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 11 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 223 132
Rank change year-on-year +99 -91 +74
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 950 400 1,457
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.45% 1.39% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.56% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 670 285 1,103
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,125 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £34,995
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +28.59% -17.66%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,250 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +30.00% -23.91%

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 61,165 25,677 65,104
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 89.10% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 40,252 14,677 47,474
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,480
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -5.17% +10.37% -12.42%

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 11 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 11 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 +62 255 £35,000 +27.27% 75
Midlands +65 199 £32,500 -12.16% 69
South East +61 186 £35,000 -25.13% 100
North West +57 145 £31,500 +16.67% 37
East of England +46 136 £35,000 -22.22% 41
South West -9 113 £34,500 -31.00% 44
East Midlands +32 102 £32,500 -29.73% 26
West Midlands +41 97 £31,500 -1.72% 43
Yorkshire +7 86 £35,000 -30.00% 28
Scotland +22 48 £31,000 +9.73% 18
North East -27 24 £35,000 +40.00% 10
Wales -15 18 £30,000 -36.84% 10
Northern Ireland -29 9 £45,000 +73.08% 4
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 194 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 125 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (11.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 103 (10.84%) CRM
5 97 (10.21%) Azure
6 80 (8.42%) SQL
7 73 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
8 72 (7.58%) Customer Service
9 71 (7.47%) ERP
10 67 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (6.95%) Linux
12 64 (6.74%) AWS
13 57 (6.00%) Python
14 56 (5.89%) Process Improvement
15 54 (5.68%) Internet
16 53 (5.58%) AWS Certification
16 53 (5.58%) GitHub
17 51 (5.37%) JavaScript
17 51 (5.37%) Salesforce
18 50 (5.26%) CSS
18 50 (5.26%) HTML
18 50 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
19 48 (5.05%) Azure Certification
19 48 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
20 46 (4.84%) R
20 46 (4.84%) Windows
20 46 (4.84%) WordPress
21 45 (4.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
21 45 (4.74%) Git
21 45 (4.74%) Web Development

