Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 214 137
Rank change year-on-year +89 -77 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 906 373 1,435
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.39% 1.37% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 1.55% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 641 267 1,095
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,375 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,938 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £45,000 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% +28.59% -16.96%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £51,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +35.71% -22.22%

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 60,893 24,120 64,462
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 88.67% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 39,038 14,658 47,091
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,648 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.79% +12.54% -11.67%

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 2 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 2 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 +41 238 £34,500 +25.45% 76
Midlands +61 192 £32,500 -22.16% 68
South East +57 183 £35,000 -26.32% 97
North West +37 136 £31,000 +14.81% 32
East of England +43 129 £35,000 -24.32% 31
South West -17 109 £35,000 -30.00% 40
East Midlands +13 98 £32,500 -32.99% 25
West Midlands +40 94 £31,500 -0.32% 43
Yorkshire -8 78 £35,000 -34.88% 31
Scotland -7 42 £32,500 - 25
North East -22 24 £35,000 +40.00% 13
Wales -14 18 £30,000 -36.84% 8
Northern Ireland -31 9 £45,000 - 5
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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.

1 181 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 119 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (11.04%) CRM
4 96 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 94 (10.38%) Azure
6 69 (7.62%) ERP
7 66 (7.28%) AWS
7 66 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
7 66 (7.28%) SQL
8 65 (7.17%) Customer Service
9 61 (6.73%) Python
10 57 (6.29%) Linux
11 56 (6.18%) AWS Certification
11 56 (6.18%) GitHub
11 56 (6.18%) Process Improvement
12 55 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (5.96%) Internet
13 54 (5.96%) JavaScript
13 54 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
14 53 (5.85%) CSS
14 53 (5.85%) HTML
15 51 (5.63%) Azure Certification
16 49 (5.41%) R
16 49 (5.41%) Salesforce
16 49 (5.41%) WordPress
17 48 (5.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 48 (5.30%) Git
17 48 (5.30%) Web Development
18 42 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
19 39 (4.30%) Data Quality

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 49 (5.41%) WordPress
2 33 (3.64%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.44%) Confluence
5 2 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 96 (10.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 42 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.76%) iTrent
2 19 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.55%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.66%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.44%) Odoo
7 3 (0.33%) Magento
7 3 (0.33%) Primavera
8 2 (0.22%) Shopify
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 94 (10.38%) Azure
2 66 (7.28%) AWS
2 66 (7.28%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (6.18%) GitHub
4 37 (4.08%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.10%) Entra ID
6 16 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (0.88%) SaaS
9 5 (0.55%) Mimecast
10 4 (0.44%) GCP
10 4 (0.44%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (0.44%) Smartsheet
11 3 (0.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (0.33%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.33%) Veeva
11 3 (0.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.96%) Internet
2 29 (3.20%) Firewall
3 20 (2.21%) Wireless
4 13 (1.43%) VPN
5 10 (1.10%) Broadband
6 8 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.66%) DNS
7 6 (0.66%) Network Security
8 4 (0.44%) LAN
8 4 (0.44%) SAN
8 4 (0.44%) WAN
9 3 (0.33%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.33%) SSH
10 2 (0.22%) VoIP
11 1 (0.11%) DHCP
11 1 (0.11%) DKIM
11 1 (0.11%) DMARC
11 1 (0.11%) HTTP
11 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.31%) Power BI
1 30 (3.31%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.32%) MySQL
3 7 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (0.77%) Tableau
4 5 (0.55%) Oracle Database
4 5 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (0.44%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.33%) Power Query
6 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.22%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.22%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.11%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 48 (5.30%) Git
2 5 (0.55%) JIRA
3 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 160 (17.66%) Social Skills
2 101 (11.15%) Finance
3 70 (7.73%) Organisational Skills
4 50 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (5.30%) Multimedia
6 39 (4.30%) Marketing
7 38 (4.19%) Retail
8 31 (3.42%) Law
9 28 (3.09%) Manufacturing
10 18 (1.99%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.88%) Back Office
11 17 (1.88%) Military
12 16 (1.77%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.88%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.77%) Automotive
16 6 (0.66%) Legal
17 5 (0.55%) Games
18 4 (0.44%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (5.85%) CSS
1 53 (5.85%) HTML
2 4 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.22%) .NET
4 2 (0.22%) jQuery
4 2 (0.22%) ODBC
5 1 (0.11%) Laravel
5 1 (0.11%) OpenID
5 1 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
2 18 (1.99%) Management Information System
2 18 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (1.88%) Onboarding
3 17 (1.88%) Replication
4 11 (1.21%) Data Structures
4 11 (1.21%) Private Cloud
5 10 (1.10%) Clustering
6 9 (0.99%) FMCG
6 9 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.55%) Driving Licence
7 5 (0.55%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.44%) Cyberattack
8 4 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.44%) Learning Management System
8 4 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.44%) Smart Meter
9 3 (0.33%) Blog
9 3 (0.33%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.29%) Linux
2 39 (4.30%) Windows
3 16 (1.77%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.43%) Mac OS
5 12 (1.32%) Android
5 12 (1.32%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.44%) CentOS
7 4 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.33%) Unix
8 3 (0.33%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.22%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (11.04%) CRM
3 69 (7.62%) ERP
4 65 (7.17%) Customer Service
5 56 (6.18%) Process Improvement
6 55 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (5.30%) Web Development
8 39 (4.30%) Logistics
9 35 (3.86%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (3.31%) Data Management
11 28 (3.09%) Business Intelligence
11 28 (3.09%) Data Entry
11 28 (3.09%) Service Delivery
12 24 (2.65%) Analytics
12 24 (2.65%) Time Management
13 22 (2.43%) Project Management
14 21 (2.32%) Data Protection
14 21 (2.32%) Decision-Making
14 21 (2.32%) DevOps
15 20 (2.21%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 66 (7.28%) SQL
2 61 (6.73%) Python
3 54 (5.96%) JavaScript
4 49 (5.41%) R
5 17 (1.88%) Bash
6 16 (1.77%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.88%) Go
8 7 (0.77%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.77%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.55%) VBA
10 4 (0.44%) C
11 2 (0.22%) C#
12 1 (0.11%) Perl
12 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (6.18%) AWS Certification
2 54 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (5.63%) Azure Certification
4 48 (5.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 32 (3.53%) Security Cleared
6 19 (2.10%) A+ Certification
7 18 (1.99%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
8 16 (1.77%) SC Cleared
9 15 (1.66%) CIPD
10 9 (0.99%) DBS Check
10 9 (0.99%) Degree
11 7 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.22%) AAT
14 1 (0.11%) CCNA
14 1 (0.11%) CCNP
14 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.11%) MCSA
14 1 (0.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.30%) Data Quality
2 34 (3.75%) GDPR
3 21 (2.32%) QA
4 11 (1.21%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.44%) ISO 14001
6 4 (0.44%) SLA
7 3 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.33%) Def Stans
7 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.22%) PMO
9 1 (0.11%) COSHH
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 36 (3.97%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.55%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.77%) Docker
3 7 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.33%) Firmware
5 3 (0.33%) iptables
Systems Management
1 16 (1.77%) Terraform
2 15 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.55%) Nessus
4 13 (1.43%) Ansible
5 12 (1.32%) Grafana
5 12 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.21%) Proxmox
7 5 (0.55%) Puppet
8 3 (0.33%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.33%) systemd
8 3 (0.33%) WSUS
9 2 (0.22%) Nagios
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.11%) Podman
10 1 (0.11%) SCCM
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 181 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.41%) Salesforce
3 39 (4.30%) SAP
4 19 (2.10%) HubSpot
5 18 (1.99%) Sage
6 17 (1.88%) VMware
7 13 (1.43%) Red Hat
7 13 (1.43%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.10%) Oracle
8 10 (1.10%) Zoho
9 7 (0.77%) Facebook
10 5 (0.55%) HP
10 5 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 5 (0.55%) Veeam
11 4 (0.44%) ConnectWise
11 4 (0.44%) SonicWALL
11 4 (0.44%) SYSPRO
12 3 (0.33%) Cisco
12 3 (0.33%) Google
12 3 (0.33%) Palo Alto