Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 139 215
Rank change year-on-year -125 +76 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 347 1,386 1,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.99% 2.10% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 2.21% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 255 1,059 599
10th Percentile £25,417 £22,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £24,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -17.65% +1.29%
75th Percentile £53,719 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £63,250 £61,250 £61,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £35,520 £45,750
% change year-on-year +40.77% -22.36% +1.67%

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 31,303 62,671 57,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 94.82% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 17,834 45,048 32,146
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,206 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -9.17% -

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Administrator 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 4 April 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 4 April 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
North of England -50 83 £32,500 +7.81% 109
South East -87 75 £49,000 +40.00% 105
South West -12 67 £50,000 +59.00% 38
North West -36 54 £27,000 -8.47% 64
Midlands -75 49 £32,500 -18.75% 54
East of England -8 46 £55,000 +86.44% 45
West Midlands -41 29 £32,050 -19.88% 26
Yorkshire -4 21 £52,500 +50.00% 39
Scotland +54 20 £38,750 +24.00% 21
East Midlands -31 20 £47,500 +26.67% 28
North East +15 8 £25,000 -10.71% 9
Wales +22 5 £47,500 +18.75% 9
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 4
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 April 2025, Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 130 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 111 (31.99%) Windows
3 107 (30.84%) Microsoft
4 73 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (19.31%) Customer Service
6 65 (18.73%) Active Directory
7 64 (18.44%) Linux
8 60 (17.29%) Security Cleared
8 60 (17.29%) Windows Server
8 60 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
9 55 (15.85%) Finance
10 52 (14.99%) Azure
10 52 (14.99%) Microsoft 365
11 47 (13.54%) Degree
11 47 (13.54%) Microsoft Excel
12 46 (13.26%) DV Cleared
13 41 (11.82%) VMware
14 40 (11.53%) Microsoft Office
15 38 (10.95%) SQL
15 38 (10.95%) Asset Management
15 38 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (9.80%) Salesforce
17 33 (9.51%) Bash
18 32 (9.22%) Python
18 32 (9.22%) Migration
18 32 (9.22%) VMware Infrastructure
19 31 (8.93%) SQL Server
19 31 (8.93%) Firewall
19 31 (8.93%) Analytics
20 30 (8.65%) PowerShell

