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 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 183 156
Rank change year-on-year +31 -27 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 547 571 640
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.30% 1.54% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 1.65% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 347 292 438
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £44,007
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +2.26% -2.21%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +11.11% -10.00%

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 37,950 34,527 29,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.12% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 22,994 17,103 22,411
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 2 January 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 2 January 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
South East +29 137 £35,000 -22.22% 68
South West +3 106 £40,000 -20.00% 28
Midlands +25 103 £32,500 -25.71% 31
North of England +18 97 £31,500 -21.25% 77
East of England +22 81 £32,500 -31.58% 64
West Midlands +30 55 £40,750 -9.44% 19
North West +40 53 £31,500 -31.89% 38
East Midlands -15 48 £32,500 -18.75% 11
Yorkshire -1 37 £30,500 -12.86% 34
Scotland -8 17 £27,500 -29.03% 10
Northern Ireland -2 7 £28,000 - 2
North East -5 7 £47,500 +15.15% 9
Wales +6 6 £30,000 -21.05% 9
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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.

1 145 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 95 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (12.80%) Linux
4 69 (12.61%) Azure
5 65 (11.88%) Microsoft Office
6 63 (11.52%) Microsoft Excel
7 62 (11.33%) Windows
8 57 (10.42%) Security Cleared
9 48 (8.78%) Active Directory
10 47 (8.59%) AWS
10 47 (8.59%) Python
11 46 (8.41%) SC Cleared
12 44 (8.04%) DV Cleared
13 43 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
13 43 (7.86%) Process Improvement
14 42 (7.68%) Customer Service
15 40 (7.31%) Cisco
16 39 (7.13%) Microsoft Certification
17 38 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
17 38 (6.95%) CRM
17 38 (6.95%) High Availability
18 35 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
19 34 (6.22%) SQL
20 32 (5.85%) JavaScript
20 32 (5.85%) SAP
21 31 (5.67%) Cybersecurity
21 31 (5.67%) ITIL
22 30 (5.48%) Internet
22 30 (5.48%) Unix
23 29 (5.30%) CCNA

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 (4.57%) SharePoint
1 25 (4.57%) WordPress
2 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.55%) CMS
4 3 (0.55%) Tomcat
4 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.55%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 65 (11.88%) Microsoft Office
2 63 (11.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.55%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.55%) Windchill
7 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.01%) iTrent
3 6 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.73%) Primavera
5 4 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.73%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.55%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.18%) Magento
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 69 (12.61%) Azure
2 47 (8.59%) AWS
3 43 (7.86%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (5.30%) Power Platform
5 26 (4.75%) GitHub
6 15 (2.74%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.74%) PowerApps
7 11 (2.01%) Power Automate
8 10 (1.83%) SaaS
9 8 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (1.10%) OCI
11 5 (0.91%) OneDrive
11 5 (0.91%) Smartsheet
12 4 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.73%) GCP
12 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.55%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.55%) Veeva
14 2 (0.37%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.37%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.48%) Internet
2 20 (3.66%) Firewall
3 12 (2.19%) DNS
3 12 (2.19%) VPN
4 7 (1.28%) LAN
4 7 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (1.28%) Wireless
5 5 (0.91%) Network Security
5 5 (0.91%) VLAN
6 4 (0.73%) NAS
7 3 (0.55%) DHCP
7 3 (0.55%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.55%) WAN
8 2 (0.37%) HTTP
9 1 (0.18%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.18%) Multicast
9 1 (0.18%) SAN
9 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.29%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.56%) Power BI
3 10 (1.83%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.46%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.91%) MySQL
6 5 (0.91%) Oracle Database 12c
6 5 (0.91%) Tableau
7 4 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.73%) Metadata
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database 10g
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database 11g
7 4 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 27 (4.94%) Git
2 6 (1.10%) JIRA
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.37%) GitLab
4 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 117 (21.39%) Social Skills
2 91 (16.64%) Finance
3 48 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (8.41%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (4.57%) Multimedia
6 20 (3.66%) Law
6 20 (3.66%) Retail
7 19 (3.47%) Legal
7 19 (3.47%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.29%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.93%) Marketing
10 11 (2.01%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.28%) Advertising
12 7 (1.28%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.10%) Banking
13 6 (1.10%) Military
14 5 (0.91%) Automotive
14 5 (0.91%) Back Office
15 4 (0.73%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.12%) CSS
1 28 (5.12%) HTML
2 4 (0.73%) XML
3 3 (0.55%) .NET
3 3 (0.55%) Itk
3 3 (0.55%) JSON
3 3 (0.55%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (0.55%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.37%) jQuery
4 2 (0.37%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.37%) Middleware
4 2 (0.37%) Mongoose
4 2 (0.37%) REST
4 2 (0.37%) SOAP
5 1 (0.18%) Laravel
5 1 (0.18%) LDAP
5 1 (0.18%) ODBC
5 1 (0.18%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.48%) e-Learning
2 19 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (2.01%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.83%) Driving Licence
5 10 (1.83%) FMCG
6 9 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.46%) Replication
8 6 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (0.91%) CMDB
9 5 (0.91%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.91%) Learning Management System
9 5 (0.91%) Web Conferencing
10 4 (0.73%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.73%) iPad
10 4 (0.73%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.55%) Clustering
11 3 (0.55%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.55%) iSeries
11 3 (0.55%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 70 (12.80%) Linux
2 62 (11.33%) Windows
3 30 (5.48%) Unix
4 29 (5.30%) Windows Server
5 17 (3.11%) Android
6 14 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 11 (2.01%) Windows 10
8 10 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (1.65%) Mac OS
10 6 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.91%) CentOS
12 2 (0.37%) VMS
12 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.18%) Debian
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (7.86%) Process Improvement
3 42 (7.68%) Customer Service
4 38 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 38 (6.95%) CRM
4 38 (6.95%) High Availability
5 31 (5.67%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (5.67%) ITIL
6 29 (5.30%) Innovative Thinking
7 25 (4.57%) Time Management
7 25 (4.57%) Web Development
8 24 (4.39%) Data Protection
9 23 (4.20%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (3.66%) ERP
10 20 (3.66%) Project Management
11 19 (3.47%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (3.29%) Asset Management
12 18 (3.29%) Migration
13 17 (3.11%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (2.93%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 47 (8.59%) Python
2 34 (6.22%) SQL
3 32 (5.85%) JavaScript
4 25 (4.57%) R
5 24 (4.39%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.65%) Bash
7 8 (1.46%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.55%) Tcl
9 2 (0.37%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.37%) C#
9 2 (0.37%) Perl
9 2 (0.37%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (10.42%) Security Cleared
2 46 (8.41%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.04%) DV Cleared
4 39 (7.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (5.30%) CCNA
6 29 (5.30%) CCNP
7 28 (5.12%) Azure Certification
8 26 (4.75%) AWS Certification
9 25 (4.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 19 (3.47%) Degree
11 7 (1.28%) CIPD
12 6 (1.10%) RHCSA
13 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.55%) HNC
15 3 (0.55%) HND
15 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.37%) A+ Certification
16 2 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.84%) GDPR
2 10 (1.83%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.65%) SLA
4 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.73%) PMO
5 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.55%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) COSHH
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 48 (8.78%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.28%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.55%) vSphere
6 2 (0.37%) Docker
7 1 (0.18%) KVM
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.65%) Ansible
3 7 (1.28%) Terraform
4 4 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.73%) Nessus
4 4 (0.73%) PaperCut
4 4 (0.73%) SCCM
5 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.55%) Nagios
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.55%) WSUS
6 2 (0.37%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.37%) Grafana
6 2 (0.37%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.37%) Puppet
6 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.18%) Argo
7 1 (0.18%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 145 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.31%) Cisco
3 32 (5.85%) SAP
4 24 (4.39%) Salesforce
5 22 (4.02%) VMware
6 16 (2.93%) Oracle
7 12 (2.19%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.83%) HubSpot
8 10 (1.83%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.46%) Apple
9 8 (1.46%) Remedy
10 5 (0.91%) Sage
10 5 (0.91%) Samsung
11 4 (0.73%) Datto
11 4 (0.73%) Google
11 4 (0.73%) Siemens
12 3 (0.55%) Adobe
12 3 (0.55%) Cognos
12 3 (0.55%) IBM
12 3 (0.55%) McAfee