Administrator Jobs

Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £35,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 250 311
Rank change year-on-year +103 +61 -49
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 2,025 1,394 2,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.87% 1.50% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 1.64% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,517 944 1,209
10th Percentile £22,044 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,030 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £41,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% +3.13% -

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +103 1,809 £35,000 -26.32% 779
UK excluding London +73 1,647 £35,000 -15.15% 709
Work from Home +20 512 £45,000 -10.00% 203
South East +57 454 £35,000 -22.31% 154
North of England +69 337 £30,147 -24.63% 183
London +27 311 £46,719 -22.14% 110
South West +61 295 £35,000 -19.08% 130
Midlands +41 256 £37,500 -3.23% 132
North West +70 180 £30,000 -30.23% 101
East of England +57 147 £30,000 -11.76% 80
West Midlands +20 144 £40,000 - 61
Scotland -11 121 £36,000 -15.29% 39
East Midlands +32 112 £37,500 +20.97% 72
Yorkshire +75 107 £33,000 -17.50% 63
North East -17 50 £27,500 -42.31% 20
Wales +9 32 £48,000 +47.69% 23
Northern Ireland +21 5 - - 4

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 646 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 621 (30.67%) Microsoft
3 319 (15.75%) Windows
3 319 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
4 312 (15.41%) Customer Service
5 310 (15.31%) Finance
6 304 (15.01%) Azure
7 291 (14.37%) SQL
8 246 (12.15%) Linux
9 219 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
10 218 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
11 212 (10.47%) Security Cleared
12 206 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
13 179 (8.84%) SQL Server
14 172 (8.49%) SharePoint
15 170 (8.40%) Active Directory
16 162 (8.00%) PowerShell
17 157 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
18 156 (7.70%) VMware
19 153 (7.56%) Degree
20 146 (7.21%) Oracle
21 139 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
22 132 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
23 131 (6.47%) Time Management
24 129 (6.37%) Retail
25 126 (6.22%) Windows Server
26 115 (5.68%) Agile
27 114 (5.63%) ITIL
28 110 (5.43%) Project Management
29 108 (5.33%) DV Cleared

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
1 172 (8.49%) SharePoint
2 54 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (1.19%) CMS
4 9 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (0.44%) SAS
5 6 (0.30%) Apache
5 6 (0.30%) Confluence
5 6 (0.30%) IIS
5 6 (0.30%) WebLogic
5 6 (0.30%) WordPress
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle Application Server
6 4 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.15%) Drupal
7 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.15%) Joomla!
7 3 (0.15%) Moodle
7 3 (0.15%) WildFly
8 2 (0.099%) Documentum
8 2 (0.099%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.049%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 218 (10.77%) Microsoft Office
2 206 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 38 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.15%) Trello
6 2 (0.099%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.099%) FileZilla
6 2 (0.099%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.049%) 1Password
7 1 (0.049%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.049%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 22 (1.09%) NEC Housing
2 20 (0.99%) NetSuite
3 13 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.44%) Oracle HRMS
6 5 (0.25%) Magento
7 4 (0.20%) BASE24
7 4 (0.20%) Maximo
7 4 (0.20%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.15%) iTrent
8 3 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
8 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.099%) Sage 200
9 2 (0.099%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.099%) Shopify
10 1 (0.049%) Cognos Controller
10 1 (0.049%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.049%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 304 (15.01%) Azure
2 219 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 95 (4.69%) Power Platform
4 83 (4.10%) AWS
5 61 (3.01%) Entra ID
