Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 255 302
Rank change year-on-year +93 +47 -43
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,837 1,448 2,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.84% 1.46% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.60% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,372 983 1,212
10th Percentile £22,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% +1.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,995 £41,500 £40,803
% change year-on-year -15.67% +1.71% +2.01%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 18 May 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 18 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
England +95 1,648 £35,000 -26.32% 824
UK excluding London +83 1,496 £34,995 -15.67% 754
Work from Home +31 502 £45,000 -10.00% 207
South East +64 425 £35,000 -21.88% 178
North of England +72 295 £30,147 -29.07% 185
London +34 278 £47,500 -20.83% 136
South West +31 262 £34,000 -16.87% 114
Midlands +66 242 £38,750 -2.25% 151
North West +55 156 £30,000 -36.84% 108
East of England +61 137 £29,500 -13.24% 94
West Midlands +37 134 £40,000 -1.60% 76
East Midlands +56 108 £37,500 +36.36% 76
Scotland -23 106 £34,000 -20.00% 42
Yorkshire +89 102 £35,000 -12.50% 51
North East -23 37 £30,250 -36.55% 28
Wales -2 25 £48,000 +24.68% 21
Northern Ireland +23 4 - - 5

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 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.

1 634 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 619 (33.70%) Microsoft
3 321 (17.47%) Customer Service
4 315 (17.15%) Windows
5 311 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
6 307 (16.71%) Azure
7 297 (16.17%) Finance
8 287 (15.62%) SQL
9 244 (13.28%) Linux
10 218 (11.87%) Microsoft 365
11 203 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
12 197 (10.72%) Security Cleared
13 188 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
14 182 (9.91%) SharePoint
15 179 (9.74%) SQL Server
16 175 (9.53%) Active Directory
17 164 (8.93%) PowerShell
18 156 (8.49%) VMware
19 146 (7.95%) Degree
20 145 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
20 145 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
21 133 (7.24%) Windows Server
22 132 (7.19%) Oracle
23 121 (6.59%) Retail
24 120 (6.53%) Agile
24 120 (6.53%) Project Management
25 118 (6.42%) ITIL
26 117 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
27 115 (6.26%) Time Management
28 96 (5.23%) 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
1 182 (9.91%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.47%) CMS
4 9 (0.49%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (0.49%) SAS
5 8 (0.44%) WebLogic
6 6 (0.33%) Apache
6 6 (0.33%) Confluence
6 6 (0.33%) IIS
6 6 (0.33%) WordPress
7 4 (0.22%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.16%) Drupal
8 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.16%) Joomla!
8 3 (0.16%) Moodle
8 3 (0.16%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.16%) WildFly
9 2 (0.11%) Site Server
10 1 (0.054%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 203 (11.05%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (10.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (2.07%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (1.80%) 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 (0.054%) 1Password
7 1 (0.054%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.054%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 22 (1.20%) NEC Housing
2 18 (0.98%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.49%) Oracle HRMS
5 6 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.27%) Magento
6 5 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
7 4 (0.22%) BASE24
7 4 (0.22%) Maximo
7 4 (0.22%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.16%) iTrent
8 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
9 2 (0.11%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.11%) Shopify
10 1 (0.054%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.054%) MetaTrader
10 1 (0.054%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 307 (16.71%) Azure
2 218 (11.87%) Microsoft 365
3 89 (4.84%) Power Platform
4 78 (4.25%) AWS
5 63 (3.43%) Entra ID
6 28 (1.52%) SaaS
7 26 (1.42%) OneDrive
8 25 (1.36%) GCP
