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 30 August 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 189 149
Rank change year-on-year +91 -40 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,367 540 970
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.70% 1.55% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 1.73% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 896 344 685
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,224 £26,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,357 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.92% -11.05% -12.79%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,250 £56,533 £58,700
UK median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.25% -15.83%

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 75,692 31,231 55,277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.47% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 52,536 18,051 34,989
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 30 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 30 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 +76 319 £35,000 +7.69% 114
Midlands +79 268 £40,000 -4.76% 96
South East +49 257 £36,500 +4.29% 189
South West -19 195 £30,000 -25.00% 76
North West +71 182 £37,500 +41.51% 53
East of England +40 169 £37,500 +15.38% 64
West Midlands +73 150 £34,000 -36.67% 49
East Midlands +29 118 £40,000 +3.23% 48
Yorkshire +26 107 £35,000 -17.65% 36
Scotland +75 100 £43,500 +67.31% 32
Wales -36 38 £30,000 -36.84% 22
North East -37 30 £37,000 +32.14% 28
Northern Ireland -62 26 £45,000 +73.08% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 308 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 143 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
3 130 (9.51%) Azure
4 127 (9.29%) Customer Service
5 124 (9.07%) Microsoft Excel
6 121 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
7 116 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
8 115 (8.41%) CRM
8 115 (8.41%) SQL
9 110 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 109 (7.97%) Linux
11 106 (7.75%) Windows
12 86 (6.29%) Active Directory
13 74 (5.41%) AWS
13 74 (5.41%) ERP
14 69 (5.05%) Salesforce
15 68 (4.97%) Windows Server
16 65 (4.75%) SharePoint
17 64 (4.68%) Security Cleared
18 60 (4.39%) Logistics
19 59 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
20 58 (4.24%) Entra ID
20 58 (4.24%) Python
21 57 (4.17%) SQL Server
22 55 (4.02%) Power Platform
23 54 (3.95%) DevOps
23 54 (3.95%) GitHub
24 53 (3.88%) QA
24 53 (3.88%) SaaS
25 52 (3.80%) PowerShell

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 65 (4.75%) SharePoint
2 59 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (2.78%) WordPress
4 8 (0.59%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.29%) IIS
6 2 (0.15%) Confluence
7 1 (0.073%) Apache
7 1 (0.073%) CMS
7 1 (0.073%) ExpressionEngine
7 1 (0.073%) JBoss
7 1 (0.073%) Mendix
7 1 (0.073%) nginx
7 1 (0.073%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
Applications
1 124 (9.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 121 (8.85%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.54%) Spreadsheet
4 18 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.66%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.073%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (1.54%) Primavera
2 19 (1.39%) NetSuite
3 8 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.44%) Sage 200
5 4 (0.29%) Odoo
6 3 (0.22%) SAP CRM
6 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.15%) Sage 50
7 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.073%) iTrent
8 1 (0.073%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.073%) Shopify
8 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 130 (9.51%) Azure
2 116 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (5.41%) AWS
4 58 (4.24%) Entra ID
5 55 (4.02%) Power Platform
6 54 (3.95%) GitHub
7 53 (3.88%) SaaS
8 19 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (1.32%) OpenShift
10 15 (1.10%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.02%) Mimecast
12 13 (0.95%) PaaS
13 11 (0.80%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Copilot
15 7 (0.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 5 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.37%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.37%) Google Workspace
17 4 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (0.29%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.29%) Internet
2 44 (3.22%) Firewall
3 36 (2.63%) DNS
4 26 (1.90%) DHCP
5 24 (1.76%) Wireless
6 22 (1.61%) VPN
7 16 (1.17%) TCP/IP
8 15 (1.10%) Broadband
9 13 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.88%) SAN
11 10 (0.73%) LAN
11 10 (0.73%) WAN
12 8 (0.59%) Network Security
13 7 (0.51%) VLAN
14 4 (0.29%) VSAN
15 3 (0.22%) SSH
15 3 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
16 2 (0.15%) SSL
17 1 (0.073%) FTP
17 1 (0.073%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 38 (2.78%) Power BI
3 23 (1.68%) MySQL
4 16 (1.17%) Oracle Database
5 13 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 10 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 9 (0.66%) SAP HANA
8 8 (0.59%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.22%) GIS
11 3 (0.22%) MS Access
11 3 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.15%) Big Data
12 2 (0.15%) KNIME
12 2 (0.15%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.15%) Power Query
12 2 (0.15%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (3.73%) Git
2 13 (0.95%) JIRA
3 4 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.073%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.073%) Selenium
5 1 (0.073%) TeamCity
General
1 267 (19.53%) Social Skills
2 148 (10.83%) Finance
3 123 (9.00%) Organisational Skills
4 64 (4.68%) Marketing
5 61 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (3.73%) Law
7 50 (3.66%) Manufacturing
8 47 (3.44%) Retail
9 43 (3.15%) Legal
10 42 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 35 (2.56%) Multimedia
12 17 (1.24%) Public Sector
13 16 (1.17%) Military