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 (4.84%) WordPress
2 36 (3.79%) SharePoint
3 29 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.42%) Confluence
5 2 (0.21%) CMS
6 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 105 (11.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 48 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.63%) iTrent
2 19 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.47%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
5 6 (0.63%) Odoo
5 6 (0.63%) Sage 200
6 4 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.42%) Primavera
7 3 (0.32%) Magento
8 2 (0.21%) Shopify
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 97 (10.21%) Azure
2 73 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (6.74%) AWS
4 53 (5.58%) GitHub
5 41 (4.32%) Power Platform
6 28 (2.95%) Entra ID
7 16 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 9 (0.95%) SaaS
10 8 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (0.74%) Mimecast
12 6 (0.63%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (0.53%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.42%) GCP
14 4 (0.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 4 (0.42%) Smartsheet
15 3 (0.32%) Veeva
15 3 (0.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.68%) Internet
2 31 (3.26%) Firewall
3 20 (2.11%) Wireless
4 13 (1.37%) VPN
5 10 (1.05%) Broadband
5 10 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (0.84%) Network Security
7 7 (0.74%) DNS
8 6 (0.63%) SAN
9 4 (0.42%) LAN
9 4 (0.42%) WAN
10 3 (0.32%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.32%) SSH
11 2 (0.21%) VoIP
12 1 (0.11%) DHCP
12 1 (0.11%) DKIM
12 1 (0.11%) DMARC
12 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.11%) VLAN
12 1 (0.11%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.26%) Power BI
3 20 (2.11%) MySQL
4 7 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (0.74%) Tableau
5 6 (0.63%) SAP HANA
6 5 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 5 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.42%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.32%) Power Query
8 3 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 2 (0.21%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.21%) GIS
9 2 (0.21%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.21%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 45 (4.74%) Git
2 5 (0.53%) JIRA
3 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 169 (17.79%) Social Skills
2 106 (11.16%) Finance
3 71 (7.47%) Organisational Skills
4 50 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.74%) Multimedia
6 41 (4.32%) Marketing
7 40 (4.21%) Retail
8 38 (4.00%) Law
9 29 (3.05%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.00%) Public Sector
11 18 (1.89%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.79%) Back Office
12 17 (1.79%) Military
13 12 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (0.84%) Aerospace
14 8 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.84%) Legal
15 7 (0.74%) Automotive
16 6 (0.63%) Games
17 4 (0.42%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.26%) CSS
1 50 (5.26%) HTML
2 4 (0.42%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.32%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.21%) .NET
4 2 (0.21%) jQuery
4 2 (0.21%) ODBC
5 1 (0.11%) Laravel
5 1 (0.11%) OpenID
5 1 (0.11%) SAML
5 1 (0.11%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 26 (2.74%) Replication
2 19 (2.00%) Management Information System
2 19 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
4 16 (1.68%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.37%) Clustering
5 13 (1.37%) Data Structures
6 11 (1.16%) Private Cloud
7 9 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (0.84%) FMCG
9 6 (0.63%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.42%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.42%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.42%) NHS
11 4 (0.42%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.32%) Blog
12 3 (0.32%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 66 (6.95%) Linux
2 46 (4.84%) Windows
3 20 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.47%) Mac OS
5 13 (1.37%) Android
5 13 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.42%) Unix
7 4 (0.42%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.32%) CentOS
9 2 (0.21%) Debian
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (10.84%) CRM
3 72 (7.58%) Customer Service
4 71 (7.47%) ERP
5 67 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 56 (5.89%) Process Improvement
7 45 (4.74%) Web Development
8 42 (4.42%) Logistics
9 41 (4.32%) Cybersecurity
10 33 (3.47%) Data Management
11 31 (3.26%) Data Entry
12 29 (3.05%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (2.84%) Service Delivery
14 26 (2.74%) Analytics
14 26 (2.74%) High Availability
15 25 (2.63%) DevOps
16 24 (2.53%) Decision-Making
16 24 (2.53%) Project Management
16 24 (2.53%) Time Management
17 22 (2.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 80 (8.42%) SQL
2 57 (6.00%) Python
3 51 (5.37%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.84%) R
5 17 (1.79%) Bash
6 16 (1.68%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.58%) Shell Script
8 8 (0.84%) Go
9 7 (0.74%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.53%) VBA
11 4 (0.42%) C
12 2 (0.21%) C#
Qualifications
1 53 (5.58%) AWS Certification
2 50 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (5.05%) Azure Certification
4 45 (4.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 34 (3.58%) Security Cleared
6 18 (1.89%) A+ Certification
6 18 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
6 18 (1.89%) SC Cleared
7 17 (1.79%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.58%) CIPD
9 12 (1.26%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.16%) Degree
11 7 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.21%) AAT
14 1 (0.11%) CCNA
14 1 (0.11%) CCNP
14 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.11%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.11%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.63%) Data Quality
2 34 (3.58%) GDPR
3 24 (2.53%) QA
4 11 (1.16%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.63%) SLA
6 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.42%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.32%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.32%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.21%) PMO
10 1 (0.11%) COSHH
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (4.63%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.79%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.74%) Docker
3 7 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.32%) Firmware
5 3 (0.32%) iptables
Systems Management
1 17 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (1.58%) Nessus
2 15 (1.58%) Terraform
3 14 (1.47%) Kubernetes
4 12 (1.26%) Ansible
4 12 (1.26%) Grafana
4 12 (1.26%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.16%) Proxmox
6 5 (0.53%) Puppet
7 3 (0.32%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.32%) systemd
7 3 (0.32%) WSUS
8 2 (0.21%) Nagios
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.21%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.21%) SCCM
9 1 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.11%) Podman
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 194 (20.42%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.37%) Salesforce
3 41 (4.32%) SAP
4 19 (2.00%) HubSpot
5 18 (1.89%) Sage
6 17 (1.79%) VMware
7 14 (1.47%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.05%) Oracle
9 10 (1.05%) Zoho
10 8 (0.84%) Facebook
11 7 (0.74%) HP
11 7 (0.74%) Veeam
12 6 (0.63%) SonicWALL
13 5 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (0.42%) ConnectWise
14 4 (0.42%) SYSPRO
15 3 (0.32%) Google
15 3 (0.32%) Meraki
15 3 (0.32%) Palo Alto