Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £49,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 March 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 139 219
Rank change year-on-year -111 +80 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 424 1,240 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.08% 2.20% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 2.32% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 238 948 607
10th Percentile £25,375 £22,213 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £24,750 £31,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.43% -17.65% +1.29%
75th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £61,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -21.05% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,875 53,559 58,731
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 94.97% 92.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17,098 39,322 32,813
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,700 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,250 £50,000 £52,831
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% -5.36% +5.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.36% -8.33% -

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Administrator 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 6 March 2025.

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 6 March 2025. 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
South West -1 99 £50,000 +33.33% 47
South East -102 95 £49,000 +40.00% 89
North of England -91 73 £41,067 +34.92% 104
Midlands -78 67 £32,500 -22.62% 58
East of England -16 64 £49,250 +65.55% 49
North West -55 43 £42,134 +45.29% 53
West Midlands -40 38 £32,500 -22.62% 31
East Midlands -27 29 £32,000 -20.00% 26
Scotland +34 20 £45,000 +60.71% 18
Yorkshire -14 19 £40,723 +15.53% 37
North East +10 11 £25,000 -25.37% 14
Wales +16 4 £38,000 +46.15% 11
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 2
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 March 2025, Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 153 (36.08%) Windows
2 143 (33.73%) Social Skills
3 127 (29.95%) Microsoft
4 96 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (20.28%) Linux
5 86 (20.28%) Security Cleared
6 81 (19.10%) Windows Server
6 81 (19.10%) Active Directory
7 76 (17.92%) VMware
8 69 (16.27%) Microsoft 365
9 68 (16.04%) Azure
9 68 (16.04%) Degree
10 66 (15.57%) Customer Service
11 64 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
12 62 (14.62%) VMware Infrastructure
13 61 (14.39%) DV Cleared
13 61 (14.39%) Finance
14 58 (13.68%) Microsoft Office
15 50 (11.79%) SQL Server
16 49 (11.56%) SQL
17 41 (9.67%) Python
18 38 (8.96%) Firewall
18 38 (8.96%) Analytics
19 36 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
19 36 (8.49%) Migration
20 35 (8.25%) CRM
20 35 (8.25%) Bash
21 34 (8.02%) PowerShell
21 34 (8.02%) SharePoint
22 33 (7.78%) DNS

