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 leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 636 730
Rank change year-on-year +103 +94 -182
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 254 92 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 195 77 127
10th Percentile £22,044 £24,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £23,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £29,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £42,875 £36,000 £37,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £39,750 £46,550
UK median annual salary £33,966 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +4.51% - -1.52%

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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 12 June 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 12 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
South East +25 72 £35,000 +32.08% 12
North of England +46 52 £30,000 - 8
East of England +17 40 £29,000 +1.75% 6
South West -22 39 £34,000 +6.25% 8
Midlands -16 33 £34,995 +10.22% 10
North West +2 31 £30,000 +7.14% 4
Yorkshire +76 20 £30,750 -5.38% 4
West Midlands +4 20 £34,995 -3.46% 3
Scotland -58 14 £35,000 +48.94% 2
East Midlands -22 13 £33,966 +9.57% 7
Northern Ireland +22 3 - -
Wales +11 1 - - 1
North East -17 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 12 June 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.

1 127 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 92 (36.22%) Social Skills
3 82 (32.28%) Windows
4 71 (27.95%) Active Directory
5 63 (24.80%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (22.83%) SharePoint
7 55 (21.65%) Windows Server
7 55 (21.65%) Customer Service
8 53 (20.87%) Azure
9 44 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (15.75%) Project Management
11 37 (14.57%) Intranet
11 37 (14.57%) Retail
12 36 (14.17%) Agile
13 32 (12.60%) PowerShell
14 30 (11.81%) Agile Project Management
15 28 (11.02%) Firewall
15 28 (11.02%) VMware
15 28 (11.02%) Self-Motivation
16 27 (10.63%) Windows 10
17 26 (10.24%) Data Centre
17 26 (10.24%) Entra ID
18 24 (9.45%) Finance
19 23 (9.06%) SAN
19 23 (9.06%) Linux
19 23 (9.06%) Security Cleared
20 21 (8.27%) Microsoft Exchange
20 21 (8.27%) Citrix
21 19 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
22 18 (7.09%) SQL

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 58 (22.83%) SharePoint
2 21 (8.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.18%) Trello
5 1 (0.39%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 63 (24.80%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (20.87%) Azure
3 26 (10.24%) Entra ID
4 18 (7.09%) AWS
5 17 (6.69%) OneDrive
6 14 (5.51%) GCP
7 13 (5.12%) Power Platform
8 6 (2.36%) SaaS
9 5 (1.97%) DigitalOcean
9 5 (1.97%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.57%) WhatsApp
11 3 (1.18%) Slack
12 1 (0.39%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.39%) IaaS
12 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (14.57%) Intranet
2 28 (11.02%) Firewall
3 23 (9.06%) SAN
4 18 (7.09%) LAN
4 18 (7.09%) WAN
5 11 (4.33%) DNS
6 10 (3.94%) VPN
7 9 (3.54%) TCP/IP
8 8 (3.15%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (3.15%) Unified Communications
9 7 (2.76%) Internet
9 7 (2.76%) VLAN
10 6 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.97%) DHCP
11 5 (1.97%) NAS
12 2 (0.79%) VoIP
12 2 (0.79%) Wireless
13 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.39%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.12%) Power BI
1 13 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.97%) MySQL
3 2 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.79%) MS Access
3 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
General
1 92 (36.22%) Social Skills
2 37 (14.57%) Retail
3 24 (9.45%) Finance
4 12 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.36%) Aviation
7 5 (1.97%) Legal
7 5 (1.97%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.57%) Law
9 3 (1.18%) Local Government
9 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Automotive
10 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.39%) Marketing
11 1 (0.39%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.39%) EDI
1 1 (0.39%) React
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.02%) Self-Motivation
2 26 (10.24%) Data Centre
3 17 (6.69%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.33%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.15%) Replication
5 8 (3.15%) Wiki
6 6 (2.36%) Handset
6 6 (2.36%) Xbox
7 5 (1.97%) PMI
8 4 (1.57%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.57%) Life Science
8 4 (1.57%) PKI
9 3 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.18%) VAX
10 2 (0.79%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.79%) Photography
11 1 (0.39%) FMCG
11 1 (0.39%) iPhone
11 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 82 (32.28%) Windows
2 55 (21.65%) Windows Server
3 27 (10.63%) Windows 10
4 23 (9.06%) Linux
5 14 (5.51%) Android
6 13 (5.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (3.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.15%) Apple iOS
9 7 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (2.36%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.57%) VMS
12 3 (1.18%) Unix
12 3 (1.18%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (1.18%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.39%) Debian
14 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.39%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (21.65%) Customer Service
2 44 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (15.75%) Project Management
4 36 (14.17%) Agile
5 30 (11.81%) Agile Project Management
6 16 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (6.30%) Server Management
7 14 (5.51%) Benchmarking
7 14 (5.51%) Data Centre Operations
7 14 (5.51%) ERP
7 14 (5.51%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 14 (5.51%) Performance Monitoring
7 14 (5.51%) Service Management
7 14 (5.51%) Vulnerability Management
8 13 (5.12%) CRM
9 12 (4.72%) Asset Management
9 12 (4.72%) Data Analysis
9 12 (4.72%) Patch Management
10 10 (3.94%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (3.54%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 32 (12.60%) PowerShell
2 18 (7.09%) SQL
3 8 (3.15%) Perl
3 8 (3.15%) Python
4 2 (0.79%) C#
4 2 (0.79%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (9.06%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.51%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.33%) Degree
4 8 (3.15%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.97%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.76%) SLA
2 6 (2.36%) GDPR
2 6 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (27.95%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (3.15%) Firmware
4 5 (1.97%) vSphere
5 4 (1.57%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.76%) SCCM
3 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.57%) WSUS
4 3 (1.18%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (1.18%) Nagios
4 3 (1.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.02%) VMware
3 21 (8.27%) Citrix
4 14 (5.51%) NetApp
5 12 (4.72%) Veeam
6 8 (3.15%) Apple
7 7 (2.76%) Dell
8 6 (2.36%) Freshdesk
8 6 (2.36%) Mitel
9 5 (1.97%) BT
9 5 (1.97%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.57%) EMC
10 4 (1.57%) Google
11 3 (1.18%) Centreon
11 3 (1.18%) Epicor
11 3 (1.18%) SAP
11 3 (1.18%) Sybase
12 2 (0.79%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.79%) Sage
13 1 (0.39%) CA