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 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 202 159
Rank change year-on-year +98 -43 +17
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,235 521 971
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.63% 1.51% 1.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.69% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 828 343 749
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,125 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,269 £26,125 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -12.00% -11.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £58,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -15.79%

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 71,566 30,840 56,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.61% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 49,473 17,770 38,038
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,600
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 +90 300 £35,000 +16.67% 94
Midlands +77 244 £40,000 -4.76% 83
South East +41 233 £37,500 +7.14% 144
South West -13 173 £30,000 -33.33% 51
North West +80 171 £35,000 +32.08% 49
East of England +40 157 £35,000 +7.69% 57
West Midlands +58 122 £37,500 -31.00% 41
East Midlands +37 122 £40,000 +12.68% 43
Yorkshire +23 98 £35,000 -14.63% 34
Scotland +71 89 £43,500 +67.31% 28
North East -28 31 £37,000 +32.14% 12
Wales -33 26 £30,000 -36.84% 15
Northern Ireland -65 17 £45,000 +73.08% 13
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 August 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.

1 249 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 135 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
3 126 (10.20%) Azure
4 116 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
5 114 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
6 112 (9.07%) CRM
7 111 (8.99%) SQL
8 108 (8.74%) Linux
9 102 (8.26%) Windows
10 100 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 100 (8.10%) Customer Service
11 83 (6.72%) Active Directory
12 81 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
13 73 (5.91%) AWS
14 72 (5.83%) ERP
15 67 (5.43%) Salesforce
16 63 (5.10%) Security Cleared
16 63 (5.10%) Windows Server
17 58 (4.70%) Python
18 57 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
19 56 (4.53%) Cybersecurity
20 54 (4.37%) Data Quality
20 54 (4.37%) Entra ID
21 52 (4.21%) SharePoint
22 51 (4.13%) DevOps
22 51 (4.13%) Git
22 51 (4.13%) Logistics
22 51 (4.13%) Power Platform
22 51 (4.13%) SQL Server
23 50 (4.05%) GitHub

