Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 139 215
Rank change year-on-year -95 +76 -26
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 392 1,450 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.08% 2.07% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 2.18% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 277 1,095 606
10th Percentile £25,438 £22,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £24,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,995 £42,321
Median % change year-on-year +28.59% -17.31% +3.22%
75th Percentile £52,500 £51,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,750 £61,250 £61,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £35,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +35.71% -23.91% +2.22%

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 32,581 66,443 55,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 94.80% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 18,458 47,148 31,379
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £38,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,956 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.58% -11.74% -

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 26 April 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 26 April 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
North of England -50 108 £32,000 +6.15% 110
South East -84 81 £49,000 +40.00% 114
North West -29 80 £30,000 - 66
South West -4 68 £50,000 +51.52% 73
Midlands -66 56 £38,500 -3.75% 89
East of England -9 52 £48,500 +63.03% 53
East Midlands -17 29 £48,500 +29.33% 40
West Midlands -25 27 £32,050 -19.88% 48
Scotland +50 21 £38,750 +13.97% 37
Yorkshire -4 20 £53,750 +53.57% 35
North East +25 8 £25,000 -17.36% 9
Wales +27 5 £47,500 +7.95% 14
Northern Ireland +38 2 - - 5
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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.

1 143 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 130 (33.16%) Microsoft
3 115 (29.34%) Windows
4 78 (19.90%) Finance
5 76 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (17.60%) Customer Service
7 66 (16.84%) Linux
8 65 (16.58%) Active Directory
9 62 (15.82%) Windows Server
10 61 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
11 57 (14.54%) Azure
12 56 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 56 (14.29%) Degree
12 56 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
13 55 (14.03%) Microsoft Excel
13 55 (14.03%) Security Cleared
14 54 (13.78%) Microsoft 365
15 45 (11.48%) Process Improvement
16 44 (11.22%) DV Cleared
17 43 (10.97%) ERP
17 43 (10.97%) Asset Management
18 42 (10.71%) SQL
19 41 (10.46%) VMware
20 40 (10.20%) SAP
21 38 (9.69%) Organisational Skills
22 37 (9.44%) PowerShell
23 34 (8.67%) Bash
24 32 (8.16%) CRM
24 32 (8.16%) Python
25 31 (7.91%) Migration

