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 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 202 158
Rank change year-on-year +103 -44 +18
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,298 528 960
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.68% 1.52% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 1.70% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 865 342 740
10th Percentile £26,240 £25,125 £23,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -12.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £56,953 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,400
% change year-on-year +1.35% -8.42% -14.95%

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 72,986 31,093 56,756
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 89.49% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 50,398 17,818 37,366
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,122 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.10% -3.76% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -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 14 August 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 14 August 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 +78 311 £35,000 +16.67% 124
Midlands +87 258 £40,000 -4.76% 102
South East +44 243 £36,500 +8.15% 168
South West -16 183 £30,000 -29.41% 67
North West +84 179 £35,000 +32.08% 62
East of England +42 161 £35,000 +7.69% 62
West Midlands +72 136 £37,500 -30.15% 58
East Midlands +36 122 £40,000 +12.68% 44
Yorkshire +25 101 £35,000 -14.63% 43
Scotland +75 94 £43,500 +67.31% 31
Wales -35 34 £30,000 -36.84% 24
North East -35 31 £35,000 +25.00% 22
Northern Ireland -54 19 £45,000 +73.08% 14
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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.

1 278 (21.42%) Microsoft
2 140 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
3 127 (9.78%) Azure
4 126 (9.71%) Microsoft Excel
5 119 (9.17%) CRM
6 117 (9.01%) Customer Service
7 114 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
8 112 (8.63%) SQL
9 109 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
10 108 (8.32%) Linux
11 103 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
12 102 (7.86%) Windows
13 83 (6.39%) Active Directory
14 73 (5.62%) ERP
15 72 (5.55%) AWS
16 66 (5.08%) Salesforce
17 65 (5.01%) Security Cleared
18 64 (4.93%) Windows Server
19 60 (4.62%) Logistics
19 60 (4.62%) SharePoint
20 59 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
21 57 (4.39%) Entra ID
22 56 (4.31%) Python
23 55 (4.24%) Cybersecurity
23 55 (4.24%) Power Platform
24 53 (4.08%) Data Quality
24 53 (4.08%) QA
25 51 (3.93%) Git
25 51 (3.93%) SQL Server
26 50 (3.85%) DevOps

