Administrator Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 December 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 169 188
Rank change year-on-year +9 +19 +69
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 526 687 522
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.32% 1.61% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.71% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 342 387 405
10th Percentile £25,125 £25,650 £22,700
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +5.26% -2.06%

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 35,626 40,138 27,761
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 93.79% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 21,807 21,180 21,084
10th Percentile £27,625 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 12 December 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 12 December 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 +8 127 £35,000 -22.22% 118
South West 0 105 £45,000 -10.00% 59
Midlands +17 102 £32,500 -27.78% 80
North of England +8 96 £31,500 -10.00% 128
East of England +8 76 £32,500 -35.00% 102
West Midlands +26 57 £42,500 -5.56% 50
North West +30 48 £30,000 -28.80% 69
East Midlands +1 45 £32,500 -15.58% 27
Yorkshire -6 39 £33,000 -2.22% 48
Scotland -18 13 £27,500 -31.25% 29
North East -1 9 £47,500 +11.76% 15
Wales +7 7 £30,000 -11.76% 22
Northern Ireland -3 4 £28,000 +2.75% 8
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 December 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.

1 157 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 100 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (15.78%) Linux
4 78 (14.83%) Microsoft Office
5 75 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
6 74 (14.07%) Azure
7 70 (13.31%) Windows
8 63 (11.98%) Security Cleared
9 54 (10.27%) Active Directory
10 53 (10.08%) AWS
11 51 (9.70%) Customer Service
12 50 (9.51%) SC Cleared
13 49 (9.32%) Cisco
13 49 (9.32%) DV Cleared
13 49 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
14 48 (9.13%) Python
15 45 (8.56%) High Availability
16 43 (8.17%) Cisco Certification
16 43 (8.17%) Microsoft Certification
17 38 (7.22%) CRM
18 36 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
19 35 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
19 35 (6.65%) ITIL
20 34 (6.46%) CCNA
20 34 (6.46%) CCNP
20 34 (6.46%) Innovative Thinking
21 33 (6.27%) SQL
21 33 (6.27%) Windows Server
22 32 (6.08%) Time Management
22 32 (6.08%) Unix