14 14 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (0.95%) Automotive
15 13 (0.95%) Legal Technology
16 12 (0.88%) Billing
17 9 (0.66%) Aerospace
18 6 (0.44%) Advertising
18 6 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.71%) CSS
1 37 (2.71%) HTML
2 18 (1.32%) Terraform
3 9 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (0.37%) SAP Basis
5 3 (0.22%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 2 (0.15%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.15%) OpenID
6 2 (0.15%) REST
7 1 (0.073%) CSS3
7 1 (0.073%) HTML5
7 1 (0.073%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.073%) OAuth
7 1 (0.073%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.073%) ODBC
7 1 (0.073%) OpenTofu
7 1 (0.073%) React
7 1 (0.073%) Redfish
7 1 (0.073%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (3.44%) Onboarding
2 43 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 42 (3.07%) Replication
4 37 (2.71%) Clustering
5 27 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (1.61%) Driving Licence
7 15 (1.10%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.10%) Social Media
8 11 (0.80%) NHS
9 8 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (0.51%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.44%) AI Agents
12 5 (0.37%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.37%) PMI
12 5 (0.37%) Private Cloud
12 5 (0.37%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.29%) PKI
13 4 (0.29%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.29%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.97%) Linux
2 106 (7.75%) Windows
3 68 (4.97%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 24 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 21 (1.54%) Android
7 15 (1.10%) Unix
8 14 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.88%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.73%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.59%) Debian
12 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.37%) CentOS
14 4 (0.29%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.29%) Solaris
15 3 (0.22%) Rocky
16 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
2 127 (9.29%) Customer Service
3 115 (8.41%) CRM
4 110 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 74 (5.41%) ERP
6 60 (4.39%) Logistics
7 54 (3.95%) DevOps
8 50 (3.66%) Cybersecurity
9 48 (3.51%) High Availability
9 48 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 44 (3.22%) Project Delivery
11 40 (2.93%) Service Delivery
11 40 (2.93%) Web Development
12 39 (2.85%) Time Management
13 35 (2.56%) Data Management
14 33 (2.41%) ITIL
14 33 (2.41%) Vulnerability Management
14 33 (2.41%) Workflow
15 31 (2.27%) Business Intelligence
15 31 (2.27%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 115 (8.41%) SQL
2 58 (4.24%) Python
3 52 (3.80%) PowerShell
4 44 (3.22%) R
5 43 (3.15%) JavaScript
6 22 (1.61%) Bash
7 18 (1.32%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.51%) C
9 6 (0.44%) Ruby
10 4 (0.29%) Go
11 3 (0.22%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.22%) C++
11 3 (0.22%) PHP
12 2 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.15%) VBA
13 1 (0.073%) C#
13 1 (0.073%) Java
Qualifications
1 64 (4.68%) Security Cleared
2 45 (3.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (3.07%) AWS Certification
4 41 (3.00%) Azure Certification
4 41 (3.00%) SC Cleared
5 35 (2.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 30 (2.19%) DV Cleared
7 29 (2.12%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.68%) Degree
9 22 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
10 19 (1.39%) A+ Certification
11 9 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.37%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.29%) CIPD
14 3 (0.22%) HND
14 3 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.15%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (0.15%) Computer Science Degree
15 2 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 1 (0.073%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.88%) QA
2 49 (3.58%) Data Quality
3 19 (1.39%) SLA
4 16 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.10%) ISO 9001
6 14 (1.02%) GDPR
7 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.44%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.37%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (0.22%) PMO
11 2 (0.15%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.073%) GRC
12 1 (0.073%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.073%) NIST
12 1 (0.073%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.073%) SOC 2
System Software
1 86 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.44%) Hyper-V
3 16 (1.17%) Docker
4 10 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.51%) Ceph
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.37%) iptables
8 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.15%) vSphere
9 1 (0.073%) Firmware
9 1 (0.073%) NFS
9 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.073%) Xen
Systems Management
1 29 (2.12%) Ansible
2 23 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (1.54%) Kubernetes
4 20 (1.46%) Nessus
5 15 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.80%) Proxmox
7 8 (0.59%) Grafana
7 8 (0.59%) Podman
8 7 (0.51%) Argo
8 7 (0.51%) Check_MK
8 7 (0.51%) Istio
9 6 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
9 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
9 6 (0.44%) Puppet
9 6 (0.44%) SCCM
10 4 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
10 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.29%) SCVMM
10 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.22%) systemd
Vendors
1 308 (22.53%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.05%) Salesforce
3 51 (3.73%) SAP
4 26 (1.90%) Sage
5 25 (1.83%) Oracle
5 25 (1.83%) Red Hat
5 25 (1.83%) VMware
6 20 (1.46%) HubSpot
6 20 (1.46%) ServiceNow
7 13 (0.95%) Veeam
8 11 (0.80%) Google
9 10 (0.73%) HP
10 8 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (0.59%) Facebook
11 7 (0.51%) Dell
12 6 (0.44%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 5 (0.37%) Zoho
14 4 (0.29%) McAfee
14 4 (0.29%) SYSPRO