Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 255 281
Rank change year-on-year +94 +26 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,787 1,494 2,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.82% 1.44% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.57% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,348 1,004 1,252
10th Percentile £22,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,245 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.64% +0.54% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,995 £42,000 £41,957
% change year-on-year -16.68% +0.10% +4.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Administrator.

Salary trend for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Administrator over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Administrator in the UK

Administrator
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England +96 1,602 £35,000 -26.32% 662
UK excluding London +83 1,456 £34,995 -16.68% 584
Work from Home +28 502 £45,000 -10.00% 196
South East +58 418 £35,000 -22.22% 162
North of England +55 284 £30,147 -29.07% 146
London +38 265 £45,000 -25.00% 124
South West +28 250 £34,000 -16.67% 73
Midlands +75 237 £40,000 - 110
North West +53 149 £30,000 -33.33% 90
East of England +73 137 £29,750 -25.63% 73
West Midlands +53 129 £40,000 -2.44% 60
East Midlands +53 108 £37,500 +38.89% 49
Scotland -6 106 £34,000 -19.05% 40
Yorkshire +82 100 £35,000 -13.04% 40
North East -22 35 £30,250 -36.55% 17
Wales +1 22 £44,000 +14.29% 16
Northern Ireland +30 2 - - 7

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 625 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 616 (34.47%) Microsoft
3 314 (17.57%) Customer Service
4 312 (17.46%) Windows
5 310 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
6 305 (17.07%) Azure
7 297 (16.62%) SQL
8 283 (15.84%) Finance
9 236 (13.21%) Linux
10 218 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
11 202 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
12 188 (10.52%) Microsoft Excel
13 187 (10.46%) Active Directory
14 180 (10.07%) SharePoint
15 175 (9.79%) SQL Server
16 172 (9.63%) Security Cleared
17 156 (8.73%) PowerShell
18 151 (8.45%) VMware
19 142 (7.95%) Degree
20 139 (7.78%) Windows Server
21 136 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
22 135 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
23 121 (6.77%) Project Management
24 120 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
25 119 (6.66%) Retail
26 118 (6.60%) Oracle
27 117 (6.55%) Agile
27 117 (6.55%) Time Management
28 102 (5.71%) ITIL
29 101 (5.65%) CRM

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 180 (10.07%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.51%) CMS
4 9 (0.50%) SAS
5 8 (0.45%) Confluence
5 8 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
5 8 (0.45%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.34%) IIS
6 6 (0.34%) WordPress
7 5 (0.28%) Apache
7 5 (0.28%) Site Server
8 4 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.17%) Drupal
9 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.17%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.17%) Moodle
9 3 (0.17%) WildFly
10 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
Applications
1 202 (11.30%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (10.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (2.29%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.22%) Trello
6 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.11%) FileZilla
6 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.056%) 1Password
7 1 (0.056%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.056%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 16 (0.90%) NetSuite
2 14 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.73%) NEC Housing
4 9 (0.50%) Oracle HRMS
5 5 (0.28%) Magento
5 5 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
6 4 (0.22%) BASE24
6 4 (0.22%) Maximo
6 4 (0.22%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.17%) iTrent
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.11%) Shopify
9 1 (0.056%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.056%) MetaTrader
9 1 (0.056%) Misys Opics
9 1 (0.056%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 305 (17.07%) Azure
2 218 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
3 90 (5.04%) Power Platform
