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 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 213 125
Rank change year-on-year +107 -88 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,043 444 1,615
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 1.46% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 1.64% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 734 300 1,278
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £25,938 £24,750
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 £35,510
% change year-on-year -8.75% +12.64% -25.24%

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 64,740 27,027 74,412
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 88.92% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 44,916 14,743 53,334
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £67,280 £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 24 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 24 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 +93 288 £35,000 +27.27% 64
Midlands +77 213 £37,500 +1.35% 37
South East +32 179 £35,750 -20.56% 70
North West +76 157 £35,000 +32.08% 39
East of England +49 156 £35,000 +7.69% 33
South West -16 131 £32,500 -35.00% 47
East Midlands +33 116 £37,720 +11.76% 15
Yorkshire +21 100 £35,000 -30.00% 20
West Midlands +51 97 £37,500 -11.76% 23
Scotland +56 62 £31,000 +19.23% 13
North East -21 31 £42,500 +51.79% 6
Wales -31 21 £30,000 -36.84% 6
Northern Ireland -33 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 24 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.

1 208 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 128 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (10.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 98 (9.40%) CRM
4 98 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
5 97 (9.30%) Azure
6 96 (9.20%) SQL
7 79 (7.57%) Linux
8 78 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 75 (7.19%) Customer Service
9 75 (7.19%) ERP
10 69 (6.62%) Windows
11 64 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
12 61 (5.85%) Active Directory
13 59 (5.66%) AWS
14 55 (5.27%) Salesforce
15 54 (5.18%) Python
16 51 (4.89%) Data Quality
17 49 (4.70%) Logistics
18 48 (4.60%) Cybersecurity
19 46 (4.41%) SharePoint
20 45 (4.31%) Entra ID
20 45 (4.31%) GitHub
20 45 (4.31%) Internet
20 45 (4.31%) Power Platform
21 44 (4.22%) SAP
22 43 (4.12%) AWS Certification
22 43 (4.12%) Firewall
23 42 (4.03%) JavaScript
24 41 (3.93%) R

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 46 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 36 (3.45%) WordPress
4 3 (0.29%) Confluence
5 1 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.096%) Mendix
5 1 (0.096%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 113 (10.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (1.63%) iTrent
3 12 (1.15%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.05%) Primavera
5 7 (0.67%) Odoo
5 7 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
6 6 (0.58%) 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 98 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
2 97 (9.30%) Azure
3 59 (5.66%) AWS
4 45 (4.31%) Entra ID
4 45 (4.31%) GitHub
4 45 (4.31%) Power Platform
5 16 (1.53%) SaaS
6 15 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
7 12 (1.15%) Mimecast
8 11 (1.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (0.86%) Power Automate
10 8 (0.77%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.67%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.38%) GCP
13 4 (0.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 3 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (0.29%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (4.31%) Internet
2 43 (4.12%) Firewall
3 22 (2.11%) Wireless
4 16 (1.53%) VPN
5 15 (1.44%) DNS
6 13 (1.25%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (1.05%) Broadband
8 10 (0.96%) SAN
9 9 (0.86%) DHCP
9 9 (0.86%) Network Security
10 5 (0.48%) LAN
10 5 (0.48%) WAN
11 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
12 3 (0.29%) SSH
13 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.19%) VoIP
14 1 (0.096%) DKIM
14 1 (0.096%) DMARC
14 1 (0.096%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.096%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.84%) SQL Server
2 35 (3.36%) Power BI
3 23 (2.21%) MySQL
4 11 (1.05%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.48%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (0.38%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 3 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.29%) GIS
8 3 (0.29%) Power Query
8 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.29%) Tableau
9 2 (0.19%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.19%) MS Access
9 2 (0.19%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (3.55%) Git
2 7 (0.67%) JIRA
General
1 174 (16.68%) Social Skills
2 113 (10.83%) Finance
3 77 (7.38%) Organisational Skills
4 45 (4.31%) Marketing
5 42 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (3.84%) Manufacturing
7 39 (3.74%) Retail
8 35 (3.36%) Law
8 35 (3.36%) Multimedia
9 27 (2.59%) Telecoms
10 17 (1.63%) Public Sector
11 16 (1.53%) Back Office
12 15 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.44%) Legal
13 14 (1.34%) Military
14 10 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (0.77%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.77%) Games
16 6 (0.58%) Billing
17 5 (0.48%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.64%) CSS
1 38 (3.64%) 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 (0.096%) Middleware
6 1 (0.096%) ODBC
6 1 (0.096%) OpenID
6 1 (0.096%) SAML
6 1 (0.096%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.68%) Replication
2 23 (2.21%) Onboarding
3 21 (2.01%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (1.73%) Clustering
5 14 (1.34%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (0.77%) NHS
8 8 (0.77%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.58%) 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 (7.57%) Linux
2 69 (6.62%) Windows
3 35 (3.36%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.82%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.73%) Android
5 18 (1.73%) Apple iOS
6 11 (1.05%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.77%) 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 (0.096%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
2 98 (9.40%) CRM
3 78 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 75 (7.19%) Customer Service
4 75 (7.19%) ERP
5 49 (4.70%) Logistics
6 48 (4.60%) Cybersecurity
7 38 (3.64%) Web Development
8 34 (3.26%) DevOps
9 33 (3.16%) Data Entry
9 33 (3.16%) Process Improvement
10 32 (3.07%) Business Intelligence
10 32 (3.07%) Data Management
10 32 (3.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 29 (2.78%) High Availability
11 29 (2.78%) Service Delivery
12 26 (2.49%) Project Delivery
13 25 (2.40%) Analytics
13 25 (2.40%) Vulnerability Management
14 24 (2.30%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 96 (9.20%) SQL
2 54 (5.18%) Python
3 42 (4.03%) JavaScript
4 41 (3.93%) R
5 32 (3.07%) PowerShell
6 18 (1.73%) Bash
7 16 (1.53%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.77%) Go
9 6 (0.58%) C
10 5 (0.48%) VBA
11 4 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.29%) PHP
12 3 (0.29%) Ruby
13 2 (0.19%) C++
14 1 (0.096%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.096%) C#
14 1 (0.096%) Java
Qualifications
1 43 (4.12%) AWS Certification
2 41 (3.93%) Security Cleared
3 40 (3.84%) Azure Certification
4 39 (3.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (3.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 24 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 21 (2.01%) Degree
8 20 (1.92%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.73%) A+ Certification
9 18 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (1.53%) DV Cleared
11 10 (0.96%) CIPD
12 6 (0.58%) 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 (0.096%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.096%) MCSE
15 1 (0.096%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (4.89%) Data Quality
2 34 (3.26%) QA
3 31 (2.97%) GDPR
4 15 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.05%) ISO 9001
5 11 (1.05%) SLA
6 8 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.48%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
9 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.29%) PMO
10 1 (0.096%) GRC
10 1 (0.096%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.096%) NIST
10 1 (0.096%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.096%) SOC 2
System Software
1 61 (5.85%) Active Directory
2 31 (2.97%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.96%) 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 23 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.63%) Nessus
3 16 (1.53%) Ansible
3 16 (1.53%) Proxmox
4 15 (1.44%) Terraform
5 14 (1.34%) Kubernetes
6 11 (1.05%) Grafana
6 11 (1.05%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.67%) Puppet
8 3 (0.29%) SCCM
8 3 (0.29%) systemd
9 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.19%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.096%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.096%) Podman
10 1 (0.096%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 208 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.27%) Salesforce
3 44 (4.22%) SAP
4 23 (2.21%) VMware
5 19 (1.82%) Sage
6 17 (1.63%) HubSpot
7 16 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 15 (1.44%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.25%) Veeam
10 12 (1.15%) HP
11 11 (1.05%) Oracle
12 10 (0.96%) Zoho
13 8 (0.77%) Facebook
13 8 (0.77%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.67%) SonicWALL
15 5 (0.48%) CrowdStrike
16 4 (0.38%) Cisco
16 4 (0.38%) Google
16 4 (0.38%) Meraki
16 4 (0.38%) SYSPRO