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 25 (4.75%) WordPress
2 24 (4.56%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.76%) Confluence
5 3 (0.57%) CMS
5 3 (0.57%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.57%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.57%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.19%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 78 (14.83%) Microsoft Office
2 75 (14.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.57%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.57%) Windchill
7 2 (0.38%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.95%) iTrent
2 5 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.76%) Primavera
4 3 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.57%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.57%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.38%) Maximo
5 2 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.19%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 74 (14.07%) Azure
2 53 (10.08%) AWS
3 49 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (5.13%) GitHub
5 25 (4.75%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.04%) PowerApps
7 15 (2.85%) Entra ID
8 12 (2.28%) Power Automate
9 10 (1.90%) SaaS
10 7 (1.33%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.95%) GCP
11 5 (0.95%) OCI
11 5 (0.95%) Smartsheet
12 4 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.57%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.57%) OpenShift
14 2 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.70%) Internet
2 22 (4.18%) Firewall
3 13 (2.47%) VPN
4 12 (2.28%) DNS
5 7 (1.33%) LAN
5 7 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.33%) Wireless
6 6 (1.14%) VLAN
7 5 (0.95%) NAS
7 5 (0.95%) Network Security
8 3 (0.57%) DHCP
8 3 (0.57%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.57%) WAN
9 2 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.38%) HTTP
9 2 (0.38%) Intranet
9 2 (0.38%) Multicast
10 1 (0.19%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.19%) SAN
10 1 (0.19%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.66%) Power BI
3 9 (1.71%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.76%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (0.76%) Metadata
6 4 (0.76%) MySQL
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 10g
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Database 12c
6 4 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.57%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Discoverer
7 3 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.57%) Tableau
8 2 (0.38%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 28 (5.32%) Git
2 6 (1.14%) JIRA
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.38%) GitLab
4 2 (0.38%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
General
1 135 (25.67%) Social Skills
2 90 (17.11%) Finance
3 51 (9.70%) Organisational Skills
4 46 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.94%) Public Sector
6 25 (4.75%) Multimedia
7 24 (4.56%) Legal
8 23 (4.37%) Law
9 21 (3.99%) Manufacturing
10 16 (3.04%) Marketing
11 15 (2.85%) Retail
12 13 (2.47%) Telecoms
13 11 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.33%) Advertising
14 7 (1.33%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.33%) Automotive
15 6 (1.14%) Billing
15 6 (1.14%) Local Government
15 6 (1.14%) Military
16 5 (0.95%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.94%) CSS
1 26 (4.94%) HTML
2 5 (0.95%) XML
3 3 (0.57%) Itk
3 3 (0.57%) JSON
3 3 (0.57%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (0.57%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.38%) .NET
4 2 (0.38%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.38%) Middleware
4 2 (0.38%) Mongoose
4 2 (0.38%) REST
4 2 (0.38%) SOAP
4 2 (0.38%) XMPP
5 1 (0.19%) Django
5 1 (0.19%) LDAP
5 1 (0.19%) ODBC
5 1 (0.19%) SAML
5 1 (0.19%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.65%) e-Learning
2 25 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (2.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (2.47%) Driving Licence
5 11 (2.09%) FMCG
5 11 (2.09%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.52%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.33%) NHS
8 6 (1.14%) Learning Management System
8 6 (1.14%) Replication
9 5 (0.95%) CMDB
9 5 (0.95%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.76%) iPad
10 4 (0.76%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.57%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.57%) iSeries
11 3 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 83 (15.78%) Linux
2 70 (13.31%) Windows
3 33 (6.27%) Windows Server
4 32 (6.08%) Unix
5 16 (3.04%) Android
5 16 (3.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (2.66%) Windows 10
7 13 (2.47%) Apple iOS
8 11 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (1.52%) Mac OS
10 7 (1.33%) CentOS
11 6 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.76%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.38%) AIX
13 2 (0.38%) CoreOS
13 2 (0.38%) Debian
13 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.38%) VMS
13 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (9.70%) Customer Service
3 45 (8.56%) High Availability
4 38 (7.22%) CRM
5 36 (6.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (6.65%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (6.65%) ITIL
7 34 (6.46%) Innovative Thinking
8 32 (6.08%) Time Management
9 31 (5.89%) Process Improvement
10 25 (4.75%) Collaborative Working
10 25 (4.75%) Web Development
11 24 (4.56%) Data Protection
12 23 (4.37%) Business Intelligence
12 23 (4.37%) ERP
13 21 (3.99%) Data Management
14 20 (3.80%) Asset Management
14 20 (3.80%) Service Delivery
15 19 (3.61%) Migration
16 18 (3.42%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 48 (9.13%) Python
2 33 (6.27%) SQL
3 31 (5.89%) JavaScript
4 25 (4.75%) PowerShell
4 25 (4.75%) R
5 15 (2.85%) Bash
6 6 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.76%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.57%) Tcl
9 2 (0.38%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.38%) Korn
9 2 (0.38%) Perl
9 2 (0.38%) PHP
9 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.19%) C#
Qualifications
1 63 (11.98%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.51%) SC Cleared
3 49 (9.32%) DV Cleared
4 43 (8.17%) Cisco Certification
4 43 (8.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (6.46%) CCNA
5 34 (6.46%) CCNP
6 29 (5.51%) Azure Certification
7 27 (5.13%) AWS Certification
8 25 (4.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 25 (4.75%) Degree
9 9 (1.71%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.71%) RHCSA
10 6 (1.14%) MCSE
11 5 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.57%) CIPD
13 3 (0.57%) HNC
13 3 (0.57%) HND
13 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.80%) GDPR
2 10 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.90%) SLA
3 9 (1.71%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.76%) PMO
5 3 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.38%) QA
7 1 (0.19%) COSHH
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (10.27%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.14%) vSphere
5 5 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.76%) Docker
7 1 (0.19%) Firmware
7 1 (0.19%) KVM
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (2.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.47%) Ansible
3 10 (1.90%) Terraform
4 6 (1.14%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.95%) PaperCut
6 4 (0.76%) Grafana
6 4 (0.76%) Red Hat Satellite
6 4 (0.76%) SCCM
7 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.57%) Nessus
7 3 (0.57%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.57%) Puppet
7 3 (0.57%) WSUS
8 2 (0.38%) Nagios
8 2 (0.38%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.38%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.38%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.19%) Argo
Vendors
1 157 (29.85%) Microsoft
2 49 (9.32%) Cisco
3 32 (6.08%) VMware
4 30 (5.70%) SAP
5 28 (5.32%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.42%) Red Hat
7 15 (2.85%) Oracle
8 12 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.52%) Apple
9 8 (1.52%) HubSpot
9 8 (1.52%) Remedy
10 7 (1.33%) IBM
11 5 (0.95%) Datto
11 5 (0.95%) Sage
11 5 (0.95%) Samsung
12 4 (0.76%) IFS
13 3 (0.57%) Arista
13 3 (0.57%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (0.57%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud