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 15 June 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 211 126
Rank change year-on-year +104 -85 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,018 438 1,616
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 1.47% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 1.66% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 723 299 1,259
10th Percentile £26,237 £25,100 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,125 £25,875 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.17%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,202
% change year-on-year -12.50% +13.63% -25.89%

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 63,325 26,427 74,434
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 88.97% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 43,879 14,312 53,283
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,295 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 15 June 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 15 June 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 +90 287 £35,000 +27.27% 62
Midlands +72 212 £35,440 -0.17% 49
South East +44 172 £35,000 -23.91% 85
North West +79 156 £35,000 +32.08% 38
East of England +47 155 £35,000 +7.69% 36
South West -29 119 £31,500 -37.00% 49
East Midlands +38 115 £35,440 +5.01% 17
Yorkshire +31 101 £35,000 -30.00% 18
West Midlands +52 97 £36,250 -14.71% 33
Scotland +55 57 £31,000 +19.23% 20
North East -27 30 £41,250 +47.32% 6
Wales -32 21 £30,000 -36.84% 11
Northern Ireland -28 8 £45,000 +73.08% 3
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 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.

1 199 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 126 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (11.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 100 (9.82%) CRM
5 92 (9.04%) SQL
6 90 (8.84%) Azure
7 89 (8.74%) Microsoft 365
8 76 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
9 75 (7.37%) Customer Service
9 75 (7.37%) ERP
10 74 (7.27%) Linux
11 66 (6.48%) Windows
12 61 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
13 56 (5.50%) Active Directory
13 56 (5.50%) Salesforce
14 55 (5.40%) AWS
15 51 (5.01%) Python
16 49 (4.81%) Data Quality
17 48 (4.72%) Logistics
18 46 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
19 45 (4.42%) Internet
19 45 (4.42%) Power Platform
20 44 (4.32%) GitHub
20 44 (4.32%) SAP
21 43 (4.22%) AWS Certification
22 40 (3.93%) Azure Certification
22 40 (3.93%) JavaScript
22 40 (3.93%) SharePoint
23 39 (3.83%) Entra ID
23 39 (3.83%) 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 40 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.54%) WordPress
3 34 (3.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.098%) Mendix
5 1 (0.098%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 113 (11.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.77%) iTrent
3 12 (1.18%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.88%) Primavera
5 8 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
6 7 (0.69%) Odoo
7 6 (0.59%) Sage 200
8 4 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.20%) Magento
9 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 90 (8.84%) Azure
2 89 (8.74%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (5.40%) AWS
4 45 (4.42%) Power Platform
5 44 (4.32%) GitHub
6 39 (3.83%) Entra ID
7 16 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (1.28%) SaaS
9 11 (1.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 9 (0.88%) Mimecast
11 8 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.69%) Power Automate
13 6 (0.59%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (0.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 3 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
16 3 (0.29%) Amazon S3
16 3 (0.29%) GCP
16 3 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.42%) Internet
2 39 (3.83%) Firewall
3 21 (2.06%) Wireless
4 14 (1.38%) VPN
5 13 (1.28%) DNS
6 12 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (0.98%) Broadband
8 9 (0.88%) Network Security
9 8 (0.79%) SAN
10 7 (0.69%) DHCP
11 5 (0.49%) LAN
11 5 (0.49%) WAN
12 3 (0.29%) SSH
12 3 (0.29%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.20%) VoIP
14 1 (0.098%) DKIM
14 1 (0.098%) DMARC
14 1 (0.098%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.098%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.34%) Power BI
3 21 (2.06%) MySQL
4 11 (1.08%) SAP HANA
5 5 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.49%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.39%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.29%) GIS
7 3 (0.29%) Power Query
7 3 (0.29%) Tableau
8 2 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.20%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.20%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.098%) Big Data
9 1 (0.098%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 36 (3.54%) Git
2 5 (0.49%) JIRA
General
1 170 (16.70%) Social Skills
2 110 (10.81%) Finance
3 74 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (4.52%) Marketing
5 43 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (4.03%) Retail
7 37 (3.63%) Manufacturing
8 35 (3.44%) Multimedia
9 33 (3.24%) Law
10 26 (2.55%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.67%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.57%) Back Office
13 14 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.38%) Military
14 12 (1.18%) Legal
15 9 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.79%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.69%) Games
18 6 (0.59%) Billing
19 5 (0.49%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.73%) CSS
1 38 (3.73%) HTML
2 5 (0.49%) SAP Basis
3 4 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.20%) REST
6 1 (0.098%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.098%) Middleware
6 1 (0.098%) ODBC
6 1 (0.098%) OpenID
6 1 (0.098%) SAML
6 1 (0.098%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.65%) Replication
2 21 (2.06%) Onboarding
3 20 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 20 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (1.57%) Clustering
5 13 (1.28%) Data Structures
5 13 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (0.79%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.69%) NHS
9 6 (0.59%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.49%) PKI
10 5 (0.49%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.39%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.39%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.29%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.29%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.27%) Linux
2 66 (6.48%) Windows
3 32 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.87%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.77%) Android
5 18 (1.77%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.49%) Debian
8 5 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.39%) Unix
10 2 (0.20%) CentOS
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
11 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (9.82%) CRM
3 76 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 75 (7.37%) Customer Service
4 75 (7.37%) ERP
5 48 (4.72%) Logistics
6 46 (4.52%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (3.73%) Process Improvement
8 36 (3.54%) Web Development
9 33 (3.24%) Data Entry
9 33 (3.24%) Data Management
10 32 (3.14%) DevOps
11 31 (3.05%) Business Intelligence
12 28 (2.75%) High Availability
12 28 (2.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 28 (2.75%) Service Delivery
13 26 (2.55%) Project Delivery
14 25 (2.46%) Vulnerability Management
15 24 (2.36%) Analytics
15 24 (2.36%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 92 (9.04%) SQL
2 51 (5.01%) Python
3 40 (3.93%) JavaScript
4 38 (3.73%) R
5 29 (2.85%) PowerShell
6 17 (1.67%) Bash
7 16 (1.57%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.79%) Go
9 5 (0.49%) C
9 5 (0.49%) VBA
10 4 (0.39%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.20%) PHP
11 2 (0.20%) Ruby
12 1 (0.098%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.098%) C#
12 1 (0.098%) C++
12 1 (0.098%) Java
Qualifications
1 43 (4.22%) AWS Certification
2 40 (3.93%) Azure Certification
3 39 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (3.63%) Security Cleared
5 35 (3.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 20 (1.96%) SC Cleared
7 19 (1.87%) DBS Check
8 18 (1.77%) A+ Certification
8 18 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
9 17 (1.67%) Degree
10 12 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.08%) CIPD
12 6 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.20%) AAT
14 2 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
15 1 (0.098%) CCNA
15 1 (0.098%) CCNP
15 1 (0.098%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.098%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.81%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.05%) GDPR
2 31 (3.05%) QA
3 12 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.08%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.08%) SLA
5 6 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.39%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.098%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.098%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 29 (2.85%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.59%) Docker
5 5 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.39%) iptables
7 3 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.67%) Nessus
3 16 (1.57%) Proxmox
4 15 (1.47%) Terraform
5 14 (1.38%) Ansible
6 13 (1.28%) Kubernetes
7 11 (1.08%) Grafana
7 11 (1.08%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.59%) Puppet
9 3 (0.29%) SCCM
9 3 (0.29%) systemd
10 2 (0.20%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.098%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.098%) Podman
11 1 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 199 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.50%) Salesforce
3 44 (4.32%) SAP
4 22 (2.16%) VMware
5 19 (1.87%) Sage
6 17 (1.67%) HubSpot
7 16 (1.57%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.18%) HP
9 12 (1.18%) Veeam
10 11 (1.08%) Oracle
11 10 (0.98%) Zoho
12 8 (0.79%) Facebook
12 8 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 7 (0.69%) SonicWALL
14 4 (0.39%) Cisco
14 4 (0.39%) ConnectWise
14 4 (0.39%) Meraki
14 4 (0.39%) SYSPRO
15 3 (0.29%) Workday