Administrator
UK

The median Administrator salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 250 285
Rank change year-on-year +87 +35 -32
Permanent jobs requiring an Administrator 1,813 1,470 2,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.83% 1.45% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 1.59% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,358 991 1,221
10th Percentile £22,000 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +2.22% +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 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -17.66% +3.66% +2.50%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £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 9 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 9 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 +96 1,626 £35,000 -26.32% 736
UK excluding London +81 1,476 £34,995 -17.66% 670
Work from Home +23 501 £45,000 -10.00% 205
South East +46 421 £35,000 -22.22% 159
North of England +70 293 £30,147 -30.56% 160
London +22 273 £46,719 -22.14% 115
South West +28 256 £34,500 -18.13% 99
Midlands +60 239 £40,000 +0.91% 130
North West +61 154 £30,000 -35.14% 90
East of England +74 135 £29,500 -17.48% 93
West Midlands +33 130 £40,000 -2.44% 72
East Midlands +51 109 £37,500 +38.89% 58
Scotland -22 106 £34,000 -20.00% 40
Yorkshire +90 102 £35,000 -12.50% 52
North East -20 37 £30,250 -36.55% 20
Wales -6 23 £48,000 +35.21% 16
Northern Ireland +28 3 - - 6

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 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.

1 632 (34.86%) Social Skills
2 620 (34.20%) Microsoft
3 318 (17.54%) Customer Service
4 312 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
5 311 (17.15%) Windows
6 308 (16.99%) Azure
7 290 (16.00%) Finance
7 290 (16.00%) SQL
8 239 (13.18%) Linux
9 218 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
10 203 (11.20%) Microsoft Office
11 188 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
12 186 (10.26%) Security Cleared
13 181 (9.98%) SharePoint
14 180 (9.93%) SQL Server
15 179 (9.87%) Active Directory
16 160 (8.83%) PowerShell
17 153 (8.44%) VMware
18 145 (8.00%) Degree
19 142 (7.83%) Self-Motivation
20 141 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
21 135 (7.45%) Windows Server
22 125 (6.89%) Oracle
23 121 (6.67%) Agile
24 120 (6.62%) Project Management
25 119 (6.56%) Retail
26 118 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
27 116 (6.40%) Time Management
28 112 (6.18%) ITIL
29 98 (5.41%) Migration

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
1 181 (9.98%) SharePoint
2 50 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.49%) CMS
4 9 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2013
4 9 (0.50%) 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 (0.17%) Drupal
8 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.17%) Joomla!
8 3 (0.17%) Moodle
8 3 (0.17%) Site Server
8 3 (0.17%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.17%) WildFly
9 1 (0.055%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.055%) OpenStack
Applications
1 203 (11.20%) Microsoft Office
2 188 (10.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 39 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
4 33 (1.82%) 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 (0.055%) 1Password
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.055%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 19 (1.05%) NEC Housing
2 16 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 12 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
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%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.22%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.17%) iTrent
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 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (0.055%) FLEXCUBE
9 1 (0.055%) Misys Opics
9 1 (0.055%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 308 (16.99%) Azure
2 218 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (4.85%) Power Platform
4 82 (4.52%) AWS
5 63 (3.47%) Entra ID
6 30 (1.65%) SaaS
7 26 (1.43%) GCP
7 26 (1.43%) OneDrive
8 25 (1.38%) Power Automate
9 20 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 18 (0.99%) WhatsApp
11 14 (0.77%) Azure DevOps
11 14 (0.77%) PowerApps
12 13 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (0.72%) OCI
12 13 (0.72%) OpenShift
13 10 (0.55%) IaaS
13 10 (0.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 9 (0.50%) Google Analytics
14 9 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 96 (5.30%) Intranet
2 85 (4.69%) Firewall
3 77 (4.25%) DNS
4 53 (2.92%) LAN
4 53 (2.92%) WAN
5 52 (2.87%) DHCP
5 52 (2.87%) TCP/IP
6 43 (2.37%) SAN
7 27 (1.49%) VPN
8 23 (1.27%) NAS
9 19 (1.05%) VLAN
10 16 (0.88%) VSAN
11 14 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
12 13 (0.72%) SSL
13 10 (0.55%) BIG-IP
13 10 (0.55%) Internet
13 10 (0.55%) Remote Desktop
13 10 (0.55%) Wireless
13 10 (0.55%) Wireshark
14 8 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 83 (4.58%) Power BI
3 66 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 61 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 49 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
6 47 (2.59%) Oracle Database
7 45 (2.48%) MongoDB
8 40 (2.21%) MySQL
9 37 (2.04%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 27 (1.49%) Relational Database
11 22 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
12 19 (1.05%) Oracle Database 12c
13 11 (0.61%) NoSQL
14 10 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
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 29 (1.60%) Git
2 18 (0.99%) JIRA
3 8 (0.44%) Vagrant
4 7 (0.39%) Mercurial
5 6 (0.33%) AdminStudio
5 6 (0.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.11%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.055%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.055%) GitLab
7 1 (0.055%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.055%) Subversion
7 1 (0.055%) Visual Studio
General
1 632 (34.86%) Social Skills
2 290 (16.00%) Finance
3 141 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (6.56%) Retail
5 118 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
6 88 (4.85%) Marketing
7 61 (3.36%) Manufacturing
8 57 (3.14%) Legal
9 48 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 40 (2.21%) Public Sector
11 35 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 33 (1.82%) Law
13 30 (1.65%) Local Government
14 29 (1.60%) Back Office
15 27 (1.49%) Banking
16 24 (1.32%) Police
17 20 (1.10%) Billing
18 15 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
19 14 (0.77%) German Language
20 11 (0.61%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (1.99%) HTML
2 25 (1.38%) CSS
3 14 (0.77%) XML
4 12 (0.66%) REST
5 11 (0.61%) EDI
6 10 (0.55%) .NET
7 9 (0.50%) Lightning Web Components
8 8 (0.44%) 802.1X
8 8 (0.44%) Software Packaging
9 5 (0.28%) JSON
9 5 (0.28%) Middleware
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle GoldenGate
11 3 (0.17%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.17%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.17%) SAML
11 3 (0.17%) SOAP
11 3 (0.17%) Visualforce
11 3 (0.17%) Web Services
12 2 (0.11%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 142 (7.83%) Self-Motivation
2 76 (4.19%) Management Information System
3 69 (3.81%) Data Centre
4 51 (2.81%) Driving Licence
4 51 (2.81%) Replication
5 28 (1.54%) Clustering
5 28 (1.54%) Onboarding
6 23 (1.27%) PKI
7 17 (0.94%) Learning Management System
8 16 (0.88%) Social Media
9 15 (0.83%) Blog
9 15 (0.83%) PMI
10 13 (0.72%) Digital Signage
10 13 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
11 12 (0.66%) Wiki
12 11 (0.61%) NHS
13 9 (0.50%) Cloud Native
13 9 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (0.50%) Public Cloud
14 8 (0.44%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 311 (17.15%) Windows
2 239 (13.18%) Linux
3 135 (7.45%) Windows Server
4 75 (4.14%) CentOS
5 68 (3.75%) Windows Server 2016
6 67 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 55 (3.03%) Unix
7 55 (3.03%) Windows 10
8 53 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
9 48 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 25 (1.38%) Ubuntu
11 21 (1.16%) Android
12 18 (0.99%) Windows 7
13 16 (0.88%) Debian
14 15 (0.83%) Mac OS
15 14 (0.77%) Apple iOS
16 13 (0.72%) SUSE
16 13 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
17 11 (0.61%) CoreOS
18 7 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (17.54%) Customer Service
2 312 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
3 121 (6.67%) Agile
4 120 (6.62%) Project Management
5 116 (6.40%) Time Management
6 112 (6.18%) ITIL
7 98 (5.41%) Migration
8 96 (5.30%) Business Intelligence
8 96 (5.30%) CRM
9 87 (4.80%) Performance Tuning
10 71 (3.92%) Agile Project Management
10 71 (3.92%) Cybersecurity
11 64 (3.53%) Performance Monitoring
11 64 (3.53%) User Experience
12 63 (3.47%) DevOps
12 63 (3.47%) Mentoring
13 62 (3.42%) ERP
14 58 (3.20%) Disaster Recovery
15 54 (2.98%) Logistics
16 53 (2.92%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 290 (16.00%) SQL
2 160 (8.83%) PowerShell
3 83 (4.58%) Bash
4 68 (3.75%) Python
5 62 (3.42%) T-SQL
6 30 (1.65%) JavaScript
7 23 (1.27%) Perl
8 20 (1.10%) Shell Script
9 11 (0.61%) 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%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.17%) CQL
13 3 (0.17%) sed
13 3 (0.17%) VBA
14 2 (0.11%) Korn
Qualifications
1 186 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 145 (8.00%) Degree
3 85 (4.69%) DV Cleared
4 71 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 59 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 51 (2.81%) DBS Check
7 39 (2.15%) Oracle Certification
8 36 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (0.99%) OCP
10 15 (0.83%) PMI Certification
11 14 (0.77%) CCNA
11 14 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
12 12 (0.66%) HNC
13 11 (0.61%) Azure Certification
14 10 (0.55%) CCNP
14 10 (0.55%) OCA
15 7 (0.39%) MCSA
15 7 (0.39%) MCSE
15 7 (0.39%) RHCE
16 6 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (3.14%) QA
2 34 (1.88%) Accessibility
2 34 (1.88%) SLA
3 27 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 27 (1.49%) GDPR
4 25 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 22 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.83%) ISO 9001
7 10 (0.55%) PMO
8 8 (0.44%) ISO 14001
9 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.33%) GMP
10 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.11%) COSHH
12 2 (0.11%) NEBOSH
12 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 179 (9.87%) Active Directory
2 80 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (2.43%) Hyper-V
4 31 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
4 31 (1.71%) vSphere
5 25 (1.38%) Docker
6 20 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (0.77%) VMware NSX
8 13 (0.72%) Firmware
9 12 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
10 9 (0.50%) Oracle RAC
11 7 (0.39%) XenApp
12 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 5 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
14 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.11%) Postfix
16 1 (0.055%) Lustre
16 1 (0.055%) NFS
16 1 (0.055%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 44 (2.43%) Ansible
2 34 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (1.27%) SCCM
4 22 (1.21%) SCOM
5 18 (0.99%) Puppet
5 18 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
7 11 (0.61%) Kubernetes
7 11 (0.61%) Oracle RMAN
8 8 (0.44%) Data Guard
8 8 (0.44%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.39%) EMC VPLEX
9 7 (0.39%) Nagios
9 7 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.39%) WSUS
10 6 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
10 6 (0.33%) SCVMM
10 6 (0.33%) Terraform
11 5 (0.28%) Foglight
11 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 620 (34.20%) Microsoft
2 153 (8.44%) VMware
3 125 (6.89%) Oracle
4 74 (4.08%) Red Hat
5 42 (2.32%) Citrix
6 39 (2.15%) SAP
7 38 (2.10%) Veeam
8 37 (2.04%) ServiceNow
9 35 (1.93%) Salesforce
10 29 (1.60%) NetApp
11 26 (1.43%) Dell
12 24 (1.32%) HP
13 21 (1.16%) NEC
14 20 (1.10%) Google
15 19 (1.05%) Cisco
16 13 (0.72%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.72%) Riverbed
17 12 (0.66%) Apple
18 11 (0.61%) Epicor
18 11 (0.61%) F5