9 24 (1.31%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (0.98%) WhatsApp
12 13 (0.71%) OCI
12 13 (0.71%) PowerApps
13 12 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
13 12 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (0.65%) OpenShift
14 11 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 9 (0.49%) Google Analytics
16 8 (0.44%) Snowflake
17 7 (0.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (5.23%) Intranet
2 86 (4.68%) Firewall
3 78 (4.25%) DNS
4 53 (2.89%) DHCP
4 53 (2.89%) LAN
4 53 (2.89%) WAN
5 50 (2.72%) TCP/IP
6 43 (2.34%) SAN
7 27 (1.47%) VPN
8 22 (1.20%) NAS
9 19 (1.03%) VLAN
10 17 (0.93%) VSAN
11 14 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
12 13 (0.71%) SSL
13 12 (0.65%) Internet
14 11 (0.60%) Wireless
15 10 (0.54%) BIG-IP
15 10 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.54%) Wireshark
16 8 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (9.74%) SQL Server
2 83 (4.52%) Power BI
3 66 (3.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 61 (3.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 52 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
6 50 (2.72%) Oracle Database
7 47 (2.56%) MongoDB
8 39 (2.12%) MySQL
9 38 (2.07%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 24 (1.31%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.20%) Oracle Database 12c
12 20 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.60%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.49%) Crystal Reports
16 7 (0.38%) Ingres
16 7 (0.38%) NonStop SQL
17 6 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
17 6 (0.33%) OLTP
18 5 (0.27%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 28 (1.52%) Git
2 18 (0.98%) JIRA
3 8 (0.44%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.38%) Mercurial
5 6 (0.33%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.16%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.054%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.054%) Liquibase
9 1 (0.054%) Subversion
9 1 (0.054%) Visual Studio
General
1 634 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 297 (16.17%) Finance
3 145 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (6.59%) Retail
5 117 (6.37%) Organisational Skills
6 88 (4.79%) Marketing
7 62 (3.38%) Manufacturing
8 57 (3.10%) Legal
9 48 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 43 (2.34%) Public Sector
11 34 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (1.80%) Law
12 33 (1.80%) Local Government
13 32 (1.74%) Back Office
14 27 (1.47%) Banking
14 27 (1.47%) Police
15 20 (1.09%) Billing
16 15 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (0.76%) German Language
18 12 (0.65%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.85%) HTML
2 25 (1.36%) CSS
3 13 (0.71%) XML
4 12 (0.65%) REST
5 11 (0.60%) EDI
6 10 (0.54%) .NET
7 9 (0.49%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (0.44%) 802.1X
8 8 (0.44%) Software Packaging
9 5 (0.27%) Middleware
10 4 (0.22%) JSON
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 3 (0.16%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.16%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.16%) SOAP
11 3 (0.16%) Visualforce
11 3 (0.16%) Web Services
12 2 (0.11%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (0.11%) LDAP
12 2 (0.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 145 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 75 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 70 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 54 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 49 (2.67%) Replication
6 29 (1.58%) PKI
7 26 (1.42%) Onboarding
8 25 (1.36%) Clustering
9 16 (0.87%) Learning Management System
10 15 (0.82%) Blog
10 15 (0.82%) PMI
10 15 (0.82%) Social Media
11 13 (0.71%) Digital Signage
11 13 (0.71%) Linux Command Line
12 12 (0.65%) Wiki
13 11 (0.60%) NHS
14 10 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.49%) Public Cloud
16 8 (0.44%) Cloud Native
16 8 (0.44%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 315 (17.15%) Windows
2 244 (13.28%) Linux
3 133 (7.24%) Windows Server
4 75 (4.08%) CentOS
5 69 (3.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 67 (3.65%) Windows Server 2019
7 57 (3.10%) Unix
8 55 (2.99%) Windows 10
