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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 211 129
Rank change year-on-year +104 -82 +65
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,050 448 1,554
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.53% 1.46% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 1.64% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 737 301 1,233
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,044
25th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £36,500 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +11.11% -24.21%

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 64,877 27,289 72,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 88.94% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 44,995 14,926 52,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,329 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
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 27 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 27 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 +90 285 £35,000 +27.27% 62
Midlands +64 215 £37,500 +5.63% 34
South East +27 183 £36,500 -19.78% 80
East of England +51 158 £35,000 +7.69% 38
North West +80 156 £35,000 +32.08% 36
South West -8 131 £31,500 -37.00% 42
East Midlands +30 116 £40,000 +25.00% 16
West Midlands +54 99 £37,500 -11.76% 19
Yorkshire +23 98 £35,000 -30.00% 21
Scotland +61 63 £32,500 +25.00% 12
North East -21 31 £42,500 +51.79% 6
Wales -34 21 £30,000 -36.84% 5
Northern Ireland -31 6 £45,000 +73.08% 5
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 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.

1 210 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 129 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (10.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 100 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 99 (9.43%) Azure
5 99 (9.43%) CRM
5 99 (9.43%) SQL
6 82 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 79 (7.52%) Linux
8 76 (7.24%) Customer Service
8 76 (7.24%) ERP
9 69 (6.57%) Windows
10 66 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
11 64 (6.10%) Active Directory
12 61 (5.81%) AWS
13 57 (5.43%) Salesforce
14 54 (5.14%) Python
15 51 (4.86%) Cybersecurity
15 51 (4.86%) Data Quality
16 50 (4.76%) Logistics
17 47 (4.48%) Power Platform
17 47 (4.48%) SharePoint
18 46 (4.38%) Entra ID
19 45 (4.29%) GitHub
19 45 (4.29%) Internet
19 45 (4.29%) SAP
19 45 (4.29%) Security Cleared
20 43 (4.10%) AWS Certification
20 43 (4.10%) Firewall
21 42 (4.00%) JavaScript

