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 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 194 132
Rank change year-on-year +69 -62 +75
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 872 368 1,416
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.42% 1.41% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.59% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 634 261 1,091
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,480 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £27,250 £24,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +35.71% -17.30%
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £35,000 £49,000 £35,520
% change year-on-year -28.57% +37.95% -22.78%

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 56,894 23,119 62,524
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 88.87% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 36,413 14,540 46,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,822 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £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 £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 +40 215 £34,000 +21.43% 67
South East +40 185 £35,000 -28.57% 86
Midlands +60 184 £32,500 - 51
East of England +37 135 £35,000 -36.36% 33
North West +23 116 £32,000 +18.52% 37
South West -5 112 £35,000 -30.00% 24
East Midlands +5 97 £32,500 -32.99% 16
West Midlands +33 87 £31,500 -1.72% 35
Yorkshire -7 77 £34,000 -35.24% 18
Scotland -5 30 £34,000 -12.26% 15
North East -19 22 £35,000 +40.00% 12
Wales -13 18 £30,000 -36.84% 6
Northern Ireland -37 7 £34,000 - 1
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 April 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.

1 186 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 117 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (12.04%) Azure
4 92 (10.55%) CRM
5 84 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
6 78 (8.94%) AWS
6 78 (8.94%) Python
7 68 (7.80%) GitHub
7 68 (7.80%) JavaScript
8 67 (7.68%) AWS Certification
9 66 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 66 (7.57%) SQL
10 64 (7.34%) CSS
10 64 (7.34%) HTML
10 64 (7.34%) Internet
11 62 (7.11%) Azure Certification
11 62 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
12 61 (7.00%) Process Improvement
13 60 (6.88%) ERP
13 60 (6.88%) Git
13 60 (6.88%) R
13 60 (6.88%) WordPress
14 59 (6.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 59 (6.77%) Web Development
15 57 (6.54%) Customer Service
16 54 (6.19%) Linux
17 49 (5.62%) Salesforce
18 47 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
19 44 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
20 43 (4.93%) SAP