9 54 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 47 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 25 (1.36%) Ubuntu
12 21 (1.14%) Android
13 18 (0.98%) Windows 7
14 16 (0.87%) Debian
15 15 (0.82%) Mac OS
16 14 (0.76%) Apple iOS
17 13 (0.71%) SUSE
18 12 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
19 10 (0.54%) CoreOS
20 7 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (17.47%) Customer Service
2 311 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
3 120 (6.53%) Agile
3 120 (6.53%) Project Management
4 118 (6.42%) ITIL
5 115 (6.26%) Time Management
6 96 (5.23%) CRM
7 95 (5.17%) Migration
8 94 (5.12%) Business Intelligence
9 87 (4.74%) Performance Tuning
10 71 (3.86%) Agile Project Management
10 71 (3.86%) Cybersecurity
11 67 (3.65%) Performance Monitoring
12 66 (3.59%) User Experience
13 65 (3.54%) Mentoring
14 64 (3.48%) ERP
15 58 (3.16%) DevOps
16 54 (2.94%) Disaster Recovery
16 54 (2.94%) Logistics
16 54 (2.94%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 287 (15.62%) SQL
2 164 (8.93%) PowerShell
3 82 (4.46%) Bash
4 64 (3.48%) Python
5 62 (3.38%) T-SQL
6 29 (1.58%) JavaScript
7 21 (1.14%) Perl
7 21 (1.14%) Shell Script
8 11 (0.60%) C#
9 7 (0.38%) PL/SQL
10 5 (0.27%) SAS Macro
11 4 (0.22%) AWK
11 4 (0.22%) Java
11 4 (0.22%) RPG
12 3 (0.16%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.16%) CQL
12 3 (0.16%) PHP
12 3 (0.16%) sed
12 3 (0.16%) VBA
13 2 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 197 (10.72%) Security Cleared
2 146 (7.95%) Degree
3 91 (4.95%) DV Cleared
4 72 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 59 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.78%) DBS Check
7 40 (2.18%) Oracle Certification
8 35 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (0.93%) OCP
10 15 (0.82%) PMI Certification
11 14 (0.76%) CCNA
11 14 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.65%) HNC
13 11 (0.60%) Azure Certification
14 10 (0.54%) CCNP
15 8 (0.44%) OCA
16 7 (0.38%) MCSA
16 7 (0.38%) MCSE
16 7 (0.38%) RHCE
17 6 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (3.16%) QA
2 36 (1.96%) Accessibility
3 34 (1.85%) SLA
4 28 (1.52%) GDPR
5 27 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.82%) ISO 9001
9 10 (0.54%) PMO
10 8 (0.44%) ISO 14001
11 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.33%) GMP
12 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.11%) COSHH
14 2 (0.11%) NEBOSH
14 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 175 (9.53%) Active Directory
2 81 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (2.34%) Hyper-V
4 33 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
4 33 (1.80%) vSphere
5 25 (1.36%) Docker
6 21 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
7 15 (0.82%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.71%) Firmware
9 10 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
10 7 (0.38%) XenApp
11 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
14 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.11%) Postfix
15 1 (0.054%) NFS
15 1 (0.054%) Shibboleth
15 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 44 (2.40%) Ansible
2 34 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (1.25%) SCCM
3 23 (1.25%) SCOM
4 18 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
5 17 (0.93%) Puppet
6 12 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (0.60%) Kubernetes
8 10 (0.54%) Oracle RMAN
9 8 (0.44%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.38%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.38%) Nagios
10 7 (0.38%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.38%) WSUS
11 6 (0.33%) Data Guard
11 6 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
11 6 (0.33%) SCVMM
12 5 (0.27%) Foglight
12 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
13 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 619 (33.70%) Microsoft
2 156 (8.49%) VMware
3 132 (7.19%) Oracle
4 76 (4.14%) Red Hat
5 42 (2.29%) Citrix
6 40 (2.18%) Veeam
7 39 (2.12%) SAP
8 37 (2.01%) ServiceNow
9 35 (1.91%) Salesforce
10 30 (1.63%) NetApp
11 29 (1.58%) Dell
12 24 (1.31%) HP
12 24 (1.31%) NEC
13 20 (1.09%) Cisco
13 20 (1.09%) Google
14 13 (0.71%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.71%) Riverbed
15 12 (0.65%) Apple
15 12 (0.65%) IBM
16 11 (0.60%) Epicor