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 47 (4.48%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (3.43%) WordPress
4 3 (0.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.095%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.095%) Mendix
5 1 (0.095%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 114 (10.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 66 (6.29%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.43%) iTrent
3 13 (1.24%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.05%) Primavera
5 7 (0.67%) Odoo
5 7 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.57%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.19%) Magento
8 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 100 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 99 (9.43%) Azure
3 61 (5.81%) AWS
4 47 (4.48%) Power Platform
5 46 (4.38%) Entra ID
6 45 (4.29%) GitHub
7 18 (1.71%) SaaS
8 14 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
9 13 (1.24%) Mimecast
10 11 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 8 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.67%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (0.38%) GCP
15 4 (0.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 3 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
16 3 (0.29%) Amazon S3
16 3 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.29%) Internet
2 43 (4.10%) Firewall
3 22 (2.10%) Wireless
4 16 (1.52%) DNS
4 16 (1.52%) VPN
5 13 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (1.05%) Broadband
7 10 (0.95%) DHCP
7 10 (0.95%) SAN
8 9 (0.86%) Network Security
9 5 (0.48%) LAN
9 5 (0.48%) WAN
10 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.29%) SSH
12 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
12 2 (0.19%) VoIP
13 1 (0.095%) DKIM
13 1 (0.095%) DMARC
13 1 (0.095%) Unified Communications
13 1 (0.095%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.52%) Power BI
3 24 (2.29%) MySQL
4 11 (1.05%) SAP HANA
5 7 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (0.48%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.48%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.29%) GIS
9 3 (0.29%) Power Query
9 3 (0.29%) Tableau
10 2 (0.19%) KNIME
10 2 (0.19%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.19%) MS Access
10 2 (0.19%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (3.52%) Git
2 8 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 176 (16.76%) Social Skills
2 116 (11.05%) Finance
3 78 (7.43%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (4.29%) Marketing
5 42 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (3.90%) Manufacturing
7 39 (3.71%) Retail
8 35 (3.33%) Law
8 35 (3.33%) Multimedia
9 28 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 17 (1.62%) Public Sector
11 16 (1.52%) Legal
12 15 (1.43%) Back Office
12 15 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.33%) Military
14 10 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.76%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.76%) Games
16 7 (0.67%) Billing
17 5 (0.48%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.62%) CSS
1 38 (3.62%) HTML
2 5 (0.48%) SAP Basis
3 4 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (0.29%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.19%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.19%) REST
6 1 (0.095%) Middleware
6 1 (0.095%) ODBC
6 1 (0.095%) OpenID
6 1 (0.095%) SAML
6 1 (0.095%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.67%) Replication
2 23 (2.19%) Onboarding
3 21 (2.00%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (1.90%) Clustering
5 14 (1.33%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (0.76%) NHS
8 8 (0.76%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.57%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.48%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.48%) PKI
10 5 (0.48%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.38%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.29%) CCTV
12 3 (0.29%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 79 (7.52%) Linux
2 69 (6.57%) Windows
3 36 (3.43%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.71%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.62%) Android
5 17 (1.62%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.05%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.86%) Unix
8 7 (0.67%) Debian
8 7 (0.67%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.19%) CentOS
10 2 (0.19%) Solaris
11 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (9.43%) CRM
3 82 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 76 (7.24%) Customer Service
4 76 (7.24%) ERP
5 51 (4.86%) Cybersecurity
6 50 (4.76%) Logistics
7 38 (3.62%) Web Development
8 34 (3.24%) Business Intelligence
8 34 (3.24%) DevOps
9 33 (3.14%) Data Entry
9 33 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 32 (3.05%) Data Management
10 32 (3.05%) Process Improvement
11 30 (2.86%) High Availability
11 30 (2.86%) Service Delivery
12 27 (2.57%) Project Delivery
13 25 (2.38%) Analytics
14 24 (2.29%) Disaster Recovery
14 24 (2.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (9.43%) SQL
2 54 (5.14%) Python
3 42 (4.00%) JavaScript
3 42 (4.00%) R
4 31 (2.95%) PowerShell
5 18 (1.71%) Bash
6 16 (1.52%) Shell Script
7 8 (0.76%) Go
8 6 (0.57%) C
9 5 (0.48%) VBA
10 4 (0.38%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.29%) PHP
11 3 (0.29%) Ruby
12 2 (0.19%) C++
13 1 (0.095%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.095%) C#
13 1 (0.095%) Java
Qualifications
1 45 (4.29%) Security Cleared
2 43 (4.10%) AWS Certification
3 40 (3.81%) Azure Certification
4 39 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (3.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 27 (2.57%) SC Cleared
7 22 (2.10%) Degree
8 20 (1.90%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.81%) DV Cleared
10 18 (1.71%) A+ Certification
10 18 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (0.86%) CIPD
12 6 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.19%) AAT
14 2 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
14 2 (0.19%) HND
15 1 (0.095%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.095%) MCSE
15 1 (0.095%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.86%) Data Quality
2 38 (3.62%) QA
3 31 (2.95%) GDPR
4 16 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (1.14%) SLA
6 11 (1.05%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (0.48%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 14001
10 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
10 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.29%) PMO
11 1 (0.095%) GRC
11 1 (0.095%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.095%) NIST
11 1 (0.095%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.095%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (6.10%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.14%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.67%) Docker
5 5 (0.48%) iptables
5 5 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.52%) Ansible
2 16 (1.52%) Nessus
2 16 (1.52%) Proxmox
3 15 (1.43%) Terraform
4 14 (1.33%) Kubernetes
5 11 (1.05%) Grafana
5 11 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.67%) Puppet
7 3 (0.29%) SCCM
7 3 (0.29%) systemd
8 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Clustering
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.095%) Podman
9 1 (0.095%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 210 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.43%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.29%) SAP
4 23 (2.19%) VMware
5 19 (1.81%) Sage
6 18 (1.71%) HubSpot
7 16 (1.52%) Red Hat
7 16 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.24%) Veeam
9 12 (1.14%) HP
9 12 (1.14%) Oracle
10 10 (0.95%) Zoho
11 8 (0.76%) Facebook
11 8 (0.76%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.67%) SonicWALL
13 6 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (0.48%) Google
15 4 (0.38%) Cisco
15 4 (0.38%) Meraki
15 4 (0.38%) SYSPRO