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 57 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 37 (3.00%) WordPress
4 8 (0.65%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.24%) Confluence
5 3 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.081%) Apache
6 1 (0.081%) CMS
6 1 (0.081%) ExpressionEngine
6 1 (0.081%) JBoss
6 1 (0.081%) Mendix
6 1 (0.081%) nginx
6 1 (0.081%) OpenEdge
6 1 (0.081%) WebLogic
Applications
1 116 (9.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 81 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.24%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 19 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 15 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (1.13%) Primavera
4 6 (0.49%) Sage 200
5 5 (0.40%) iTrent
5 5 (0.40%) Odoo
6 4 (0.32%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.16%) Shopify
8 1 (0.081%) Magento
8 1 (0.081%) Sage 50
8 1 (0.081%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 126 (10.20%) Azure
2 114 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
3 73 (5.91%) AWS
4 54 (4.37%) Entra ID
5 51 (4.13%) Power Platform
6 50 (4.05%) GitHub
7 44 (3.56%) SaaS
8 18 (1.46%) OpenShift
9 17 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.21%) Mimecast
11 13 (1.05%) PaaS
12 12 (0.97%) Power Automate
13 8 (0.65%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Copilot
16 5 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.40%) GCP
17 4 (0.32%) Amazon EKS
17 4 (0.32%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.81%) Internet
2 45 (3.64%) Firewall
3 32 (2.59%) DNS
4 23 (1.86%) Wireless
5 22 (1.78%) DHCP
6 18 (1.46%) VPN
7 17 (1.38%) Broadband
8 14 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (1.05%) SAN
10 12 (0.97%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.73%) LAN
11 9 (0.73%) Network Security
11 9 (0.73%) WAN
12 4 (0.32%) VLAN
12 4 (0.32%) VSAN
13 3 (0.24%) SSH
14 2 (0.16%) SSL
14 2 (0.16%) VoIP
15 1 (0.081%) Ethernet
15 1 (0.081%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 39 (3.16%) Power BI
3 23 (1.86%) MySQL
4 12 (0.97%) Oracle Database
4 12 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 10 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (0.73%) SAP HANA
7 8 (0.65%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.40%) Power Query
10 4 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.24%) GIS
11 3 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.24%) Tableau
12 2 (0.16%) KNIME
12 2 (0.16%) MongoDB
12 2 (0.16%) MS Access
12 2 (0.16%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (4.13%) Git
2 13 (1.05%) JIRA
3 4 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.16%) Ant
4 2 (0.16%) Apache Ivy
4 2 (0.16%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.16%) IBM UrbanCode
4 2 (0.16%) Maven
5 1 (0.081%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.081%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.081%) Selenium
5 1 (0.081%) TeamCity
General
1 215 (17.41%) Social Skills
2 134 (10.85%) Finance
3 93 (7.53%) Organisational Skills
4 65 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (4.45%) Marketing
6 43 (3.48%) Manufacturing
7 40 (3.24%) Law
8 36 (2.91%) Retail
9 35 (2.83%) Multimedia
9 35 (2.83%) Telecoms
10 29 (2.35%) Legal
11 20 (1.62%) Public Sector
12 18 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 16 (1.30%) Military
14 12 (0.97%) Billing
15 9 (0.73%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.73%) Legal Technology
16 8 (0.65%) Games
17 7 (0.57%) Back Office
17 7 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.08%) CSS
1 38 (3.08%) HTML
2 9 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (0.40%) SAP Basis
4 3 (0.24%) AngularJS
4 3 (0.24%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (0.16%) OpenID
5 2 (0.16%) REST
6 1 (0.081%) CSS3
6 1 (0.081%) HTML5
6 1 (0.081%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.081%) Middleware
6 1 (0.081%) OAuth
6 1 (0.081%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.081%) ODBC
6 1 (0.081%) React
6 1 (0.081%) Redfish
6 1 (0.081%) SAML
6 1 (0.081%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.08%) Replication
2 34 (2.75%) Clustering
3 32 (2.59%) Onboarding
4 31 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 24 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.21%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.13%) Social Media
8 9 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (0.65%) Driving Licence
9 8 (0.65%) NHS
10 5 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.40%) Cyberattack
10 5 (0.40%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.40%) PKI
10 5 (0.40%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.32%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (0.32%) Operational Technology
11 4 (0.32%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 108 (8.74%) Linux
2 102 (8.26%) Windows
3 63 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.86%) Mac OS
5 22 (1.78%) Apple iOS
6 20 (1.62%) Android
7 15 (1.21%) Unix
8 13 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.97%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.81%) Windows 10
11 8 (0.65%) Debian
12 6 (0.49%) CentOS
13 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
14 4 (0.32%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.32%) Solaris
15 2 (0.16%) Rocky
16 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
2 112 (9.07%) CRM
3 100 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 100 (8.10%) Customer Service
4 72 (5.83%) ERP
5 56 (4.53%) Cybersecurity
6 51 (4.13%) DevOps
6 51 (4.13%) Logistics
7 48 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 45 (3.64%) High Availability
9 41 (3.32%) Service Delivery
10 40 (3.24%) Time Management
10 40 (3.24%) Web Development
11 39 (3.16%) Data Management
12 37 (3.00%) ITIL
13 34 (2.75%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (2.67%) Project Delivery
15 31 (2.51%) Vulnerability Management
16 30 (2.43%) Process Improvement
17 29 (2.35%) Data Entry
Programming Languages
1 111 (8.99%) SQL
2 58 (4.70%) Python
3 47 (3.81%) PowerShell
4 45 (3.64%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.56%) R
6 21 (1.70%) Bash
7 18 (1.46%) Shell Script
8 7 (0.57%) C
9 6 (0.49%) Ruby
10 5 (0.40%) VBA
11 4 (0.32%) Go
12 3 (0.24%) C++
12 3 (0.24%) PHP
13 2 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.081%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.081%) C#
14 1 (0.081%) Java
14 1 (0.081%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (5.10%) Security Cleared
2 42 (3.40%) AWS Certification
2 42 (3.40%) Azure Certification
2 42 (3.40%) SC Cleared
3 41 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (2.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 30 (2.43%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.02%) DBS Check
6 25 (2.02%) Degree
7 19 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
8 18 (1.46%) A+ Certification
9 9 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.40%) CIPD
10 5 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.24%) HND
12 2 (0.16%) AAT
12 2 (0.16%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.081%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.37%) Data Quality
2 49 (3.97%) QA
3 26 (2.11%) GDPR
4 20 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (1.46%) SLA
6 14 (1.13%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.40%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.32%) ISO 14001
11 3 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.24%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (0.24%) PMO
12 1 (0.081%) GRC
12 1 (0.081%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.081%) NIST
12 1 (0.081%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.081%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (6.72%) Active Directory
2 48 (3.89%) Hyper-V
3 17 (1.38%) Docker
4 14 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.57%) Ceph
6 6 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.40%) iptables
8 4 (0.32%) Firmware
9 1 (0.081%) NFS
9 1 (0.081%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.081%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.081%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.081%) vSphere
9 1 (0.081%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (2.27%) Ansible
2 25 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (1.78%) Kubernetes
4 19 (1.54%) Nessus
5 18 (1.46%) Terraform
6 15 (1.21%) Prometheus
7 12 (0.97%) Proxmox
8 10 (0.81%) Puppet
9 8 (0.65%) Grafana
9 8 (0.65%) Podman
10 7 (0.57%) Argo
10 7 (0.57%) Check_MK
10 7 (0.57%) Istio
11 6 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
11 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Clustering
11 6 (0.49%) SCCM
12 5 (0.40%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.32%) McAfee ePO
13 4 (0.32%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 249 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 67 (5.43%) Salesforce
3 44 (3.56%) SAP
4 29 (2.35%) Red Hat
5 28 (2.27%) VMware
6 23 (1.86%) HubSpot
6 23 (1.86%) Sage
7 20 (1.62%) Oracle
8 18 (1.46%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.13%) Veeam
10 13 (1.05%) HP
11 10 (0.81%) Dell
11 10 (0.81%) Google
12 9 (0.73%) Zoho
13 8 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
14 7 (0.57%) SonicWALL
15 6 (0.49%) Facebook
15 6 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
16 5 (0.40%) Cisco
17 4 (0.32%) McAfee