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 29 (7.40%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (1.79%) nginx
4 4 (1.02%) Apache
4 4 (1.02%) Confluence
4 4 (1.02%) IIS
4 4 (1.02%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.51%) SAP Portal
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 56 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (14.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.81%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.26%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (5.36%) NetSuite
2 17 (4.34%) SAP S/4HANA
3 14 (3.57%) Shopify
4 6 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.77%) Maximo
6 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.51%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 2 (0.51%) Infor SunSystems
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.54%) Azure
2 54 (13.78%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (4.08%) AWS
4 13 (3.32%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.06%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.04%) Power Automate
6 8 (2.04%) SaaS
7 7 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.53%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.28%) AWS CloudTrail
9 5 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.02%) Azure Storage
11 3 (0.77%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.77%) Boomi
11 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.51%) Google Docs
12 2 (0.51%) Sentry
12 2 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.65%) Firewall
2 18 (4.59%) DNS
3 17 (4.34%) DHCP
4 12 (3.06%) LAN
5 10 (2.55%) SAN
6 9 (2.30%) TCP/IP
6 9 (2.30%) VPN
7 7 (1.79%) WAN
7 7 (1.79%) Wireless
8 6 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.28%) NAS
9 5 (1.28%) SSL
10 4 (1.02%) VLAN
10 4 (1.02%) Wireless Security
11 3 (0.77%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.77%) DMARC
11 3 (0.77%) Network Security
12 2 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.51%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (7.91%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.55%) Data Lake
3 10 (2.55%) MySQL
4 9 (2.30%) MariaDB
4 9 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (2.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.79%) Power BI
6 7 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.53%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.28%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.02%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.51%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.51%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.51%) GIS
11 2 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 20 (5.10%) JIRA
2 6 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.28%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) Git
4 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.26%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.26%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 143 (36.48%) Social Skills
2 78 (19.90%) Finance
3 61 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (9.69%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (6.38%) Manufacturing
6 23 (5.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.08%) Marketing
8 13 (3.32%) Law
9 10 (2.55%) Legal
10 9 (2.30%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.04%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.79%) Advertising
13 6 (1.53%) Retail
14 5 (1.28%) Banking
14 5 (1.28%) Military
14 5 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.77%) Billing
15 3 (0.77%) Czech Language
15 3 (0.77%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.30%) Middleware
2 5 (1.28%) LDAP
3 4 (1.02%) CSS
3 4 (1.02%) HTML
3 4 (1.02%) XML
4 3 (0.77%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (0.77%) JSON
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle GoldenGate
4 3 (0.77%) REST
4 3 (0.77%) SOAP
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.51%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.51%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.26%) ADO
6 1 (0.26%) Ajax
6 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.26%) EDI
6 1 (0.26%) ISPF
6 1 (0.26%) LAMP
6 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.59%) Data Protection Act
2 17 (4.34%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.34%) Social Media
3 15 (3.83%) Data Structures
4 11 (2.81%) CMDB
4 11 (2.81%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.04%) PKI
7 7 (1.79%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.28%) Replication
9 4 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.77%) Clustering
10 3 (0.77%) Life Science
10 3 (0.77%) Pricing Data
10 3 (0.77%) Wiki
11 2 (0.51%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 115 (29.34%) Windows
2 66 (16.84%) Linux
3 62 (15.82%) Windows Server
4 20 (5.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.32%) Windows 10
6 8 (2.04%) Unix
6 8 (2.04%) VMS
7 7 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.53%) CentOS
8 6 (1.53%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.53%) SUSE
8 6 (1.53%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.28%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 4 (1.02%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.51%) Solaris
12 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.26%) AIX
13 1 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (17.60%) Customer Service
3 56 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 45 (11.48%) Process Improvement
5 43 (10.97%) Asset Management
5 43 (10.97%) ERP
6 32 (8.16%) CRM
7 31 (7.91%) Migration
8 29 (7.40%) Agile
8 29 (7.40%) Analytics
9 26 (6.63%) Data Management
10 24 (6.12%) Service Management
11 23 (5.87%) Decision-Making
11 23 (5.87%) Time Management
12 22 (5.61%) Line Management
13 21 (5.36%) Data Migration
13 21 (5.36%) Data Protection
13 21 (5.36%) DevOps
13 21 (5.36%) ITIL
14 20 (5.10%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (10.71%) SQL
2 37 (9.44%) PowerShell
3 34 (8.67%) Bash
4 32 (8.16%) Python
5 14 (3.57%) T-SQL
6 7 (1.79%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.02%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.02%) VBA
8 3 (0.77%) Java
9 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.26%) AWK
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) C++
10 1 (0.26%) JCL
10 1 (0.26%) Korn
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
10 1 (0.26%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (14.29%) Degree
2 55 (14.03%) Security Cleared
3 44 (11.22%) DV Cleared
4 22 (5.61%) DBS Check
5 17 (4.34%) ACCA
6 16 (4.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (4.08%) CCAB
6 16 (4.08%) CIMA
7 15 (3.83%) SC Cleared
8 6 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.28%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.02%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.26%) CCNP
12 1 (0.26%) OCA
12 1 (0.26%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.63%) Data Quality
2 24 (6.12%) SLA
3 12 (3.06%) QA
4 8 (2.04%) GDPR
5 7 (1.79%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.77%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) GMP
8 1 (0.26%) IFRS
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (16.58%) Active Directory
2 30 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.08%) Docker
3 16 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.28%) NFS
5 5 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (1.28%) vSphere
6 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.26%) KVM
8 1 (0.26%) LXC
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.26%) Postfix
8 1 (0.26%) RHEV
8 1 (0.26%) Samba
8 1 (0.26%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.26%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 17 (4.34%) Ansible
2 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (2.81%) Terraform
4 10 (2.55%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.30%) Puppet
6 5 (1.28%) Opsgenie
7 4 (1.02%) Nagios
7 4 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (0.77%) Grafana
8 3 (0.77%) Graylog
8 3 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.77%) Rundeck
8 3 (0.77%) SCCM
9 2 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.51%) VxRail
10 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 130 (33.16%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.46%) VMware
3 40 (10.20%) SAP
4 31 (7.91%) Salesforce
5 19 (4.85%) Oracle
6 15 (3.83%) Red Hat
7 14 (3.57%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.55%) Cisco
9 7 (1.79%) NetApp
10 6 (1.53%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.53%) Citrix
10 6 (1.53%) IBM
10 6 (1.53%) Juniper
11 5 (1.28%) EMC
11 5 (1.28%) Progress
12 4 (1.02%) Apple
12 4 (1.02%) Google
12 4 (1.02%) Pure Storage
13 3 (0.77%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.77%) Workday