2 (0.18%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (3.35%) Git
2 8 (0.72%) JIRA
3 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.090%) Jenkins
General
1 178 (16.09%) Social Skills
2 118 (10.67%) Finance
3 82 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 49 (4.43%) Marketing
5 42 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.80%) Manufacturing
5 42 (3.80%) Retail
6 35 (3.16%) Law
6 35 (3.16%) Multimedia
7 30 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 19 (1.72%) Legal
8 19 (1.72%) Public Sector
9 16 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.27%) Military
11 13 (1.18%) Back Office
12 10 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (0.81%) Billing
14 8 (0.72%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.72%) Games
15 5 (0.45%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.53%) CSS
1 39 (3.53%) HTML
2 5 (0.45%) SAP Basis
3 4 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (0.27%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.27%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.18%) REST
6 1 (0.090%) Middleware
6 1 (0.090%) ODBC
6 1 (0.090%) OpenID
6 1 (0.090%) Redfish
6 1 (0.090%) SAML
6 1 (0.090%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (2.62%) Replication
2 26 (2.35%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.26%) Clustering
4 23 (2.08%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (1.36%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (0.72%) NHS
8 8 (0.72%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.54%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.45%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.45%) PKI
10 5 (0.45%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.36%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.27%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (0.27%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 80 (7.23%) Windows
2 79 (7.14%) Linux
3 45 (4.07%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.81%) Mac OS
5 19 (1.72%) Android
5 19 (1.72%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.08%) Ubuntu
6 12 (1.08%) Unix
7 8 (0.72%) Debian
7 8 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.18%) CentOS
9 2 (0.18%) Solaris
10 1 (0.090%) Rocky
10 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (9.40%) CRM
3 86 (7.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 80 (7.23%) Customer Service
5 73 (6.60%) ERP
6 53 (4.79%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (4.79%) Logistics
7 40 (3.62%) Web Development
8 35 (3.16%) DevOps
8 35 (3.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 35 (3.16%) Service Delivery
9 33 (2.98%) Business Intelligence
10 32 (2.89%) Data Entry
10 32 (2.89%) Data Management
11 31 (2.80%) Process Improvement
12 30 (2.71%) High Availability
13 27 (2.44%) Project Delivery
13 27 (2.44%) Vulnerability Management
14 26 (2.35%) Time Management
15 24 (2.17%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 101 (9.13%) SQL
2 55 (4.97%) Python
3 44 (3.98%) JavaScript
4 43 (3.89%) R
5 31 (2.80%) PowerShell
6 19 (1.72%) Bash
7 16 (1.45%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.72%) Go
9 7 (0.63%) C
10 5 (0.45%) VBA
11 4 (0.36%) Ruby
11 4 (0.36%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.27%) C++
12 3 (0.27%) PHP
13 1 (0.090%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.090%) C#
13 1 (0.090%) Java
Qualifications
1 50 (4.52%) Security Cleared
2 43 (3.89%) AWS Certification
3 40 (3.62%) Azure Certification
4 39 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (3.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 32 (2.89%) SC Cleared
7 23 (2.08%) Degree
8 22 (1.99%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.90%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.63%) A+ Certification
10 18 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (0.72%) CIPD
12 6 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.27%) HND
15 2 (0.18%) AAT
15 2 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
16 1 (0.090%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.090%) MCSE
16 1 (0.090%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.70%) Data Quality
2 42 (3.80%) QA
3 31 (2.80%) GDPR
4 19 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.27%) SLA
6 13 (1.18%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.36%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.27%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.27%) PMO
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.090%) GRC
13 1 (0.090%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.090%) NIST
13 1 (0.090%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.090%) SOC 2
System Software
1 70 (6.33%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.53%) Hyper-V
3 11 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.63%) Docker
5 5 (0.45%) iptables
6 3 (0.27%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.090%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (1.63%) Nessus
3 17 (1.54%) Ansible
4 16 (1.45%) Proxmox
4 16 (1.45%) Terraform
5 15 (1.36%) Kubernetes
6 12 (1.08%) Grafana
6 12 (1.08%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.63%) Puppet
8 6 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (0.36%) SCCM
10 3 (0.27%) systemd
11 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.18%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.090%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.090%) Rancher
Vendors
1 214 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.52%) Salesforce
3 46 (4.16%) SAP
4 26 (2.35%) VMware
5 20 (1.81%) HubSpot
6 19 (1.72%) Sage
7 16 (1.45%) Red Hat
8 15 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.27%) Oracle
10 13 (1.18%) Veeam
11 12 (1.08%) HP
12 10 (0.90%) Zoho
13 8 (0.72%) Facebook
13 8 (0.72%) Google
13 8 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.63%) SonicWALL
15 4 (0.36%) Cisco
15 4 (0.36%) ConnectWise
15 4 (0.36%) Meraki