4 79 (4.42%) AWS
5 63 (3.53%) Entra ID
6 29 (1.62%) SaaS
7 25 (1.40%) GCP
7 25 (1.40%) OneDrive
7 25 (1.40%) Power Automate
8 20 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
9 16 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (0.90%) WhatsApp
10 14 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
10 14 (0.78%) PowerApps
11 13 (0.73%) OpenShift
12 12 (0.67%) OCI
13 10 (0.56%) IaaS
14 9 (0.50%) Google Analytics
14 9 (0.50%) PaaS
15 8 (0.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 94 (5.26%) Intranet
2 85 (4.76%) Firewall
3 78 (4.36%) DNS
4 53 (2.97%) LAN
4 53 (2.97%) WAN
5 52 (2.91%) DHCP
6 51 (2.85%) TCP/IP
7 44 (2.46%) SAN
8 29 (1.62%) VPN
9 25 (1.40%) NAS
10 20 (1.12%) VLAN
11 14 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
11 14 (0.78%) SSL
11 14 (0.78%) VSAN
12 12 (0.67%) BIG-IP
13 10 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
14 9 (0.50%) Internet
14 9 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (0.50%) Wireshark
15 8 (0.45%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 175 (9.79%) SQL Server
2 85 (4.76%) Power BI
3 65 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 60 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 45 (2.52%) MongoDB
6 44 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
7 40 (2.24%) MySQL
8 39 (2.18%) Oracle Database
9 36 (2.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 27 (1.51%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (0.73%) Oracle Database 12c
13 12 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
14 11 (0.62%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (0.39%) Ingres
16 7 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
16 7 (0.39%) OLTP
17 5 (0.28%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 30 (1.68%) Git
2 22 (1.23%) JIRA
3 8 (0.45%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.39%) Mercurial
5 6 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 5 (0.28%) AdminStudio
7 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.11%) GitLab
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.11%) Subversion
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.056%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.056%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.056%) ClearQuest
9 1 (0.056%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.056%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.056%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.056%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio
General
1 625 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 283 (15.84%) Finance
3 135 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
5 119 (6.66%) Retail
6 91 (5.09%) Marketing
7 56 (3.13%) Legal
8 55 (3.08%) Manufacturing
9 49 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 35 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (1.96%) Public Sector
11 34 (1.90%) Law
12 26 (1.45%) Banking
13 24 (1.34%) Local Government
14 23 (1.29%) Back Office
15 20 (1.12%) Billing
16 18 (1.01%) Police
17 15 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (0.67%) German Language
19 10 (0.56%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.07%) HTML
2 25 (1.40%) CSS
3 14 (0.78%) XML
4 11 (0.62%) EDI
4 11 (0.62%) REST
5 10 (0.56%) .NET
6 8 (0.45%) 802.1X
6 8 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
7 7 (0.39%) Software Packaging
8 5 (0.28%) JSON
8 5 (0.28%) Middleware
9 4 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
10 3 (0.17%) .NET Framework
10 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.17%) SAML
10 3 (0.17%) Web Services
11 2 (0.11%) LDAP
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.11%) SOAP
11 2 (0.11%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (4.25%) Management Information System
3 67 (3.75%) Data Centre
4 51 (2.85%) Replication
5 45 (2.52%) Driving Licence
6 29 (1.62%) Clustering
7 28 (1.57%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.06%) PKI
9 18 (1.01%) Social Media
10 17 (0.95%) Learning Management System
11 15 (0.84%) Blog
11 15 (0.84%) PMI
12 13 (0.73%) Digital Signage
12 13 (0.73%) Wiki
13 12 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
14 11 (0.62%) NHS
15 9 (0.50%) Cloud Native
15 9 (0.50%) Public Cloud
16 8 (0.45%) Cyberattack
16 8 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 312 (17.46%) Windows
2 236 (13.21%) Linux
3 139 (7.78%) Windows Server
4 73 (4.09%) CentOS
5 66 (3.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 66 (3.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 55 (3.08%) Windows 10
7 52 (2.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 49 (2.74%) Unix
9 48 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 23 (1.29%) Ubuntu
11 21 (1.18%) Android
12 17 (0.95%) Windows 7
13 15 (0.84%) Apple iOS
13 15 (0.84%) Debian
14 14 (0.78%) Mac OS
15 13 (0.73%) SUSE
15 13 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (0.62%) CoreOS
17 7 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (17.57%) Customer Service
2 310 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (6.77%) Project Management
4 117 (6.55%) Agile
4 117 (6.55%) Time Management
5 102 (5.71%) ITIL
6 101 (5.65%) CRM
7 100 (5.60%) Business Intelligence
8 98 (5.48%) Migration
9 80 (4.48%) Performance Tuning
10 71 (3.97%) Agile Project Management
11 69 (3.86%) Cybersecurity
12 67 (3.75%) DevOps
13 64 (3.58%) Performance Monitoring
14 63 (3.53%) User Experience
15 62 (3.47%) Mentoring
16 59 (3.30%) Disaster Recovery
16 59 (3.30%) ERP
17 54 (3.02%) Logistics
18 53 (2.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 297 (16.62%) SQL
2 156 (8.73%) PowerShell
3 83 (4.64%) Bash
4 68 (3.81%) Python
5 63 (3.53%) T-SQL
6 28 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 22 (1.23%) Perl
8 19 (1.06%) Shell Script
9 11 (0.62%) C#
10 7 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.28%) SAS Macro
12 4 (0.22%) AWK
12 4 (0.22%) Java
12 4 (0.22%) PHP
12 4 (0.22%) RPG
13 3 (0.17%) CQL
13 3 (0.17%) sed
13 3 (0.17%) VBA
14 2 (0.11%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 172 (9.63%) Security Cleared
2 142 (7.95%) Degree
3 82 (4.59%) DV Cleared
4 69 (3.86%) SC Cleared
5 60 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.85%) DBS Check
7 33 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 33 (1.85%) Oracle Certification
8 18 (1.01%) OCP
9 15 (0.84%) PMI Certification
10 14 (0.78%) CCNA
10 14 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.62%) HNC
13 10 (0.56%) CCNP
13 10 (0.56%) OCA
14 8 (0.45%) MCSA
15 7 (0.39%) MCSE
16 6 (0.34%) HND
16 6 (0.34%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (3.08%) QA
2 33 (1.85%) SLA
3 28 (1.57%) GDPR
4 27 (1.51%) Accessibility
5 24 (1.34%) Data Quality
5 24 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (0.84%) ISO 9001
8 11 (0.62%) PMO
9 8 (0.45%) ISO 14001
10 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.34%) GMP
11 3 (0.17%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.11%) COSHH
12 2 (0.11%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.056%) SOC 2
System Software
1 187 (10.46%) Active Directory
2 76 (4.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.69%) Hyper-V
4 29 (1.62%) VMware ESXi
4 29 (1.62%) vSphere
5 25 (1.40%) Docker
6 20 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
7 12 (0.67%) Firmware
7 12 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 10 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
9 9 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
10 7 (0.39%) XenApp
11 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.11%) Postfix
15 1 (0.056%) Dovecot
15 1 (0.056%) NFS
15 1 (0.056%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 43 (2.41%) Ansible
2 36 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (1.29%) SCCM
4 22 (1.23%) SCOM
5 18 (1.01%) Puppet
5 18 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (0.62%) Kubernetes
7 11 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
8 9 (0.50%) Terraform
9 8 (0.45%) Data Guard
9 8 (0.45%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.39%) Nagios
10 7 (0.39%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.39%) WSUS
11 6 (0.34%) McAfee ePO
11 6 (0.34%) SCVMM
12 5 (0.28%) Foglight
12 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 616 (34.47%) Microsoft
2 151 (8.45%) VMware
3 118 (6.60%) Oracle
4 72 (4.03%) Red Hat
5 41 (2.29%) Citrix
6 39 (2.18%) Salesforce
7 38 (2.13%) SAP
8 37 (2.07%) Veeam
9 36 (2.01%) ServiceNow
10 29 (1.62%) NetApp
11 26 (1.45%) Dell
12 23 (1.29%) HP
13 20 (1.12%) Cisco
13 20 (1.12%) Google
14 15 (0.84%) NEC
15 13 (0.73%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.73%) F5
15 13 (0.73%) Riverbed
16 12 (0.67%) Apple
17 10 (0.56%) Epicor