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 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 177 148
Rank change year-on-year +16 -29 +90
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 551 556 691
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 351 280 475
10th Percentile £24,500 £26,250 £22,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,813 £29,010
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £49,375 £52,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,875 £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 38,285 33,619 31,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 92.95% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,298 16,416 24,168
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 9 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 9 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 +29 133 £35,000 -22.22% 76
Midlands +36 105 £32,500 -18.75% 36
South West -7 105 £35,000 -30.00% 23
North of England +21 103 £32,500 -18.75% 77
East of England +19 84 £32,500 -32.29% 51
North West +30 55 £32,000 -24.71% 38
West Midlands +33 54 £40,000 -11.11% 17
East Midlands -1 51 £32,500 -2.54% 19
Yorkshire +2 39 £30,500 -12.86% 31
Scotland 0 17 £27,500 -38.89% 7
North East -3 9 £49,250 +23.13% 10
Northern Ireland -3 7 £28,000 - 2
Wales +5 5 £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 9 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.

1 144 (26.13%) Microsoft
2 98 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (12.70%) Linux
4 69 (12.52%) Azure
5 63 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
6 62 (11.25%) Microsoft Office
7 57 (10.34%) Windows
8 54 (9.80%) Security Cleared
9 48 (8.71%) Python
10 47 (8.53%) Active Directory
11 46 (8.35%) Process Improvement
12 45 (8.17%) AWS
13 44 (7.99%) SC Cleared
14 43 (7.80%) Customer Service
14 43 (7.80%) DV Cleared
15 42 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
16 39 (7.08%) CRM
17 38 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
18 37 (6.72%) Cisco
18 37 (6.72%) High Availability
18 37 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
19 36 (6.53%) SQL
20 33 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
21 32 (5.81%) JavaScript
21 32 (5.81%) Power Platform
22 31 (5.63%) ITIL
22 31 (5.63%) SAP
23 30 (5.44%) Internet
24 29 (5.26%) Unix
25 28 (5.08%) CCNP

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 26 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 25 (4.54%) WordPress
3 7 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.91%) Confluence
5 3 (0.54%) CMS
5 3 (0.54%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.54%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.54%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 63 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (11.25%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.73%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.54%) Siemens NX
6 3 (0.54%) Windchill
7 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 14 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (2.36%) iTrent
3 6 (1.09%) 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 (0.54%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.18%) Magento
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 69 (12.52%) Azure
2 45 (8.17%) AWS
3 42 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (5.81%) Power Platform
5 26 (4.72%) GitHub
6 15 (2.72%) Entra ID
6 15 (2.72%) PowerApps
7 11 (2.00%) Power Automate
8 9 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (1.63%) SaaS
9 6 (1.09%) OCI
10 5 (0.91%) OneDrive
10 5 (0.91%) Smartsheet
11 4 (0.73%) GCP
11 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.54%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (0.54%) Veeva
13 2 (0.36%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.36%) Google Ads
13 2 (0.36%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.44%) Internet
2 20 (3.63%) Firewall
3 11 (2.00%) DNS
3 11 (2.00%) VPN
4 7 (1.27%) LAN
4 7 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (1.09%) Wireless
6 5 (0.91%) Network Security
7 4 (0.73%) VLAN
7 4 (0.73%) WAN
8 3 (0.54%) IP Telephony
8 3 (0.54%) NAS
9 2 (0.36%) DHCP
9 2 (0.36%) HTTP
10 1 (0.18%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (0.18%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.18%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.18%) Multicast
10 1 (0.18%) SAN
10 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.09%) Power BI
3 10 (1.81%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
5 6 (1.09%) 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%) 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 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.54%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 27 (4.90%) Git
2 7 (1.27%) JIRA
3 3 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.36%) GitLab
4 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 117 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 94 (17.06%) Finance
3 48 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (8.53%) Organisational Skills
5 25 (4.54%) Multimedia
6 20 (3.63%) Law
6 20 (3.63%) Retail
7 17 (3.09%) Legal
8 16 (2.90%) Manufacturing
9 15 (2.72%) Marketing
9 15 (2.72%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.27%) Advertising
12 7 (1.27%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.09%) Back Office
13 6 (1.09%) Banking
13 6 (1.09%) Military
14 4 (0.73%) Automotive
14 4 (0.73%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.08%) CSS
1 28 (5.08%) HTML
2 4 (0.73%) XML
3 3 (0.54%) .NET
3 3 (0.54%) Itk
3 3 (0.54%) JSON
3 3 (0.54%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.54%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (0.54%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.36%) jQuery
4 2 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (0.36%) Middleware
4 2 (0.36%) Mongoose
4 2 (0.36%) REST
4 2 (0.36%) 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 29 (5.26%) e-Learning
2 18 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (3.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (2.36%) Management Information System
5 10 (1.81%) FMCG
6 9 (1.63%) Driving Licence
6 9 (1.63%) Onboarding
7 8 (1.45%) Replication
8 6 (1.09%) 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 (0.54%) Clustering
11 3 (0.54%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (0.54%) iSeries
11 3 (0.54%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 70 (12.70%) Linux
2 57 (10.34%) Windows
3 29 (5.26%) Unix
4 26 (4.72%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.27%) Android
6 15 (2.72%) Apple iOS
7 10 (1.81%) Mac OS
7 10 (1.81%) Windows 10
8 9 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.91%) CentOS
11 2 (0.36%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.18%) Debian
12 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (17.79%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (8.35%) Process Improvement
3 43 (7.80%) Customer Service
4 39 (7.08%) CRM
5 38 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (6.72%) High Availability
7 31 (5.63%) ITIL
8 28 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (5.08%) Innovative Thinking
9 25 (4.54%) Business Intelligence
9 25 (4.54%) Web Development
10 24 (4.36%) Data Protection
10 24 (4.36%) Time Management
11 22 (3.99%) ERP
12 19 (3.45%) Asset Management
12 19 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (3.45%) Project Management
13 16 (2.90%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (2.90%) Logistics
13 16 (2.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 48 (8.71%) Python
2 36 (6.53%) SQL
3 32 (5.81%) JavaScript
4 25 (4.54%) R
5 22 (3.99%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.63%) Bash
7 8 (1.45%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
8 3 (0.54%) Tcl
9 2 (0.36%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.36%) C#
9 2 (0.36%) Perl
9 2 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 54 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 44 (7.99%) SC Cleared
3 43 (7.80%) DV Cleared
4 37 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (5.08%) CCNP
7 27 (4.90%) Azure Certification
7 27 (4.90%) CCNA
8 26 (4.72%) AWS Certification
9 25 (4.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 18 (3.27%) Degree
11 8 (1.45%) CIPD
12 6 (1.09%) RHCSA
13 5 (0.91%) DBS Check
14 4 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 3 (0.54%) HNC
15 3 (0.54%) HND
15 3 (0.54%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.36%) A+ Certification
17 1 (0.18%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.17%) GDPR
2 10 (1.81%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.63%) SLA
4 8 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.73%) PMO
6 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.54%) QA
7 1 (0.18%) COSHH
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (8.53%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.27%) Hyper-V
4 6 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.36%) Docker
5 2 (0.36%) vSphere
6 1 (0.18%) KVM
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.63%) Ansible
3 6 (1.09%) Terraform
4 5 (0.91%) Nessus
5 4 (0.73%) Kubernetes
5 4 (0.73%) SCCM
6 3 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.54%) Nagios
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.54%) PaperCut
6 3 (0.54%) WSUS
7 2 (0.36%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.36%) Grafana
7 2 (0.36%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.36%) Puppet
7 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.18%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.18%) Salt
8 1 (0.18%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 144 (26.13%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.72%) Cisco
3 31 (5.63%) SAP
4 25 (4.54%) Salesforce
5 19 (3.45%) VMware
6 16 (2.90%) Oracle
7 13 (2.36%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.00%) Red Hat
9 10 (1.81%) HubSpot
10 8 (1.45%) Apple
10 8 (1.45%) Remedy
11 5 (0.91%) Sage
11 5 (0.91%) Samsung
12 4 (0.73%) Google
12 4 (0.73%) Siemens
13 3 (0.54%) Adobe
13 3 (0.54%) Cognos
13 3 (0.54%) Extreme Networks
13 3 (0.54%) IBM
13 3 (0.54%) McAfee