6 31 (1.53%) GCP
7 29 (1.43%) SaaS
8 24 (1.19%) OneDrive
8 24 (1.19%) Power Automate
9 20 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (0.94%) OCI
11 18 (0.89%) WhatsApp
12 13 (0.64%) PowerApps
13 12 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (0.59%) OpenShift
13 12 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 9 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (0.44%) Google Analytics
15 7 (0.35%) Snowflake
16 6 (0.30%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (4.25%) Intranet
2 84 (4.15%) Firewall
3 77 (3.80%) DNS
4 54 (2.67%) LAN
4 54 (2.67%) WAN
5 53 (2.62%) DHCP
6 49 (2.42%) TCP/IP
7 43 (2.12%) SAN
8 26 (1.28%) VPN
9 21 (1.04%) VLAN
10 20 (0.99%) NAS
11 19 (0.94%) Internet
12 18 (0.89%) VSAN
13 13 (0.64%) Wireless
14 12 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
14 12 (0.59%) SSL
15 10 (0.49%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (0.44%) Wireshark
17 8 (0.40%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 179 (8.84%) SQL Server
2 88 (4.35%) Power BI
3 66 (3.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 63 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 51 (2.52%) MongoDB
5 51 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (2.42%) Oracle Database
7 40 (1.98%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 33 (1.63%) MySQL
9 25 (1.23%) Relational Database
10 22 (1.09%) Oracle Database 12c
11 21 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.54%) NoSQL
13 9 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
14 7 (0.35%) Ingres
14 7 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
15 6 (0.30%) Looker
15 6 (0.30%) Tableau
16 5 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 28 (1.38%) Git
2 17 (0.84%) JIRA
3 8 (0.40%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.35%) Mercurial
5 6 (0.30%) AdminStudio
6 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.099%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.099%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.099%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.049%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.049%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.049%) Subversion
9 1 (0.049%) Visual Studio
General
1 646 (31.90%) Social Skills
2 310 (15.31%) Finance
3 157 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
5 129 (6.37%) Retail
6 90 (4.44%) Marketing
7 68 (3.36%) Manufacturing
8 64 (3.16%) Legal
9 48 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 43 (2.12%) Public Sector
11 37 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (1.63%) Local Government
13 32 (1.58%) Back Office
13 32 (1.58%) Law
14 28 (1.38%) Banking
15 27 (1.33%) Police
16 23 (1.14%) Billing
17 16 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.69%) German Language
19 12 (0.59%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (1.58%) HTML
2 25 (1.23%) CSS
3 16 (0.79%) EDI
4 12 (0.59%) REST
4 12 (0.59%) XML
5 9 (0.44%) Lightning Web Components
6 8 (0.40%) .NET
6 8 (0.40%) 802.1X
6 8 (0.40%) Software Packaging
7 6 (0.30%) Web Services
8 5 (0.25%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 4 (0.20%) Middleware
9 4 (0.20%) SAP Basis
10 3 (0.15%) Ajax
10 3 (0.15%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.15%) JSON
10 3 (0.15%) SOAP
10 3 (0.15%) Visualforce
11 2 (0.099%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.099%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 139 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
2 77 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 65 (3.21%) Data Centre
4 55 (2.72%) Driving Licence
5 46 (2.27%) Replication
6 39 (1.93%) PKI
7 27 (1.33%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.19%) Clustering
9 15 (0.74%) Blog
9 15 (0.74%) Learning Management System
9 15 (0.74%) PMI
9 15 (0.74%) Social Media
10 13 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
11 11 (0.54%) AS400
11 11 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (0.54%) Digital Signage
11 11 (0.54%) NHS
12 9 (0.44%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.44%) Wiki
13 8 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 319 (15.75%) Windows
2 246 (12.15%) Linux
3 126 (6.22%) Windows Server
4 78 (3.85%) CentOS
5 72 (3.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 71 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
7 58 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 57 (2.81%) Unix
9 53 (2.62%) Windows 10
10 48 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 24 (1.19%) Ubuntu
12 19 (0.94%) Android
13 18 (0.89%) Windows 7
14 14 (0.69%) Debian
14 14 (0.69%) Mac OS
14 14 (0.69%) SUSE
15 13 (0.64%) Apple iOS
15 13 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (0.49%) CoreOS
17 7 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
2 312 (15.41%) Customer Service
3 131 (6.47%) Time Management
4 115 (5.68%) Agile
5 114 (5.63%) ITIL
6 110 (5.43%) Project Management
7 104 (5.14%) CRM
8 97 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
9 94 (4.64%) Migration
10 84 (4.15%) Performance Tuning
11 78 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
12 70 (3.46%) User Experience
13 68 (3.36%) ERP
14 67 (3.31%) Mentoring
14 67 (3.31%) Performance Monitoring
15 65 (3.21%) Logistics
16 60 (2.96%) Agile Project Management
17 57 (2.81%) Collaborative Working
17 57 (2.81%) Service Delivery
18 56 (2.77%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 291 (14.37%) SQL
2 162 (8.00%) PowerShell
3 84 (4.15%) Bash
4 64 (3.16%) Python
5 58 (2.86%) T-SQL
6 30 (1.48%) JavaScript
7 19 (0.94%) Shell Script
8 18 (0.89%) Perl
9 9 (0.44%) C#
10 8 (0.40%) Java
11 7 (0.35%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.30%) PHP
13 5 (0.25%) SAS Macro
14 4 (0.20%) AWK
14 4 (0.20%) RPG
14 4 (0.20%) VBA
15 3 (0.15%) ActionScript
15 3 (0.15%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.15%) CQL
15 3 (0.15%) sed
Qualifications
1 212 (10.47%) Security Cleared
2 153 (7.56%) Degree
3 108 (5.33%) DV Cleared
4 66 (3.26%) SC Cleared
5 58 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.52%) DBS Check
7 37 (1.83%) Oracle Certification
8 33 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (0.74%) CCNA
9 15 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (0.74%) PMI Certification
10 14 (0.69%) OCP
11 12 (0.59%) HNC
12 11 (0.54%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.49%) CCNP
14 7 (0.35%) MCSE
14 7 (0.35%) RHCE
15 6 (0.30%) HND
15 6 (0.30%) MCSA
15 6 (0.30%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (3.90%) QA
2 46 (2.27%) SLA
3 35 (1.73%) Accessibility
4 28 (1.38%) GDPR
5 27 (1.33%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 21 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.74%) ISO 9001
9 9 (0.44%) PMO
10 8 (0.40%) ISO 14001
11 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.30%) GMP
12 4 (0.20%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.099%) COSHH
14 2 (0.099%) NEBOSH
14 2 (0.099%) SOC 2
System Software
1 170 (8.40%) Active Directory
2 84 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (1.93%) Hyper-V
4 33 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
4 33 (1.63%) vSphere
5 24 (1.19%) Docker
6 21 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
7 16 (0.79%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.64%) Firmware
9 10 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
10 7 (0.35%) XenApp
11 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 6 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
12 4 (0.20%) VMware Server
13 2 (0.099%) KVM
13 2 (0.099%) Postfix
14 1 (0.049%) Dovecot
14 1 (0.049%) QEMU
14 1 (0.049%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 46 (2.27%) Ansible
2 32 (1.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (1.19%) SCCM
4 22 (1.09%) SCOM
5 17 (0.84%) Puppet
5 17 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.49%) Kubernetes
8 9 (0.44%) WSUS
9 8 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
9 8 (0.40%) vCenter Server
10 7 (0.35%) EMC VPLEX
10 7 (0.35%) Nagios
11 6 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
11 6 (0.30%) SCVMM
11 6 (0.30%) Terraform
12 5 (0.25%) Foglight
13 4 (0.20%) Data Guard
13 4 (0.20%) Oracle ZFS
13 4 (0.20%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 621 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 156 (7.70%) VMware
3 146 (7.21%) Oracle
4 80 (3.95%) Red Hat
5 44 (2.17%) Salesforce
5 44 (2.17%) SAP
6 43 (2.12%) Veeam
7 40 (1.98%) ServiceNow
8 38 (1.88%) Citrix
9 31 (1.53%) Dell
10 25 (1.23%) IBM
11 24 (1.19%) NEC
11 24 (1.19%) NetApp
12 22 (1.09%) HP
13 21 (1.04%) Cisco
14 20 (0.99%) Google
15 12 (0.59%) Epicor
16 11 (0.54%) Apple
16 11 (0.54%) Dynatrace
16 11 (0.54%) Riverbed