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 60 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 59 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (2.93%) WordPress
4 8 (0.62%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.31%) IIS
6 2 (0.15%) Confluence
7 1 (0.077%) Apache
7 1 (0.077%) CMS
7 1 (0.077%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (0.077%) JBoss
7 1 (0.077%) Mendix
7 1 (0.077%) nginx
7 1 (0.077%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.077%) WebLogic
Applications
1 126 (9.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 109 (8.40%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.39%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.46%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.16%) Primavera
3 14 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.46%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.31%) Odoo
6 3 (0.23%) iTrent
6 3 (0.23%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.077%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.077%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 127 (9.78%) Azure
2 114 (8.78%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (5.55%) AWS
4 57 (4.39%) Entra ID
5 55 (4.24%) Power Platform
6 50 (3.85%) GitHub
6 50 (3.85%) SaaS
7 18 (1.39%) OpenShift
8 17 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
9 15 (1.16%) Mimecast
10 14 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.00%) PaaS
12 10 (0.77%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 5 (0.39%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.39%) GCP
14 5 (0.39%) Google Workspace
15 4 (0.31%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.62%) Internet
2 43 (3.31%) Firewall
3 34 (2.62%) DNS
4 24 (1.85%) DHCP
5 23 (1.77%) Wireless
6 18 (1.39%) Broadband
6 18 (1.39%) VPN
7 14 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (1.00%) SAN
9 9 (0.69%) LAN
9 9 (0.69%) Network Security
9 9 (0.69%) WAN
10 6 (0.46%) VLAN
11 4 (0.31%) VSAN
12 3 (0.23%) SSH
13 2 (0.15%) SSL
14 1 (0.077%) Fibre Channel
14 1 (0.077%) FTP
14 1 (0.077%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 41 (3.16%) Power BI
3 23 (1.77%) MySQL
4 14 (1.08%) Oracle Database
5 13 (1.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.69%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.62%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.31%) Power Query
11 3 (0.23%) GIS
11 3 (0.23%) MS Access
11 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.23%) Tableau
12 2 (0.15%) Big Data
12 2 (0.15%) KNIME
12 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 51 (3.93%) Git
2 13 (1.00%) JIRA
3 4 (0.31%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.15%) Ant
4 2 (0.15%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.15%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.15%) Maven
5 1 (0.077%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.077%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.077%) Selenium
5 1 (0.077%) TeamCity
General
1 246 (18.95%) Social Skills
2 149 (11.48%) Finance
3 110 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
4 63 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (4.62%) Marketing
6 47 (3.62%) Manufacturing
7 43 (3.31%) Law
8 40 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 39 (3.00%) Retail
10 35 (2.70%) Multimedia
11 33 (2.54%) Legal
12 19 (1.46%) Public Sector
13 18 (1.39%) Military
14 15 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 14 (1.08%) Billing
16 11 (0.85%) Legal Technology
17 9 (0.69%) Aerospace
17 9 (0.69%) Automotive
18 8 (0.62%) Games
19 7 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.85%) CSS
1 37 (2.85%) HTML
2 9 (0.69%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.39%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.23%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.15%) OpenID
5 2 (0.15%) REST
6 1 (0.077%) CSS3
6 1 (0.077%) HTML5
6 1 (0.077%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.077%) Middleware
6 1 (0.077%) OAuth
6 1 (0.077%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.077%) ODBC
6 1 (0.077%) React
6 1 (0.077%) Redfish
6 1 (0.077%) SAML
6 1 (0.077%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 40 (3.08%) Management Information System
1 40 (3.08%) Onboarding
1 40 (3.08%) Replication
2 36 (2.77%) Clustering
3 28 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (1.16%) Data Structures
4 15 (1.16%) Social Media
5 13 (1.00%) Driving Licence
6 9 (0.69%) NHS
7 7 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.39%) AI Agents
9 5 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.39%) Cyberattack
9 5 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.31%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.31%) PKI
10 4 (0.31%) PMI
10 4 (0.31%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.31%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 108 (8.32%) Linux
2 102 (7.86%) Windows
3 64 (4.93%) Windows Server
4 24 (1.85%) Mac OS
5 23 (1.77%) Apple iOS
6 20 (1.54%) Android
7 15 (1.16%) Unix
8 14 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.92%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.77%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.62%) Debian
12 6 (0.46%) CentOS
12 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.31%) CoreOS
13 4 (0.31%) Solaris
14 3 (0.23%) Rocky
15 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
2 119 (9.17%) CRM
3 117 (9.01%) Customer Service
4 103 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
5 73 (5.62%) ERP
6 60 (4.62%) Logistics
7 55 (4.24%) Cybersecurity
8 50 (3.85%) DevOps
9 48 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 47 (3.62%) High Availability
11 43 (3.31%) Service Delivery
12 40 (3.08%) Time Management
12 40 (3.08%) Web Development
13 39 (3.00%) Data Management
14 37 (2.85%) Project Delivery
15 36 (2.77%) ITIL
16 34 (2.62%) Business Intelligence
17 33 (2.54%) Workflow
18 31 (2.39%) Customer Experience
18 31 (2.39%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (8.63%) SQL
2 56 (4.31%) Python
3 49 (3.78%) PowerShell
4 45 (3.47%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.39%) R
6 20 (1.54%) Bash
7 19 (1.46%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.54%) C
9 6 (0.46%) Ruby
10 4 (0.31%) VBA
11 3 (0.23%) C++
11 3 (0.23%) PHP
12 2 (0.15%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.15%) Go
13 1 (0.077%) C#
13 1 (0.077%) Java
Qualifications
1 65 (5.01%) Security Cleared
2 43 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (3.24%) SC Cleared
4 41 (3.16%) Azure Certification
5 40 (3.08%) AWS Certification
6 35 (2.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 31 (2.39%) DV Cleared
8 29 (2.23%) DBS Check
9 25 (1.93%) Degree
10 20 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
11 18 (1.39%) A+ Certification
12 9 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.39%) CIPD
13 5 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.23%) HND
16 2 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
16 2 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 1 (0.077%) AAT
17 1 (0.077%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.08%) Data Quality
1 53 (4.08%) QA
2 23 (1.77%) GDPR
3 19 (1.46%) SLA
4 18 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.00%) ISO 9001
6 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.23%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.23%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (0.23%) PMO
10 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.077%) GRC
11 1 (0.077%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.077%) NIST
11 1 (0.077%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.077%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (6.39%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.70%) Hyper-V
3 17 (1.31%) Docker
4 11 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.54%) Ceph
6 6 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.39%) iptables
8 3 (0.23%) Firmware
9 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.15%) vSphere
10 1 (0.077%) NFS
10 1 (0.077%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.077%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.077%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (2.16%) Ansible
2 24 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (1.54%) Kubernetes
4 19 (1.46%) Nessus
5 17 (1.31%) Terraform
6 13 (1.00%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.77%) Proxmox
8 9 (0.69%) Puppet
9 8 (0.62%) Podman
10 7 (0.54%) Argo
10 7 (0.54%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.54%) Istio
11 6 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.46%) Grafana
11 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.46%) SCCM
12 5 (0.39%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.31%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (0.31%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.31%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 278 (21.42%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.08%) Salesforce
3 48 (3.70%) SAP
4 28 (2.16%) Red Hat
5 26 (2.00%) Sage
6 24 (1.85%) VMware
7 23 (1.77%) HubSpot
7 23 (1.77%) Oracle
8 19 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.08%) Veeam
10 12 (0.92%) HP
11 11 (0.85%) Google
12 9 (0.69%) Dell
13 8 (0.62%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.62%) Zoho
14 7 (0.54%) Facebook
14 7 (0.54%) SonicWALL
15 5 (0.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 4 (0.31%) Meraki
16 4 (0.31%) SYSPRO