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 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 217 126
Rank change year-on-year +99 -91 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 985 424 1,555
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.46% 1.45% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 1.63% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 693 293 1,181
10th Percentile £26,237 £25,125 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £24,545
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.87% -17.66%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% -26.32%

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 63,236 25,954 68,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.85% 89.05% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 42,280 13,840 49,970
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +87 282 £35,000 +27.27% 55
Midlands +67 199 £34,000 - 54
South East +52 178 £35,000 -23.91% 68
North West +71 151 £33,250 +25.47% 36
East of England +44 142 £35,000 +7.69% 35
South West -21 115 £31,500 -37.00% 31
East Midlands +27 105 £34,000 +6.25% 22
Yorkshire +26 101 £35,000 -30.00% 14
West Midlands +39 94 £34,000 -11.69% 33
Scotland +39 54 £31,000 +19.23% 11
North East -26 30 £41,250 +47.32% 5
Wales -24 19 £30,000 -36.84% 7
Northern Ireland -32 10 £45,000 +73.08%
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 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.

1 199 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 122 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (11.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 102 (10.36%) CRM
5 94 (9.54%) Azure
6 85 (8.63%) SQL
7 84 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
8 74 (7.51%) Customer Service
9 72 (7.31%) ERP
10 69 (7.01%) Linux
11 66 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 63 (6.40%) Windows
13 59 (5.99%) AWS
14 56 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
15 54 (5.48%) Salesforce
16 53 (5.38%) Python
17 51 (5.18%) Active Directory
17 51 (5.18%) Internet
18 49 (4.97%) AWS Certification
18 49 (4.97%) GitHub
19 47 (4.77%) JavaScript
19 47 (4.77%) SAP
20 46 (4.67%) Azure Certification
20 46 (4.67%) CSS
20 46 (4.67%) Data Quality
20 46 (4.67%) HTML
21 45 (4.57%) Logistics
21 45 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
21 45 (4.57%) Process Improvement
22 44 (4.47%) Cybersecurity

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 42 (4.26%) WordPress
2 39 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 32 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.20%) CMS
6 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.10%) Mendix
6 1 (0.10%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 112 (11.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 56 (5.69%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (2.23%) iTrent
2 20 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.22%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.81%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.71%) Odoo
5 7 (0.71%) Primavera
6 6 (0.61%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Magento
8 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.20%) Shopify
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 94 (9.54%) Azure
2 84 (8.53%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (5.99%) AWS
4 49 (4.97%) GitHub
5 44 (4.47%) Power Platform
6 34 (3.45%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (1.02%) SaaS
10 8 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (0.81%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.51%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.30%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.30%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.30%) Veeva
13 3 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (5.18%) Internet
2 34 (3.45%) Firewall
3 21 (2.13%) Wireless
4 13 (1.32%) VPN
5 12 (1.22%) DNS
6 11 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (1.02%) Broadband
8 9 (0.91%) Network Security
9 7 (0.71%) SAN
10 6 (0.61%) DHCP
11 5 (0.51%) LAN
11 5 (0.51%) WAN
12 3 (0.30%) SSH
13 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.20%) VoIP
14 1 (0.10%) DKIM
14 1 (0.10%) DMARC
14 1 (0.10%) TCP/IP
14 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.10%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.86%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.45%) Power BI
3 20 (2.03%) MySQL
4 10 (1.02%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.61%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.51%) Tableau
7 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.30%) GIS
8 3 (0.30%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.30%) Power Query
8 3 (0.30%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.10%) Big Data
10 1 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 41 (4.16%) Git
2 5 (0.51%) JIRA
3 1 (0.10%) Bitbucket
General
1 173 (17.56%) Social Skills
2 108 (10.96%) Finance
3 73 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (4.67%) Marketing
5 41 (4.16%) Multimedia
6 40 (4.06%) Retail
7 34 (3.45%) Law
8 32 (3.25%) Manufacturing
9 21 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 17 (1.73%) Back Office
10 17 (1.73%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.42%) Military
12 13 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 9 (0.91%) Legal
14 8 (0.81%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.71%) Games
16 6 (0.61%) Automotive
16 6 (0.61%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.67%) CSS
1 46 (4.67%) HTML
2 4 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (0.41%) SAP Basis
3 3 (0.30%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.20%) jQuery
4 2 (0.20%) REST
5 1 (0.10%) .NET
5 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.10%) Middleware
5 1 (0.10%) ODBC
5 1 (0.10%) OpenID
5 1 (0.10%) SAML
5 1 (0.10%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.84%) Replication
2 23 (2.34%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.52%) Clustering
6 14 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (1.22%) Data Structures
9 9 (0.91%) Private Cloud
10 6 (0.61%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.61%) NHS
11 5 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.51%) PKI
11 5 (0.51%) Product Ownership
12 4 (0.41%) Cyber Threat
12 4 (0.41%) Cyberattack
12 4 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (0.41%) Smart Meter
13 3 (0.30%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 69 (7.01%) Linux
2 63 (6.40%) Windows
3 30 (3.05%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.83%) Mac OS
5 17 (1.73%) Android
5 17 (1.73%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.71%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.51%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.41%) Unix
9 3 (0.30%) Debian
10 2 (0.20%) CentOS
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (12.39%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (10.36%) CRM
3 74 (7.51%) Customer Service
4 72 (7.31%) ERP
5 66 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (4.57%) Logistics
6 45 (4.57%) Process Improvement
7 44 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
8 41 (4.16%) Web Development
9 33 (3.35%) Data Entry
9 33 (3.35%) Data Management
10 31 (3.15%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (2.84%) DevOps
12 27 (2.74%) High Availability
12 27 (2.74%) Project Delivery
12 27 (2.74%) Service Delivery
13 26 (2.64%) Analytics
14 24 (2.44%) ITIL
14 24 (2.44%) Time Management
15 23 (2.34%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 85 (8.63%) SQL
2 53 (5.38%) Python
3 47 (4.77%) JavaScript
4 42 (4.26%) R
5 24 (2.44%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.62%) Shell Script
7 14 (1.42%) Bash
8 8 (0.81%) Go
9 6 (0.61%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.51%) VBA
11 4 (0.41%) C
12 3 (0.30%) C#
13 1 (0.10%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.10%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (4.97%) AWS Certification
2 46 (4.67%) Azure Certification
3 45 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (4.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 35 (3.55%) Security Cleared
6 20 (2.03%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.83%) A+ Certification
7 18 (1.83%) DBS Check
7 18 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
8 14 (1.42%) CIPD
9 13 (1.32%) Degree
10 11 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.20%) AAT
13 2 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.10%) CCNA
14 1 (0.10%) CCNP
14 1 (0.10%) MCSE
14 1 (0.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (4.67%) Data Quality
2 33 (3.35%) GDPR
3 28 (2.84%) QA
4 11 (1.12%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.02%) SLA
6 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.41%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.30%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.30%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 51 (5.18%) Active Directory
2 25 (2.54%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.61%) Docker
5 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.41%) iptables
7 3 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (1.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (1.62%) Nessus
3 14 (1.42%) Proxmox
3 14 (1.42%) Terraform
4 13 (1.32%) Kubernetes
5 12 (1.22%) Ansible
6 11 (1.12%) Grafana
6 11 (1.12%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.61%) Puppet
8 3 (0.30%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.30%) SCCM
8 3 (0.30%) systemd
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.20%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.10%) Nagios
10 1 (0.10%) Podman
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 199 (20.20%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.48%) Salesforce
3 47 (4.77%) SAP
4 22 (2.23%) VMware
5 19 (1.93%) HubSpot
6 18 (1.83%) Sage
7 15 (1.52%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.22%) Oracle
8 12 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.22%) Veeam
9 10 (1.02%) HP
9 10 (1.02%) Zoho
10 8 (0.81%) Facebook
11 7 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 7 (0.71%) SonicWALL
12 4 (0.41%) Cisco
12 4 (0.41%) ConnectWise
12 4 (0.41%) Meraki
12 4 (0.41%) SYSPRO
13 3 (0.30%) Palo Alto