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 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 208 137
Rank change year-on-year +85 -71 +74
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 903 375 1,421
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.41% 1.40% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.59% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 649 271 1,096
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,375 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £46,000 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +31.45% -16.68%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year -26.70% +36.43% -23.71%

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 59,551 23,657 63,914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 88.60% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37,910 14,693 46,868
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £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 £83,750 £82,500 £76,950
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +44 234 £34,000 +22.52% 66
South East +46 188 £35,000 -27.46% 78
Midlands +54 186 £32,500 -15.58% 44
North West +32 135 £30,500 +12.96% 32
East of England +32 134 £35,000 -28.93% 29
South West -16 110 £35,000 -30.00% 25
East Midlands 0 98 £32,500 -32.99% 17
West Midlands +40 88 £31,500 -1.72% 27
Yorkshire -8 76 £35,000 -34.88% 19
Scotland -6 38 £35,750 +10.00% 19
North East -20 23 £35,000 +40.00% 15
Wales -12 19 £30,000 -36.84% 8
Northern Ireland -29 8 £39,500 - 6
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 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.

1 184 (20.38%) Microsoft
2 119 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
3 101 (11.18%) Azure
4 97 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 96 (10.63%) CRM
6 76 (8.42%) AWS
7 74 (8.19%) Python
8 67 (7.42%) ERP
8 67 (7.42%) GitHub
9 66 (7.31%) AWS Certification
10 64 (7.09%) Internet
10 64 (7.09%) JavaScript
10 64 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 63 (6.98%) CSS
11 63 (6.98%) HTML
12 62 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
12 62 (6.87%) SQL
13 61 (6.76%) Azure Certification
14 60 (6.64%) Customer Service
15 59 (6.53%) R
15 59 (6.53%) WordPress
16 58 (6.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 58 (6.42%) Git
16 58 (6.42%) Web Development
17 56 (6.20%) Linux
17 56 (6.20%) Process Improvement
18 50 (5.54%) Salesforce
19 49 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
20 41 (4.54%) Microsoft Office
21 39 (4.32%) Windows

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 59 (6.53%) WordPress
2 31 (3.43%) SharePoint
3 21 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.33%) Confluence
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 97 (10.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 41 (4.54%) 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 13 (1.44%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.89%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.66%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.33%) Magento
7 3 (0.33%) Odoo
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
1 101 (11.18%) Azure
2 76 (8.42%) AWS
3 67 (7.42%) GitHub
4 62 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (3.77%) Power Platform
6 16 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (0.89%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (0.78%) SaaS
11 5 (0.55%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.55%) Smartsheet
12 4 (0.44%) GCP
12 4 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.33%) Veeva
14 2 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.22%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.22%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.09%) Internet
2 28 (3.10%) Firewall
3 20 (2.21%) Wireless
4 13 (1.44%) VPN
5 9 (1.00%) Broadband
5 9 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.89%) Network Security
7 5 (0.55%) DNS
8 4 (0.44%) LAN
8 4 (0.44%) SAN
8 4 (0.44%) WAN
9 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.22%) HTTP
10 2 (0.22%) SSH
10 2 (0.22%) VoIP
11 1 (0.11%) DHCP
11 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.11%) VLAN
11 1 (0.11%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 30 (3.32%) Power BI
3 11 (1.22%) MySQL
4 8 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (0.78%) Oracle Database
5 7 (0.78%) Tableau
6 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.33%) Power Query
8 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.33%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 58 (6.42%) Git
2 4 (0.44%) JIRA
3 2 (0.22%) Bitbucket
General
1 160 (17.72%) Social Skills
2 99 (10.96%) Finance
3 71 (7.86%) Organisational Skills
4 58 (6.42%) Multimedia
5 54 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (4.21%) Marketing
6 38 (4.21%) Retail
7 30 (3.32%) Law
8 28 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 18 (1.99%) Back Office
9 18 (1.99%) Telecoms
10 17 (1.88%) Military
11 14 (1.55%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.78%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.78%) Automotive
15 6 (0.66%) Legal
16 5 (0.55%) Games
17 4 (0.44%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.98%) CSS
1 63 (6.98%) HTML
2 5 (0.55%) 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
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 20 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 19 (2.10%) Management Information System
3 17 (1.88%) Onboarding
4 16 (1.77%) Replication
5 12 (1.33%) Private Cloud
6 11 (1.22%) Clustering
7 9 (1.00%) FMCG
7 9 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (0.89%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.55%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (0.44%) Cyberattack
10 4 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.44%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.44%) Smart Meter
11 3 (0.33%) Blog
11 3 (0.33%) iSeries
11 3 (0.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.20%) Linux
2 39 (4.32%) Windows
3 17 (1.88%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.11%) Android
4 10 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.11%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.55%) CentOS
6 5 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.44%) Unix
8 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.22%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.11%) VMS
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (10.63%) CRM
3 67 (7.42%) ERP
4 60 (6.64%) Customer Service
5 58 (6.42%) Web Development
6 56 (6.20%) Process Improvement
7 49 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (4.21%) Logistics
9 35 (3.88%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (3.21%) Data Management
11 28 (3.10%) Business Intelligence
12 27 (2.99%) Service Delivery
13 26 (2.88%) Data Entry
14 24 (2.66%) Time Management
15 23 (2.55%) Project Management
16 21 (2.33%) Analytics
16 21 (2.33%) Data Analysis
16 21 (2.33%) Data Protection
16 21 (2.33%) ITIL
17 20 (2.21%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 74 (8.19%) Python
2 64 (7.09%) JavaScript
3 62 (6.87%) SQL
4 59 (6.53%) R
5 16 (1.77%) PowerShell
6 15 (1.66%) Bash
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
11 1 (0.11%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 66 (7.31%) AWS Certification
2 64 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 61 (6.76%) Azure Certification
4 58 (6.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 31 (3.43%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.10%) A+ Certification
6 19 (2.10%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (1.66%) CIPD
8 15 (1.66%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.00%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.00%) Degree
10 7 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.22%) AAT
13 1 (0.11%) CCNA
13 1 (0.11%) CCNP
13 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.11%) MCSA
13 1 (0.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.77%) Data Quality
1 34 (3.77%) GDPR
2 17 (1.88%) QA
3 11 (1.22%) ISO 9001
4 10 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.44%) ISO 14001
7 3 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.33%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.22%) PMO
9 1 (0.11%) COSHH
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (3.54%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.44%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.78%) Docker
3 7 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.33%) Firmware
6 2 (0.22%) iptables
Systems Management
1 15 (1.66%) Terraform
2 14 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.44%) Ansible
3 13 (1.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.33%) Nessus
5 11 (1.22%) Grafana
5 11 (1.22%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.22%) Proxmox
6 5 (0.55%) Puppet
7 4 (0.44%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.33%) Nagios
8 3 (0.33%) WSUS
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.22%) systemd
10 1 (0.11%) Podman
10 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 184 (20.38%) Microsoft
2 50 (5.54%) Salesforce
3 37 (4.10%) SAP
4 19 (2.10%) HubSpot
5 18 (1.99%) Sage
6 17 (1.88%) VMware
7 13 (1.44%) Oracle
7 13 (1.44%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.44%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.11%) Zoho
9 7 (0.78%) Facebook
10 6 (0.66%) HP
11 5 (0.55%) Veeam
12 4 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.44%) SonicWALL
12 4 (0.44%) SYSPRO
13 3 (0.33%) Cisco
13 3 (0.33%) Dell
13 3 (0.33%) Google
13 3 (0.33%) IBM