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 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 208 138
Rank change year-on-year +101 -70 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,133 494 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.58% 1.46% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 1.63% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 783 328 1,057
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £22,400
25th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £25,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.65%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,950 £58,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,900
% change year-on-year -2.60% +1.58% -19.36%

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 68,088 30,221 67,123
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.44% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 47,187 17,297 47,231
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,958 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,806
% change year-on-year - +4.15% -11.99%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 +73 282 £35,000 +16.67% 53
Midlands +71 229 £37,500 -6.83% 33
South East +38 209 £37,500 -7.64% 73
East of England +49 160 £35,000 +7.69% 27
North West +77 158 £35,000 +32.08% 33
South West -9 157 £31,500 -30.00% 33
East Midlands +43 122 £40,000 +42.86% 15
West Midlands +55 107 £36,250 -32.48% 18
Yorkshire +21 96 £35,000 -14.63% 14
Scotland +70 77 £41,250 +58.65% 11
North East -33 28 £39,500 +41.07% 7
Wales -39 22 £30,000 -36.84% 6
Northern Ireland -61 6 £45,000 +73.08% 6
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 July 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.

1 213 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 125 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
3 114 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 105 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (9.18%) CRM
6 102 (9.00%) Azure
7 99 (8.74%) SQL
8 91 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 85 (7.50%) Customer Service
10 80 (7.06%) Windows
11 78 (6.88%) Linux
12 72 (6.35%) Active Directory
13 71 (6.27%) ERP
14 67 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
15 64 (5.65%) Salesforce
16 62 (5.47%) AWS
17 55 (4.85%) Security Cleared
18 54 (4.77%) Data Quality
19 53 (4.68%) Cybersecurity
19 53 (4.68%) Logistics
19 53 (4.68%) Python
20 52 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
21 49 (4.32%) Entra ID
22 48 (4.24%) SharePoint
23 46 (4.06%) SAP
23 46 (4.06%) Windows Server
24 45 (3.97%) Internet
25 44 (3.88%) JavaScript
25 44 (3.88%) Power Platform
25 44 (3.88%) QA

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 52 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 36 (3.18%) WordPress
4 3 (0.26%) Confluence
5 1 (0.088%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.088%) CMS
5 1 (0.088%) ExpressionEngine
5 1 (0.088%) Mendix
5 1 (0.088%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 114 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 67 (5.91%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (1.50%) NetSuite
2 16 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (1.15%) Primavera
4 10 (0.88%) iTrent
5 7 (0.62%) Odoo
6 6 (0.53%) Sage 200
6 6 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) Magento
7 2 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
8 1 (0.088%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 105 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
2 102 (9.00%) Azure
3 62 (5.47%) AWS
4 49 (4.32%) Entra ID
5 44 (3.88%) Power Platform
6 43 (3.80%) GitHub
7 23 (2.03%) SaaS
8 15 (1.32%) Mimecast
9 12 (1.06%) Power Automate
10 10 (0.88%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (0.71%) PowerApps
13 6 (0.53%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.44%) GCP
14 5 (0.44%) OpenShift
14 5 (0.44%) PaaS
15 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Purview
15 4 (0.35%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.97%) Internet
2 42 (3.71%) Firewall
3 22 (1.94%) DNS
3 22 (1.94%) Wireless
4 15 (1.32%) DHCP
5 14 (1.24%) VPN
5 14 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (1.15%) Broadband
7 11 (0.97%) SAN
8 9 (0.79%) Network Security
9 5 (0.44%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.26%) LAN
10 3 (0.26%) SSH
10 3 (0.26%) WAN
11 2 (0.18%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.18%) VoIP
12 1 (0.088%) DKIM
12 1 (0.088%) SSL
12 1 (0.088%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.088%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.00%) Power BI
3 24 (2.12%) MySQL
4 11 (0.97%) SAP HANA
5 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.35%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.26%) GIS
11 3 (0.26%) Power Query
11 3 (0.26%) Tableau
12 2 (0.18%) KNIME
12 2 (0.18%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.18%) MS Access
12 2 (0.18%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (3.27%) Git
2 10 (0.88%) JIRA
3 1 (0.088%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.088%) Jenkins
General
1 181 (15.98%) Social Skills
2 119 (10.50%) Finance
3 82 (7.24%) Organisational Skills
4 53 (4.68%) Marketing
5 45 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (3.71%) Manufacturing
7 40 (3.53%) Retail
8 35 (3.09%) Law
8 35 (3.09%) Multimedia
9 30 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 20 (1.77%) Legal
11 19 (1.68%) Public Sector
12 16 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 14 (1.24%) Military
14 12 (1.06%) Back Office
15 9 (0.79%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.79%) Billing
15 9 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.71%) Games
17 6 (0.53%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.44%) CSS
1 39 (3.44%) HTML
2 7 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.44%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.26%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.26%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.18%) REST
6 1 (0.088%) Middleware
6 1 (0.088%) ODBC
6 1 (0.088%) OpenID
6 1 (0.088%) Redfish
6 1 (0.088%) SAML
6 1 (0.088%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (2.65%) Replication
2 26 (2.29%) Onboarding
3 25 (2.21%) Clustering
4 24 (2.12%) Management Information System
5 22 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 11 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (0.71%) NHS
10 6 (0.53%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.53%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.44%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.44%) Cyberattack
11 5 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.44%) PKI
11 5 (0.44%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.26%) Educational Technology
12 3 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 80 (7.06%) Windows
2 78 (6.88%) Linux
3 46 (4.06%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.68%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.59%) Android
5 18 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.24%) Unix
7 12 (1.06%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.71%) Debian
8 8 (0.71%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.18%) CentOS
10 2 (0.18%) Solaris
11 1 (0.088%) Rocky
11 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (11.03%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (9.18%) CRM
3 91 (8.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 85 (7.50%) Customer Service
5 71 (6.27%) ERP
6 53 (4.68%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (4.68%) Logistics
7 40 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 40 (3.53%) Web Development
8 36 (3.18%) Service Delivery
9 34 (3.00%) Data Management
10 33 (2.91%) DevOps
11 31 (2.74%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (2.74%) Data Entry
11 31 (2.74%) High Availability
12 29 (2.56%) Process Improvement
12 29 (2.56%) Project Delivery
13 27 (2.38%) Vulnerability Management
14 26 (2.29%) Time Management
15 25 (2.21%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 99 (8.74%) SQL
2 53 (4.68%) Python
3 44 (3.88%) JavaScript
3 44 (3.88%) R
4 31 (2.74%) PowerShell
5 17 (1.50%) Bash
6 16 (1.41%) Shell Script
7 7 (0.62%) C
8 6 (0.53%) Go
9 5 (0.44%) Ruby
9 5 (0.44%) VBA
10 4 (0.35%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.26%) C++
11 3 (0.26%) PHP
12 1 (0.088%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.088%) C#
12 1 (0.088%) Java
Qualifications
1 55 (4.85%) Security Cleared
2 41 (3.62%) AWS Certification
3 40 (3.53%) Azure Certification
4 39 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (3.27%) SC Cleared
6 35 (3.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 26 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 23 (2.03%) Degree
9 21 (1.85%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.59%) A+ Certification
10 18 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (0.62%) CIPD
12 6 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.26%) HND
15 2 (0.18%) AAT
15 2 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
16 1 (0.088%) Cisco Certification
16 1 (0.088%) MCSE
16 1 (0.088%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.77%) Data Quality
2 44 (3.88%) QA
3 29 (2.56%) GDPR
4 20 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.24%) SLA
6 13 (1.15%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.35%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.26%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.26%) PMO
12 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.088%) GRC
13 1 (0.088%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.088%) NIST
13 1 (0.088%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.088%) SOC 2
System Software
1 72 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.53%) Hyper-V
3 12 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.62%) Docker
5 5 (0.44%) iptables
6 3 (0.26%) Firmware
7 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.088%) Xen
Systems Management
1 25 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (1.50%) Nessus
3 16 (1.41%) Ansible
4 14 (1.24%) Proxmox
4 14 (1.24%) Terraform
5 13 (1.15%) Kubernetes
6 10 (0.88%) Grafana
6 10 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 7 (0.62%) Puppet
8 6 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
8 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.44%) SCCM
10 3 (0.26%) systemd
10 3 (0.26%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.18%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.088%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.088%) Rancher
Vendors
1 213 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 64 (5.65%) Salesforce
3 46 (4.06%) SAP
4 25 (2.21%) VMware
5 21 (1.85%) HubSpot
6 19 (1.68%) Sage
7 17 (1.50%) Red Hat
8 15 (1.32%) Oracle
9 14 (1.24%) ServiceNow
10 13 (1.15%) Veeam
11 12 (1.06%) HP
12 10 (0.88%) Zoho
13 8 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (0.71%) Facebook
13 8 (0.71%) Google
13 8 (0.71%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 7 (0.62%) SonicWALL
15 4 (0.35%) Cisco
15 4 (0.35%) Meraki
15 4 (0.35%) SYSPRO