Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 147 176
Rank change year-on-year -19 +29 +92
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 523 817 572
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.51% 1.71% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% 1.80% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 325 486 450
10th Percentile £25,125 £24,250 £23,645
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,250 £60,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% -9.09% +3.13%

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 31,229 45,382 29,110
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.91% 95.02% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 19,301 24,614 21,949
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £64,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,410 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.55% -4.32% -

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 6 November 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 6 November 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
South East -16 127 £35,000 -22.22% 176
South West -2 120 £40,000 -20.00% 46
North of England -25 101 £33,000 -5.71% 108
Midlands +2 82 £42,000 -6.67% 75
East of England +15 76 £32,500 -25.29% 69
Yorkshire +15 45 £33,000 +1.54% 34
North West +6 45 £30,500 -23.75% 59
West Midlands +20 42 £50,000 +11.11% 43
East Midlands -5 40 £27,375 -21.79% 31
Scotland -22 12 £27,500 -31.25% 23
North East -15 11 £47,500 +66.77% 17
Wales 0 7 £30,000 -21.05% 9
Northern Ireland -1 4 £26,000 -4.59% 6
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, 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.

1 163 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 108 (20.65%) Linux
3 107 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (17.97%) Microsoft Excel
5 92 (17.59%) Microsoft Office
6 87 (16.63%) Windows
7 76 (14.53%) Security Cleared
8 72 (13.77%) Cisco
9 69 (13.19%) Azure
10 68 (13.00%) Customer Service
11 65 (12.43%) SC Cleared
12 64 (12.24%) Active Directory
13 63 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
14 62 (11.85%) Cisco Certification
15 60 (11.47%) High Availability
16 59 (11.28%) DV Cleared
17 56 (10.71%) CRM
18 49 (9.37%) CCNP
18 49 (9.37%) Innovative Thinking
19 44 (8.41%) SQL
20 43 (8.22%) AWS
21 41 (7.84%) ITIL
21 41 (7.84%) Salesforce
22 40 (7.65%) Data Management
22 40 (7.65%) Time Management
23 39 (7.46%) VMware
23 39 (7.46%) Windows Server
24 38 (7.27%) CCNA
24 38 (7.27%) Python
25 37 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement

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 33 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.49%) WordPress
4 8 (1.53%) CMS
5 7 (1.34%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.96%) Confluence
6 5 (0.96%) IIS
7 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.57%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.19%) Apache
8 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 94 (17.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 92 (17.59%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.57%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.57%) Windchill
7 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.91%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 5 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.76%) Primavera
6 3 (0.57%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.57%) Teamcenter
7 2 (0.38%) Magento
7 2 (0.38%) Maximo
7 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.19%) Changepoint
8 1 (0.19%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 69 (13.19%) Azure
2 63 (12.05%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (8.22%) AWS
4 28 (5.35%) Power Platform
5 23 (4.40%) Entra ID
6 19 (3.63%) PowerApps
7 18 (3.44%) Power Automate
8 16 (3.06%) GitHub
9 11 (2.10%) OneDrive
10 10 (1.91%) SaaS
11 7 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
13 5 (0.96%) OCI
14 4 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.57%) GCP
15 3 (0.57%) Google Sheets
15 3 (0.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.78%) Firewall
2 19 (3.63%) Internet
3 14 (2.68%) VPN
4 13 (2.49%) DNS
5 12 (2.29%) Wireless
6 10 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (1.34%) LAN
8 6 (1.15%) VLAN
9 5 (0.96%) Intranet
9 5 (0.96%) NAS
9 5 (0.96%) Network Security
10 4 (0.76%) DHCP
10 4 (0.76%) DMARC
10 4 (0.76%) SAN
10 4 (0.76%) SSL
11 3 (0.57%) Asterisk PBX
11 3 (0.57%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.57%) Multicast
11 3 (0.57%) WAN
12 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.06%) Power BI
3 14 (2.68%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.72%) Oracle Database
4 9 (1.72%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (1.34%) Metadata
6 5 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.76%) MySQL
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.57%) EDRMS
8 3 (0.57%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.57%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (0.38%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (3.06%) Git
2 8 (1.53%) JIRA
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.38%) GitLab
4 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 160 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.12%) Finance
3 59 (11.28%) Organisational Skills
4 35 (6.69%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (6.12%) Manufacturing
6 29 (5.54%) Legal
7 25 (4.78%) Public Sector
8 19 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (3.44%) Law
10 13 (2.49%) Marketing
10 13 (2.49%) Multimedia
10 13 (2.49%) Retail
10 13 (2.49%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.91%) Back Office
12 10 (1.91%) Billing
13 7 (1.34%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.34%) Automotive
13 7 (1.34%) Local Government
14 6 (1.15%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.68%) CSS
1 14 (2.68%) HTML
2 10 (1.91%) XML
3 7 (1.34%) JSON
4 6 (1.15%) REST
4 6 (1.15%) SOAP
5 3 (0.57%) Itk
5 3 (0.57%) LDAP
5 3 (0.57%) ModSecurity
5 3 (0.57%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (0.57%) WebCenter
5 3 (0.57%) XMPP
6 2 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.38%) Middleware
6 2 (0.38%) Mongoose
7 1 (0.19%) .NET
7 1 (0.19%) Django
7 1 (0.19%) Ember.js
7 1 (0.19%) SAML
7 1 (0.19%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 53 (10.13%) e-Learning
2 35 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
3 24 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.68%) Driving Licence
5 13 (2.49%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
7 9 (1.72%) Data Centre
7 9 (1.72%) NHS
8 7 (1.34%) CMDB
8 7 (1.34%) Replication
9 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.96%) Pricing Data
9 5 (0.96%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.76%) Clustering
10 4 (0.76%) FMCG
10 4 (0.76%) iPad
10 4 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.57%) PMI
11 3 (0.57%) Robotics
11 3 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 108 (20.65%) Linux
2 87 (16.63%) Windows
3 39 (7.46%) Windows Server
4 37 (7.07%) Unix
5 23 (4.40%) Windows 10
6 20 (3.82%) Android
7 18 (3.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (3.25%) Apple iOS
9 15 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (2.29%) Mac OS
11 10 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
12 7 (1.34%) CentOS
13 4 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.57%) Debian
14 3 (0.57%) Solaris
14 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.38%) AIX
15 2 (0.38%) CoreOS
15 2 (0.38%) VMS
15 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (13.00%) Customer Service
3 60 (11.47%) High Availability
4 56 (10.71%) CRM
5 49 (9.37%) Innovative Thinking
6 41 (7.84%) ITIL
7 40 (7.65%) Data Management
7 40 (7.65%) Time Management
8 37 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (5.35%) Collaborative Working
11 27 (5.16%) ERP
12 23 (4.40%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (4.40%) Data Protection
13 22 (4.21%) Change Management
14 21 (4.02%) Disaster Recovery
14 21 (4.02%) Migration
14 21 (4.02%) Service Delivery
15 20 (3.82%) Agile
15 20 (3.82%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.41%) SQL
2 38 (7.27%) Python
3 31 (5.93%) PowerShell
4 23 (4.40%) JavaScript
5 16 (3.06%) Bash
6 13 (2.49%) R
7 7 (1.34%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.76%) Java
8 4 (0.76%) PL/SQL
8 4 (0.76%) VBA
9 3 (0.57%) Tcl
10 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.38%) Korn
10 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.19%) C#
11 1 (0.19%) Perl
11 1 (0.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 76 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 65 (12.43%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.85%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (11.28%) DV Cleared
5 49 (9.37%) CCNP
6 38 (7.27%) CCNA
7 37 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (5.35%) Degree
9 24 (4.59%) RHCSA
10 17 (3.25%) Azure Certification
11 16 (3.06%) DBS Check
12 15 (2.87%) AWS Certification
13 13 (2.49%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 10 (1.91%) MCSE
15 9 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 6 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 4 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
18 3 (0.57%) HNC
18 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
18 3 (0.57%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.63%) GDPR
2 14 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (2.68%) SLA
3 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (0.96%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.76%) PMO
6 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.38%) NIST
7 2 (0.38%) QA
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 64 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.10%) vSphere
4 9 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.53%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.38%) Docker
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.19%) KVM
8 1 (0.19%) NFS
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (4.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.29%) Ansible
3 11 (2.10%) Terraform
4 6 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.96%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.76%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.76%) SCCM
7 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.57%) Grafana
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.57%) Puppet
8 2 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.38%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.19%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.19%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.19%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 163 (31.17%) Microsoft
2 72 (13.77%) Cisco
3 41 (7.84%) Salesforce
4 39 (7.46%) VMware
5 36 (6.88%) SAP
6 34 (6.50%) Red Hat
7 24 (4.59%) Oracle
8 12 (2.29%) Apple
9 11 (2.10%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.72%) Samsung
11 8 (1.53%) HubSpot
11 8 (1.53%) Remedy
12 6 (1.15%) Adobe
13 5 (0.96%) Datto
13 5 (0.96%) Google
13 5 (0.96%) IBM
13 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.96%) RedGate
13 5 (0.96%) Sage
14 4 (0.76%) IFS