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (8.02%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.65%) nginx
4 6 (1.42%) Apache
4 6 (1.42%) IIS
5 5 (1.18%) CMS
6 3 (0.71%) Confluence
7 1 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 58 (13.68%) Microsoft Office
2 36 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.65%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (6.37%) NetSuite
2 23 (5.42%) Shopify
3 6 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.71%) Maximo
5 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.24%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (0.24%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.24%) Sage 50
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (16.27%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (16.04%) Azure
3 29 (6.84%) Entra ID
4 26 (6.13%) AWS
5 14 (3.30%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.65%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.65%) SaaS
7 6 (1.42%) Google Analytics
7 6 (1.42%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 5 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.18%) AWS CloudTrail
9 4 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.94%) IaaS
9 4 (0.94%) PaaS
9 4 (0.94%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.71%) Boomi
10 3 (0.71%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.47%) GCP
11 2 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.96%) Firewall
2 33 (7.78%) DNS
3 32 (7.55%) DHCP
4 26 (6.13%) VPN
5 19 (4.48%) VLAN
6 15 (3.54%) WAN
7 14 (3.30%) NAS
7 14 (3.30%) TCP/IP
8 13 (3.07%) LAN
8 13 (3.07%) SAN
9 11 (2.59%) SSL
10 10 (2.36%) Internet
11 7 (1.65%) Wireless
12 6 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.18%) IPsec
13 5 (1.18%) MPLS
13 5 (1.18%) Network Security
14 4 (0.94%) BGP
14 4 (0.94%) VSAN
15 3 (0.71%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (11.79%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.36%) Oracle Database
2 10 (2.36%) Power BI
3 7 (1.65%) MySQL
4 6 (1.42%) MariaDB
4 6 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.42%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.47%) Couchbase
8 2 (0.47%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.47%) GIS
8 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 17 (4.01%) JIRA
2 9 (2.12%) Git
2 9 (2.12%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.18%) GitLab
4 4 (0.94%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (0.71%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.24%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.24%) ClearQuest
General
1 143 (33.73%) Social Skills
2 64 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (14.39%) Finance
4 28 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (6.60%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (3.77%) Legal
6 15 (3.54%) Marketing
7 14 (3.30%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.36%) Retail
9 8 (1.89%) Advertising
9 8 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.42%) Electronics
10 6 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.18%) Law
11 5 (1.18%) Local Government
11 5 (1.18%) Public Sector
12 4 (0.94%) Banking
13 3 (0.71%) Military
14 2 (0.47%) Games
14 2 (0.47%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.59%) Middleware
2 9 (2.12%) LDAP
3 5 (1.18%) CSS
3 5 (1.18%) HTML
3 5 (1.18%) Web Services
4 4 (0.94%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.47%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 2 (0.47%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.47%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.24%) Ajax
6 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.24%) EDI
6 1 (0.24%) LAMP
6 1 (0.24%) Loki
6 1 (0.24%) PySpark
6 1 (0.24%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.13%) PKI
2 20 (4.72%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.25%) Data Centre
3 18 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 17 (4.01%) Replication
5 13 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.59%) CMDB
6 11 (2.59%) Life Science
7 8 (1.89%) Clustering
7 8 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (1.65%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.18%) Biopharmaceutical
9 5 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.71%) Security Posture
11 3 (0.71%) Social Media
12 2 (0.47%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 153 (36.08%) Windows
2 86 (20.28%) Linux
3 81 (19.10%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.83%) Windows 10
6 11 (2.59%) Mac OS
7 10 (2.36%) VMS
8 9 (2.12%) Ubuntu
9 8 (1.89%) Apple iOS
9 8 (1.89%) CentOS
9 8 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (1.65%) SUSE
10 7 (1.65%) Unix
10 7 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.18%) Oracle Linux
11 5 (1.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 4 (0.94%) Android
13 3 (0.71%) Debian
13 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (15.57%) Customer Service
3 38 (8.96%) Analytics
4 36 (8.49%) Migration
5 35 (8.25%) CRM
6 30 (7.08%) ERP
7 29 (6.84%) Data Migration
8 28 (6.60%) Disaster Recovery
8 28 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
9 26 (6.13%) Asset Management
10 25 (5.90%) ITIL
11 23 (5.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (5.42%) High Availability
12 22 (5.19%) Performance Tuning
13 21 (4.95%) DevOps
14 18 (4.25%) Mentoring
14 18 (4.25%) Service Management
14 18 (4.25%) Time Management
15 17 (4.01%) Containerisation
15 17 (4.01%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.56%) SQL
2 41 (9.67%) Python
3 35 (8.25%) Bash
4 34 (8.02%) PowerShell
5 12 (2.83%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.65%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.18%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.18%) R
8 3 (0.71%) C++
8 3 (0.71%) Java
8 3 (0.71%) Perl
9 2 (0.47%) C#
9 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.24%) AWK
10 1 (0.24%) C
10 1 (0.24%) Korn
10 1 (0.24%) PHP
10 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (20.28%) Security Cleared
2 68 (16.04%) Degree
3 61 (14.39%) DV Cleared
4 22 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.12%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.42%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.94%) CIPD
9 4 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (0.71%) RHCE
10 3 (0.71%) RHCSA
11 2 (0.47%) CCNA
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.47%) OCA
11 2 (0.47%) OCP
11 2 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.24%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.01%) SLA
2 15 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.36%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.36%) PCI DSS
4 9 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.42%) GDPR
6 6 (1.42%) QA
7 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.94%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.71%) NIST
9 3 (0.71%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.47%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.24%) GMP
System Software
1 81 (19.10%) Active Directory
2 62 (14.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (6.60%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.25%) Docker
5 15 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 15 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.36%) vSphere
7 9 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.18%) NFS
9 4 (0.94%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.71%) KVM
11 1 (0.24%) Firmware
11 1 (0.24%) LXC
11 1 (0.24%) Postfix
11 1 (0.24%) Samba
11 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (4.95%) Ansible
2 15 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.07%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.36%) Puppet
4 10 (2.36%) SCCM
4 10 (2.36%) Terraform
5 8 (1.89%) SCOM
6 7 (1.65%) EMC VPLEX
6 7 (1.65%) Opsgenie
7 6 (1.42%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.94%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
8 4 (0.94%) Nagios
8 4 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.71%) Grafana
9 3 (0.71%) Graylog
9 3 (0.71%) Rundeck
9 3 (0.71%) VxRail
9 3 (0.71%) WSUS
9 3 (0.71%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 127 (29.95%) Microsoft
2 76 (17.92%) VMware
3 33 (7.78%) Salesforce
4 20 (4.72%) Red Hat
5 17 (4.01%) Oracle
6 14 (3.30%) SAP
7 13 (3.07%) Veeam
8 12 (2.83%) Cisco
9 11 (2.59%) Apple
10 10 (2.36%) Dell
10 10 (2.36%) EMC
10 10 (2.36%) NetApp
11 9 (2.12%) Google
12 8 (1.89%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.89%) Juniper
12 8 (1.89%) ServiceNow
13 7 (1.65%) IBM
14 6 (1.42%) Citrix
14 6 (1.42%) Meraki
15 5 (1.18%) Ubiquiti