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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 205 123
Rank change year-on-year +98 -82 +72
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,007 436 1,620
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.52% 1.48% 2.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 1.66% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 712 296 1,234
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,063 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,094 £25,750 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.66%
75th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,125 £60,875
UK median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,404
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.98% -24.27%

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 62,390 26,239 72,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 89.06% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 43,046 14,192 52,127
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,950
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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +95 290 £35,000 +27.27% 68
Midlands +72 204 £35,000 -1.41% 59
South East +34 172 £35,000 -23.91% 73
North West +84 157 £35,000 +32.08% 39
East of England +52 151 £35,000 +7.69% 43
South West -14 119 £31,500 -37.00% 53
East Midlands +31 111 £35,440 +18.13% 20
Yorkshire +27 103 £35,000 -30.00% 20
West Midlands +45 93 £34,000 -20.00% 40
Scotland +50 56 £31,000 +19.23% 23
North East -23 30 £41,250 +47.32% 9
Wales -25 20 £30,000 -36.84% 10
Northern Ireland -32 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 9 June 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.

1 196 (19.46%) Microsoft
2 124 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
3 112 (11.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 101 (10.03%) CRM
5 93 (9.24%) SQL
6 87 (8.64%) Azure
7 86 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
8 76 (7.55%) Customer Service
9 74 (7.35%) ERP
9 74 (7.35%) Linux
10 70 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (6.55%) Windows
12 60 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
13 57 (5.66%) Salesforce
14 53 (5.26%) Active Directory
14 53 (5.26%) AWS
15 50 (4.97%) Data Quality
16 49 (4.87%) Python
17 47 (4.67%) Cybersecurity
17 47 (4.67%) Logistics
18 46 (4.57%) SAP
19 45 (4.47%) Internet
20 44 (4.37%) Power Platform
21 43 (4.27%) AWS Certification
21 43 (4.27%) GitHub
22 42 (4.17%) Process Improvement
23 40 (3.97%) Azure Certification
23 40 (3.97%) JavaScript
24 39 (3.87%) CSS
24 39 (3.87%) HTML

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 39 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.57%) WordPress
3 32 (3.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.099%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.099%) CMS
5 1 (0.099%) Mendix
5 1 (0.099%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 112 (11.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 20 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (1.89%) iTrent
3 12 (1.19%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.79%) Primavera
4 8 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.70%) Odoo
6 6 (0.60%) Sage 200
7 4 (0.40%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.20%) Magento
8 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.20%) Shopify
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.099%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 87 (8.64%) Azure
2 86 (8.54%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (5.26%) AWS
4 44 (4.37%) Power Platform
5 43 (4.27%) GitHub
6 36 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 15 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 10 (0.99%) SaaS
10 8 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (0.79%) Mimecast
11 5 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.50%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.50%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.40%) 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 45 (4.47%) Internet
2 38 (3.77%) Firewall
3 21 (2.09%) Wireless
4 13 (1.29%) VPN
5 12 (1.19%) DNS
6 11 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (0.99%) Broadband
8 9 (0.89%) Network Security
9 7 (0.70%) SAN
10 6 (0.60%) DHCP
11 5 (0.50%) LAN
11 5 (0.50%) WAN
12 3 (0.30%) SSH
13 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
13 2 (0.20%) VoIP
14 1 (0.099%) DKIM
14 1 (0.099%) DMARC
14 1 (0.099%) TCP/IP
14 1 (0.099%) Unified Communications
14 1 (0.099%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 34 (3.38%) Power BI
3 20 (1.99%) MySQL
4 10 (0.99%) SAP HANA
5 6 (0.60%) Oracle Database
5 6 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.60%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.50%) Tableau
7 4 (0.40%) 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 (0.099%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.099%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 35 (3.48%) Git
2 5 (0.50%) JIRA
3 1 (0.099%) Bitbucket
General
1 172 (17.08%) Social Skills
2 110 (10.92%) Finance
3 74 (7.35%) Organisational Skills
4 47 (4.67%) Marketing
5 45 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (4.07%) Retail
7 35 (3.48%) Multimedia
8 34 (3.38%) Manufacturing
9 33 (3.28%) Law
10 24 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.69%) Back Office
11 17 (1.69%) Public Sector
12 14 (1.39%) Military
13 13 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.09%) Legal
15 8 (0.79%) Aerospace
15 8 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.70%) Games
17 6 (0.60%) Automotive
17 6 (0.60%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.87%) CSS
1 39 (3.87%) HTML
2 4 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (0.40%) SAP Basis
3 3 (0.30%) AngularJS
4 2 (0.20%) REST
5 1 (0.099%) .NET
5 1 (0.099%) jQuery
5 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.099%) Middleware
5 1 (0.099%) ODBC
5 1 (0.099%) OpenID
5 1 (0.099%) SAML
5 1 (0.099%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (2.78%) Replication
2 22 (2.18%) Management Information System
3 20 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (1.89%) Onboarding
5 16 (1.59%) Clustering
6 13 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (1.29%) Data Structures
6 13 (1.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (0.79%) Private Cloud
8 7 (0.70%) NHS
9 6 (0.60%) Driving Licence
10 5 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.50%) PKI
10 5 (0.50%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
11 4 (0.40%) Cyberattack
11 4 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.40%) Smart Meter
12 3 (0.30%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.35%) Linux
2 66 (6.55%) Windows
3 32 (3.18%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.89%) Mac OS
5 18 (1.79%) Android
5 18 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.40%) Unix
9 3 (0.30%) Debian
10 2 (0.20%) CentOS
10 2 (0.20%) Solaris
11 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (10.03%) CRM
3 76 (7.55%) Customer Service
4 74 (7.35%) ERP
5 70 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (4.67%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (4.67%) Logistics
7 42 (4.17%) Process Improvement
8 35 (3.48%) Web Development
9 33 (3.28%) Data Entry
9 33 (3.28%) Data Management
10 32 (3.18%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (2.88%) DevOps
12 27 (2.68%) High Availability
12 27 (2.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 27 (2.68%) Project Delivery
12 27 (2.68%) Service Delivery
13 25 (2.48%) Analytics
13 25 (2.48%) Time Management
13 25 (2.48%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (9.24%) SQL
2 49 (4.87%) Python
3 40 (3.97%) JavaScript
4 37 (3.67%) R
5 26 (2.58%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.59%) Shell Script
7 15 (1.49%) Bash
8 8 (0.79%) Go
9 6 (0.60%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.50%) VBA
11 4 (0.40%) C
12 2 (0.20%) C#
13 1 (0.099%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.099%) Java
Qualifications
1 43 (4.27%) AWS Certification
2 40 (3.97%) Azure Certification
3 39 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
4 37 (3.67%) Security Cleared
5 35 (3.48%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 21 (2.09%) SC Cleared
7 18 (1.79%) A+ Certification
7 18 (1.79%) DBS Check
7 18 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
8 15 (1.49%) Degree
9 12 (1.19%) CIPD
9 12 (1.19%) DV Cleared
10 7 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.20%) AAT
12 2 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.099%) CCNA
13 1 (0.099%) CCNP
13 1 (0.099%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.099%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.97%) Data Quality
2 31 (3.08%) GDPR
3 29 (2.88%) QA
4 11 (1.09%) ISO 9001
4 11 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (0.99%) SLA
6 5 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.40%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.40%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.30%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.20%) PMO
10 1 (0.099%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.099%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 28 (2.78%) Hyper-V
3 10 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.60%) Docker
5 5 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.40%) iptables
7 3 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 17 (1.69%) Nessus
2 16 (1.59%) Proxmox
3 15 (1.49%) Terraform
4 13 (1.29%) Kubernetes
5 12 (1.19%) Ansible
6 11 (1.09%) Grafana
6 11 (1.09%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.60%) 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 (0.099%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.099%) Nagios
10 1 (0.099%) Podman
10 1 (0.099%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 196 (19.46%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.66%) Salesforce
3 46 (4.57%) SAP
4 22 (2.18%) VMware
5 19 (1.89%) Sage
6 18 (1.79%) HubSpot
7 17 (1.69%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.29%) Oracle
9 12 (1.19%) HP
9 12 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.19%) Veeam
10 10 (0.99%) Zoho
11 8 (0.79%) Facebook
11 8 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 7 (0.70%) SonicWALL
13 4 (0.40%) Cisco
13 4 (0.40%) ConnectWise
13 4 (0.40%) Meraki
13 4 (0.40%) SYSPRO
14 3 (0.30%) Workday