IT Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 659 726
Rank change year-on-year +142 +67 -185
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 267 95 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 178 78 132
10th Percentile £22,030 £24,475 £20,550
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £41,625 £46,250
UK median annual salary £33,966 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.51% - -2.99%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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 +62 80 £35,000 +32.08% 12
East of England +38 55 £29,000 +1.75% 6
North of England +78 46 £30,000 -4.76% 12
South West -16 36 £32,000 - 8
Midlands +15 33 £34,995 +12.89% 6
North West +27 27 £30,000 +7.14% 4
West Midlands +25 22 £34,995 -0.01% 1
Yorkshire +88 18 £31,500 -3.08% 8
Scotland -48 13 £35,000 +48.94% 2
East Midlands -10 11 £33,966 +9.57% 5
Northern Ireland +22 3 - -
Wales +3 1 - -
North East -6 1 £32,500 +18.18%
IT Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, IT 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 IT Administrator in the job title.

1 157 (58.80%) Microsoft
2 121 (45.32%) Social Skills
3 88 (32.96%) Windows
4 82 (30.71%) SharePoint
5 78 (29.21%) Active Directory
5 78 (29.21%) Customer Service
6 64 (23.97%) Project Management
7 62 (23.22%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (22.85%) Windows Server
8 61 (22.85%) Intranet
8 61 (22.85%) Retail
9 59 (22.10%) Agile
10 54 (20.22%) Agile Project Management
11 51 (19.10%) Azure
12 45 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (14.98%) PowerShell
14 35 (13.11%) Self-Motivation
15 34 (12.73%) Data Centre
15 34 (12.73%) VMware
16 30 (11.24%) Firewall
17 29 (10.86%) SAN
17 29 (10.86%) Linux
18 28 (10.49%) Citrix
18 28 (10.49%) Security Cleared
19 27 (10.11%) Windows 10
19 27 (10.11%) Entra ID
20 23 (8.61%) Server Management
20 23 (8.61%) Finance
21 21 (7.87%) NetApp
21 21 (7.87%) Benchmarking

IT 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 82 (30.71%) SharePoint
2 20 (7.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.12%) Trello
5 1 (0.37%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 62 (23.22%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (19.10%) Azure
3 27 (10.11%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.37%) OneDrive
5 13 (4.87%) Power Platform
6 12 (4.49%) AWS
7 9 (3.37%) GCP
8 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.50%) SaaS
9 4 (1.50%) WhatsApp
10 3 (1.12%) Slack
11 2 (0.75%) DigitalOcean
12 1 (0.37%) IaaS
12 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (22.85%) Intranet
2 30 (11.24%) Firewall
3 29 (10.86%) SAN
4 19 (7.12%) LAN
4 19 (7.12%) WAN
5 11 (4.12%) DNS
6 10 (3.75%) VPN
7 9 (3.37%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (3.37%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.00%) Unified Communications
9 7 (2.62%) VLAN
10 6 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.87%) DHCP
11 5 (1.87%) Internet
11 5 (1.87%) NAS
12 2 (0.75%) VoIP
13 1 (0.37%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.37%) OpenVPN
13 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.87%) Power BI
1 13 (4.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.87%) MySQL
3 2 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.75%) MS Access
3 2 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
General
1 121 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.85%) Retail
3 23 (8.61%) Finance
4 12 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.25%) Aviation
7 5 (1.87%) Legal
7 5 (1.87%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.50%) Law
9 3 (1.12%) Local Government
9 3 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.12%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (13.11%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (12.73%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.37%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.75%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.75%) Wiki
5 8 (3.00%) Replication
6 6 (2.25%) Handset
6 6 (2.25%) Xbox
7 5 (1.87%) PMI
8 4 (1.50%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.50%) Life Science
8 4 (1.50%) PKI
9 3 (1.12%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.12%) VAX
10 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.75%) Photography
11 1 (0.37%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.37%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.37%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 88 (32.96%) Windows
2 61 (22.85%) Windows Server
3 29 (10.86%) Linux
4 27 (10.11%) Windows 10
5 14 (5.24%) Android
6 13 (4.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.00%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.62%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.25%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.50%) VMS
12 3 (1.12%) Unix
12 3 (1.12%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (29.21%) Customer Service
2 64 (23.97%) Project Management
3 59 (22.10%) Agile
4 54 (20.22%) Agile Project Management
5 45 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (8.61%) Server Management
7 21 (7.87%) Benchmarking
7 21 (7.87%) Data Centre Operations
7 21 (7.87%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 21 (7.87%) Performance Monitoring
7 21 (7.87%) Vulnerability Management
8 16 (5.99%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (5.24%) ERP
9 14 (5.24%) Service Management
10 13 (4.87%) CRM
10 13 (4.87%) Patch Management
11 12 (4.49%) Asset Management
11 12 (4.49%) Data Analysis
12 9 (3.37%) Artificial Intelligence
12 9 (3.37%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 40 (14.98%) PowerShell
2 18 (6.74%) SQL
3 9 (3.37%) Perl
3 9 (3.37%) Python
4 2 (0.75%) C#
4 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 28 (10.49%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.87%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.12%) Degree
4 6 (2.25%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.87%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.37%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.25%) GDPR
1 6 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (2.25%) SLA
2 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 78 (29.21%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.00%) Firmware
4 5 (1.87%) vSphere
5 4 (1.50%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.12%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.62%) SCCM
3 4 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.50%) WSUS
4 3 (1.12%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.12%) Nagios
4 3 (1.12%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 157 (58.80%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.73%) VMware
3 28 (10.49%) Citrix
4 21 (7.87%) NetApp
5 12 (4.49%) Veeam
6 7 (2.62%) Apple
6 7 (2.62%) Dell
7 6 (2.25%) Freshdesk
7 6 (2.25%) Mitel
8 5 (1.87%) BT
8 5 (1.87%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.12%) Centreon
9 3 (1.12%) EMC
9 3 (1.12%) Epicor
9 3 (1.12%) Google
9 3 (1.12%) SAP
9 3 (1.12%) Sybase
10 2 (0.75%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.75%) Sage
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco