Administrator Jobs in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator salary in the UK excluding London is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 June 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 127 209
Rank change year-on-year -120 +82 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 459 1,655 934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.15% 2.02% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 2.13% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 309 1,286 596
10th Percentile £25,125 £22,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £24,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £35,000 £42,071
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -16.81% +5.18%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £54,013
90th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £61,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £35,404 £47,500
% change year-on-year +12.98% -25.47% +5.56%

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 35,633 77,637 48,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.21% 94.93% 88.78%
Number of salaries quoted 18,422 54,293 28,964
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £80,627
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -97 120 £30,750 +2.50% 568
South East -101 107 £45,500 +30.00% 482
South West -13 80 £50,000 +51.52% 298
North West -70 77 £26,750 -10.83% 278
Midlands -57 69 £37,000 -4.52% 428
East of England -8 61 £32,500 +8.33% 292
East Midlands -25 45 £33,750 -10.00% 188
Yorkshire -11 33 £50,000 +47.06% 231
West Midlands -37 24 £42,500 +6.25% 239
Scotland +6 14 £26,000 -27.78% 170
North East +14 10 £28,000 +1.82% 59
Wales +20 6 £47,500 -1.04% 86
Northern Ireland +41 5 £26,000 -4.59% 77
Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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.

1 179 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 157 (34.20%) Microsoft
3 106 (23.09%) Windows
4 93 (20.26%) Linux
5 92 (20.04%) Microsoft Excel
6 88 (19.17%) Finance
7 86 (18.74%) Customer Service
8 79 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (16.99%) Microsoft Office
10 73 (15.90%) Microsoft 365
11 72 (15.69%) Azure
12 71 (15.47%) Active Directory
13 60 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (12.42%) Security Cleared
15 54 (11.76%) Windows Server
15 54 (11.76%) SAP
15 54 (11.76%) Data Management
16 53 (11.55%) SQL
16 53 (11.55%) Organisational Skills
17 51 (11.11%) CRM
18 46 (10.02%) Degree
18 46 (10.02%) DV Cleared
19 45 (9.80%) Salesforce
20 44 (9.59%) Agile
21 43 (9.37%) VMware
21 43 (9.37%) PowerShell
22 41 (8.93%) Time Management
22 41 (8.93%) Process Improvement
23 40 (8.71%) ERP
23 40 (8.71%) Analytical Skills

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 36 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.18%) IIS
4 9 (1.96%) Tomcat
5 7 (1.53%) CMS
6 3 (0.65%) Confluence
7 2 (0.44%) Apache
7 2 (0.44%) nginx
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.44%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 92 (20.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 78 (16.99%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (3.05%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (1.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.44%) Trello
7 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 17 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.18%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (1.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (1.09%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.65%) Maximo
6 3 (0.65%) Raiser’s Edge
7 2 (0.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 2 (0.44%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.44%) Magento
8 1 (0.22%) Changepoint
8 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.22%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 73 (15.90%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (15.69%) Azure
3 20 (4.36%) AWS
3 20 (4.36%) Entra ID
4 17 (3.70%) Power Automate
5 13 (2.83%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.40%) OneDrive
7 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
8 8 (1.74%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.53%) SaaS
10 6 (1.31%) Azure Storage
11 5 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.09%) Google Sheets
12 4 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (0.65%) Google Docs
13 3 (0.65%) Google Drive
14 2 (0.44%) GitHub
15 1 (0.22%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.32%) Firewall
2 13 (2.83%) Wireless
3 12 (2.61%) DNS
3 12 (2.61%) SAN
4 11 (2.40%) DHCP
5 10 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (1.96%) DMARC
6 9 (1.96%) SSL
7 8 (1.74%) LAN
8 7 (1.53%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.31%) Wireless Security
10 5 (1.09%) Intranet
11 4 (0.87%) NAS
11 4 (0.87%) VPN
12 2 (0.44%) Asterisk PBX
12 2 (0.44%) Broadband
12 2 (0.44%) Multicast
12 2 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.44%) WAN
13 1 (0.22%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (2.40%) Oracle Reports
5 9 (1.96%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.74%) MySQL
6 8 (1.74%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.31%) MariaDB
7 6 (1.31%) Power BI
8 5 (1.09%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.87%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.65%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.65%) Metadata
11 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.44%) Oracle Exadata
11 2 (0.44%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (2.61%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.44%) GitLab
2 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.22%) Git
3 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 179 (39.00%) Social Skills
2 88 (19.17%) Finance
3 53 (11.55%) Organisational Skills
4 40 (8.71%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (8.06%) Manufacturing
6 27 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.36%) Law
8 19 (4.14%) Marketing
9 18 (3.92%) Legal
10 15 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.05%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.40%) Retail
13 10 (2.18%) Billing
14 9 (1.96%) Czech Language
14 9 (1.96%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.53%) Back Office
16 5 (1.09%) Advertising
16 5 (1.09%) Banking
16 5 (1.09%) Military
17 4 (0.87%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.40%) XML
2 9 (1.96%) JSON
2 9 (1.96%) REST
2 9 (1.96%) SOAP
3 6 (1.31%) LDAP
4 4 (0.87%) CSS
4 4 (0.87%) HTML
4 4 (0.87%) Middleware
5 3 (0.65%) HTML5 Canvas
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 2 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.44%) XMPP
7 1 (0.22%) ADO
7 1 (0.22%) Ajax
7 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.22%) Django
7 1 (0.22%) ISPF
7 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.63%) Management Information System
2 24 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (4.36%) e-Learning
4 18 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
5 17 (3.70%) Social Media
6 16 (3.49%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.61%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.18%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.74%) Pricing Data
10 6 (1.31%) CMDB
10 6 (1.31%) NHS
11 5 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.87%) Clustering
12 4 (0.87%) Learning Management System
12 4 (0.87%) Replication
13 3 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 106 (23.09%) Windows
2 93 (20.26%) Linux
3 54 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 26 (5.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (4.79%) Windows 10
6 15 (3.27%) Unix
7 10 (2.18%) Windows Server 2019
8 9 (1.96%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 8 (1.74%) CentOS
9 8 (1.74%) Mac OS
10 7 (1.53%) VMS
11 6 (1.31%) Ubuntu
12 5 (1.09%) Android
12 5 (1.09%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.09%) SUSE
12 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.87%) Solaris
14 3 (0.65%) Oracle Linux
15 2 (0.44%) AIX
15 2 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (18.74%) Customer Service
2 79 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 54 (11.76%) Data Management
5 51 (11.11%) CRM
6 44 (9.59%) Agile
7 41 (8.93%) Process Improvement
7 41 (8.93%) Time Management
8 40 (8.71%) ERP
9 35 (7.63%) Decision-Making
10 34 (7.41%) Asset Management
11 33 (7.19%) ITIL
12 31 (6.75%) High Availability
13 30 (6.54%) Collaborative Working
13 30 (6.54%) Data Protection
14 28 (6.10%) Line Management
15 26 (5.66%) Data Analysis
16 25 (5.45%) Validation
17 24 (5.23%) Project Management
17 24 (5.23%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.55%) SQL
2 43 (9.37%) PowerShell
3 35 (7.63%) Bash
4 31 (6.75%) Python
5 14 (3.05%) JavaScript
6 13 (2.83%) T-SQL
7 10 (2.18%) VBA
8 9 (1.96%) Java
9 4 (0.87%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.65%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.44%) Korn
12 1 (0.22%) C#
12 1 (0.22%) JCL
Qualifications
1 57 (12.42%) Security Cleared
2 46 (10.02%) Degree
2 46 (10.02%) DV Cleared
3 32 (6.97%) DBS Check
4 25 (5.45%) SC Cleared
5 24 (5.23%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 18 (3.92%) CCNP
8 17 (3.70%) ACCA
8 17 (3.70%) RHCSA
9 16 (3.49%) CCAB
9 16 (3.49%) CIMA
9 16 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.53%) MCSE
11 6 (1.31%) CCNA
11 6 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (1.09%) A+ Certification
12 5 (1.09%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.88%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.01%) SLA
3 13 (2.83%) GDPR
4 11 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.40%) QA
5 8 (1.74%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.44%) NIST
7 2 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.22%) IFRS
8 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 71 (15.47%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.49%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (3.27%) Docker
5 12 (2.61%) vSphere
6 6 (1.31%) NFS
7 5 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.22%) RHEV
9 1 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 25 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (4.14%) Ansible
3 13 (2.83%) Terraform
4 11 (2.40%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.53%) Puppet
7 4 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (0.65%) Grafana
8 3 (0.65%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
9 2 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.44%) SCCM
9 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.22%) Graylog
10 1 (0.22%) NetApp OnCommand
10 1 (0.22%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.22%) Rundeck
10 1 (0.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 157 (34.20%) Microsoft
2 54 (11.76%) SAP
3 45 (9.80%) Salesforce
4 43 (9.37%) VMware
5 35 (7.63%) Red Hat
6 34 (7.41%) Cisco
7 28 (6.10%) Oracle
8 13 (2.83%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.74%) Juniper
10 7 (1.53%) Apple
10 7 (1.53%) IBM
11 5 (1.09%) Adobe
11 5 (1.09%) Google
11 5 (1.09%) NetApp
11 5 (1.09%) Progress
11 5 (1.09%) Samsung
11 5 (1.09%) Workday
12 4 (0.87%) Citrix
13 3 (0.65%) EMC
13 3 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
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