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (5.19%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.02%) nginx
4 4 (1.15%) Apache
4 4 (1.15%) IIS
5 3 (0.86%) Confluence
6 2 (0.58%) SAP Portal
7 1 (0.29%) CMS
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 47 (13.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (11.53%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.59%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (7.20%) NetSuite
2 18 (5.19%) Shopify
3 7 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.86%) Maximo
5 2 (0.58%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 2 (0.58%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 1 (0.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.99%) Azure
1 52 (14.99%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (5.19%) AWS
3 16 (4.61%) Entra ID
4 10 (2.88%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.59%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.31%) SaaS
7 7 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.73%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (1.44%) AWS CloudTrail
9 5 (1.44%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.86%) Boomi
10 3 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.58%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.58%) GCP
11 2 (0.58%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.93%) Firewall
2 18 (5.19%) DNS
3 17 (4.90%) DHCP
4 10 (2.88%) VPN
5 9 (2.59%) LAN
6 8 (2.31%) WAN
7 7 (2.02%) SAN
8 6 (1.73%) NAS
9 5 (1.44%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.15%) Internet
10 4 (1.15%) Network Security
10 4 (1.15%) VLAN
11 3 (0.86%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (0.86%) VSAN
11 3 (0.86%) Wireless
12 2 (0.58%) IPsec
12 2 (0.58%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.58%) SSH
12 2 (0.58%) SSL
12 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.93%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.88%) MySQL
3 9 (2.59%) MariaDB
4 8 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (2.02%) Oracle Database
5 7 (2.02%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (1.73%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.73%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.73%) Power BI
7 5 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (1.15%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.58%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.58%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.58%) GIS
10 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (5.48%) JIRA
2 6 (1.73%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.44%) GitLab
4 3 (0.86%) Git
4 3 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.29%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.29%) ClearQuest
6 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 130 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 60 (17.29%) Analytical Skills
3 55 (15.85%) Finance
4 23 (6.63%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (5.76%) Manufacturing
7 18 (5.19%) Marketing
8 7 (2.02%) Law
9 6 (1.73%) Advertising
9 6 (1.73%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.44%) Banking
10 5 (1.44%) Legal
10 5 (1.44%) Retail
10 5 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.86%) Billing
11 3 (0.86%) Electronics
11 3 (0.86%) Military
11 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.58%) Automotive
12 2 (0.58%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.31%) Middleware
2 5 (1.44%) LDAP
3 4 (1.15%) CSS
3 4 (1.15%) HTML
4 3 (0.86%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (0.86%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 2 (0.58%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.58%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.29%) Ajax
6 1 (0.29%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.29%) EDI
6 1 (0.29%) ISPF
6 1 (0.29%) LAMP
6 1 (0.29%) Loki
6 1 (0.29%) Web Services
6 1 (0.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.19%) Data Protection Act
1 18 (5.19%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.90%) Social Media
3 13 (3.75%) PKI
4 12 (3.46%) Data Centre
5 11 (3.17%) CMDB
5 11 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 9 (2.59%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.02%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.02%) Replication
8 6 (1.73%) Life Science
9 5 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.44%) Clustering
10 4 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.86%) Biopharmaceutical
11 3 (0.86%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.86%) Pricing Data
12 2 (0.58%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 111 (31.99%) Windows
2 64 (18.44%) Linux
3 60 (17.29%) Windows Server
4 20 (5.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (2.88%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.02%) VMS
7 6 (1.73%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.73%) CentOS
7 6 (1.73%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.73%) SUSE
7 6 (1.73%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 5 (1.44%) Unix
8 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.15%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.58%) Solaris
11 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.04%) Problem-Solving
2 67 (19.31%) Customer Service
3 38 (10.95%) Asset Management
3 38 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (9.22%) Migration
5 31 (8.93%) Analytics
6 29 (8.36%) CRM
7 27 (7.78%) ERP
8 26 (7.49%) Process Improvement
9 24 (6.92%) Data Migration
10 23 (6.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (6.34%) Agile
11 22 (6.34%) Data Protection
12 20 (5.76%) DevOps
12 20 (5.76%) Line Management
13 19 (5.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (5.48%) Service Management
14 18 (5.19%) Collaborative Working
15 17 (4.90%) Data Management
16 16 (4.61%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 38 (10.95%) SQL
2 33 (9.51%) Bash
3 32 (9.22%) Python
4 30 (8.65%) PowerShell
5 11 (3.17%) T-SQL
6 5 (1.44%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.15%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.29%) AWK
9 1 (0.29%) C
9 1 (0.29%) C++
9 1 (0.29%) Java
9 1 (0.29%) JCL
9 1 (0.29%) Korn
9 1 (0.29%) Perl
9 1 (0.29%) PHP
9 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (17.29%) Security Cleared
2 47 (13.54%) Degree
3 46 (13.26%) DV Cleared
4 21 (6.05%) DBS Check
5 16 (4.61%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (2.02%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.86%) A+ Certification
9 3 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.86%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.58%) CCNA
10 2 (0.58%) CIPD
10 2 (0.58%) OCA
10 2 (0.58%) OCP
10 2 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.29%) CCNP
11 1 (0.29%) MCDBA
11 1 (0.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.92%) SLA
2 11 (3.17%) QA
3 8 (2.31%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.73%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.44%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.44%) GDPR
6 4 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.29%) GMP
7 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 65 (18.73%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.90%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (4.32%) Docker
5 13 (3.75%) Hyper-V
6 11 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.44%) NFS
7 5 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.44%) vSphere
8 3 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.86%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.29%) KVM
9 1 (0.29%) LXC
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.29%) Postfix
9 1 (0.29%) RHEV
9 1 (0.29%) Samba
9 1 (0.29%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 16 (4.61%) Ansible
2 10 (2.88%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.88%) Terraform
3 9 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.59%) Puppet
4 7 (2.02%) Opsgenie
5 4 (1.15%) EMC VPLEX
5 4 (1.15%) Nagios
5 4 (1.15%) SCCM
6 3 (0.86%) Grafana
6 3 (0.86%) Graylog
6 3 (0.86%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.86%) Rundeck
6 3 (0.86%) VxRail
7 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.58%) SCOM
7 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 107 (30.84%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.82%) VMware
3 34 (9.80%) Salesforce
4 20 (5.76%) SAP
5 18 (5.19%) Oracle
6 15 (4.32%) Red Hat
7 11 (3.17%) Cisco
7 11 (3.17%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.31%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.02%) EMC
10 6 (1.73%) IBM
11 5 (1.44%) NetApp
12 4 (1.15%) Citrix
12 4 (1.15%) Juniper
12 4 (1.15%) Meraki
12 4 (1.15%) Pure Storage
13 3 (0.86%) Databricks
13 3 (0.86%) Dell
13 3 (0.86%) PagerDuty
13 3 (0.86%) Veeam