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 60 (6.88%) WordPress
2 28 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 18 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.34%) CMS
4 3 (0.34%) Confluence
4 3 (0.34%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.34%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 84 (9.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (2.87%) iTrent
2 19 (2.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.26%) NetSuite
4 8 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.46%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.46%) Sage 200
6 3 (0.34%) Magento
6 3 (0.34%) Odoo
6 3 (0.34%) Primavera
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.23%) Shopify
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 105 (12.04%) Azure
2 78 (8.94%) AWS
3 68 (7.80%) GitHub
4 62 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (3.10%) Power Platform
6 16 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (1.61%) Entra ID
8 10 (1.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (0.69%) OCI
11 5 (0.57%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.57%) PowerApps
11 5 (0.57%) SaaS
11 5 (0.57%) Smartsheet
12 4 (0.46%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.34%) GCP
13 3 (0.34%) Veeva
14 2 (0.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.34%) Internet
2 27 (3.10%) Firewall
3 20 (2.29%) Wireless
4 13 (1.49%) VPN
5 8 (0.92%) Broadband
5 8 (0.92%) Network Security
5 8 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.69%) WAN
7 5 (0.57%) DNS
7 5 (0.57%) LAN
8 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.34%) SAN
9 2 (0.23%) DHCP
9 2 (0.23%) HTTP
9 2 (0.23%) SSH
9 2 (0.23%) VoIP
10 1 (0.11%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.11%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.41%) Power BI
3 12 (1.38%) Oracle Database
4 10 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (0.92%) MySQL
6 7 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (0.80%) Tableau
7 5 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
8 4 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (0.34%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.34%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database 10g
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database 11g
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Discoverer
9 3 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (6.88%) Git
2 4 (0.46%) JIRA
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.23%) Bitbucket
General
1 159 (18.23%) Social Skills
2 107 (12.27%) Finance
3 73 (8.37%) Organisational Skills
4 59 (6.77%) Multimedia
5 55 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (4.24%) Retail
7 36 (4.13%) Marketing
8 28 (3.21%) Manufacturing
9 19 (2.18%) Back Office
9 19 (2.18%) Law
10 15 (1.72%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.03%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.92%) Legal
13 8 (0.92%) Military
14 6 (0.69%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.69%) Automotive
15 5 (0.57%) Billing
16 4 (0.46%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (7.34%) CSS
1 64 (7.34%) HTML
2 5 (0.57%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (0.34%) AngularJS
3 3 (0.34%) JSON
3 3 (0.34%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.34%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (0.34%) WebCenter
3 3 (0.34%) XML
4 2 (0.23%) .NET
4 2 (0.23%) jQuery
4 2 (0.23%) ODBC
5 1 (0.11%) Laravel
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
1 19 (2.18%) Management Information System
1 19 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (1.72%) Onboarding
2 15 (1.72%) Replication
3 12 (1.38%) Private Cloud
4 10 (1.15%) Clustering
5 9 (1.03%) FMCG
5 9 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (0.92%) Data Structures
7 5 (0.57%) Driving Licence
7 5 (0.57%) Learning Management System
7 5 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.46%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.46%) Cyberattack
8 4 (0.46%) Smart Meter
9 3 (0.34%) Blog
9 3 (0.34%) e-Learning
9 3 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.34%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.19%) Linux
2 43 (4.93%) Windows
3 17 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.92%) Android
4 8 (0.92%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.80%) Mac OS
5 7 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (0.80%) Unix
6 5 (0.57%) CentOS
7 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.23%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.11%) Debian
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.11%) VMS
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (10.55%) CRM
3 61 (7.00%) Process Improvement
4 60 (6.88%) ERP
5 59 (6.77%) Web Development
6 57 (6.54%) Customer Service
7 47 (5.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (4.13%) Logistics
9 35 (4.01%) Cybersecurity
10 34 (3.90%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (3.33%) Data Management
12 25 (2.87%) Data Entry
12 25 (2.87%) Time Management
13 24 (2.75%) Service Delivery
14 23 (2.64%) Data Protection
14 23 (2.64%) ITIL
15 22 (2.52%) Analytics
16 21 (2.41%) Data Analysis
16 21 (2.41%) Project Management
17 20 (2.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 78 (8.94%) Python
2 68 (7.80%) JavaScript
3 66 (7.57%) SQL
4 60 (6.88%) R
5 19 (2.18%) PowerShell
6 16 (1.83%) Bash
7 9 (1.03%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.92%) Go
9 5 (0.57%) VBA
10 4 (0.46%) C
11 3 (0.34%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.23%) C#
12 2 (0.23%) Perl
12 2 (0.23%) PHP
13 1 (0.11%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 67 (7.68%) AWS Certification
2 66 (7.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 62 (7.11%) Azure Certification
4 59 (6.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 33 (3.78%) Security Cleared
6 23 (2.64%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.29%) A+ Certification
8 18 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
9 16 (1.83%) SC Cleared
10 15 (1.72%) CIPD
11 8 (0.92%) Degree
12 7 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.80%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.23%) AAT
15 1 (0.11%) CCNA
15 1 (0.11%) CCNP
15 1 (0.11%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.11%) MCSE
15 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.90%) GDPR
2 30 (3.44%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.83%) QA
4 10 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.03%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.46%) ISO 14001
8 3 (0.34%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.34%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.23%) PMO
9 2 (0.23%) SLA
10 1 (0.11%) COSHH
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 40 (4.59%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.57%) Docker
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.34%) Firmware
7 2 (0.23%) iptables
Systems Management
1 14 (1.61%) Terraform
2 13 (1.49%) Ansible
3 12 (1.38%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (1.26%) Grafana
4 11 (1.26%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.26%) Proxmox
5 10 (1.15%) Nessus
6 5 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.46%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.46%) Puppet
8 3 (0.34%) Nagios
8 3 (0.34%) WSUS
9 2 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.23%) systemd
10 1 (0.11%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.11%) SCCM
10 1 (0.11%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 186 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.62%) Salesforce
3 43 (4.93%) SAP
4 19 (2.18%) Oracle
5 18 (2.06%) HubSpot
6 17 (1.95%) VMware
7 15 (1.72%) Sage
8 14 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.49%) Red Hat
10 9 (1.03%) Zoho
11 7 (0.80%) Facebook
12 6 (0.69%) HP
13 4 (0.46%) SYSPRO
13 4 (0.46%) Veeam
14 3 (0.34%) Cisco
14 3 (0.34%) Dell
14 3 (0.34%) IFS
14 3 (0.34%) Meraki
14 3 (0.34%) Palo Alto
14 3 (0.34%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud