IT Administrator
UK

The median IT Administrator salary in the UK is £33,233 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 599 823 1023
Rank change year-on-year +224 +200 -281
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Administrator 308 129 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 202 108 198
10th Percentile £22,000 £23,250 £21,850
25th Percentile £25,563 £25,750 £26,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,233 £32,250 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.05% -0.77% -2.99%
75th Percentile £41,813 £39,063 £46,188
90th Percentile £48,750 £47,650 £57,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,250 £29,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +11.21% -3.33% -7.69%

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 95,626 90,111 157,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 68,292 56,801 84,606
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 £70,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Administrator.

Salary trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Administrator in the UK

IT 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 IT Administrator within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +245 284 £33,966 +5.32% 55
UK excluding London +158 263 £32,250 +11.21% 50
South East +68 79 £35,000 +32.08% 16
Work from Home +89 59 £35,750 +13.49% 18
East of England +50 55 £29,000 +1.75% 7
North of England +68 45 £30,000 -4.76% 13
London +123 37 £39,250 -1.88% 15
South West -7 34 £31,000 -3.13% 6
Midlands +12 33 £34,995 +12.89% 5
North West +22 27 £30,000 +7.14% 5
West Midlands +23 22 £34,995 -0.01% 1
Yorkshire +89 17 £31,500 -3.08% 8
Scotland -49 13 £35,000 +48.94% 4
East Midlands 0 11 £33,966 +9.57% 4
Northern Ireland +29 3 - -
North East -6 1 £32,500 +18.18%
Wales - 1 - -

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 193 (62.66%) Microsoft
2 149 (48.38%) Social Skills
3 105 (34.09%) Windows
4 104 (33.77%) Customer Service
5 99 (32.14%) SharePoint
6 81 (26.30%) Project Management
7 80 (25.97%) Active Directory
8 78 (25.32%) Intranet
8 78 (25.32%) Retail
9 76 (24.68%) Agile
10 71 (23.05%) Agile Project Management
11 70 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
12 67 (21.75%) Windows Server
13 58 (18.83%) Azure
14 52 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
15 40 (12.99%) PowerShell
16 37 (12.01%) Self-Motivation
17 34 (11.04%) Data Centre
17 34 (11.04%) VMware
18 32 (10.39%) Windows 10
19 30 (9.74%) Firewall
19 30 (9.74%) Linux
20 29 (9.42%) SAN
20 29 (9.42%) Finance
20 29 (9.42%) Server Management
21 28 (9.09%) Citrix
21 28 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
22 27 (8.77%) Entra ID
23 26 (8.44%) Security Cleared
24 25 (8.12%) Microsoft Exchange

IT 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 99 (32.14%) SharePoint
2 25 (8.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.30%) Confluence
4 2 (0.65%) Site Server
Applications
1 28 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.97%) Trello
5 1 (0.32%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 70 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 58 (18.83%) Azure
3 27 (8.77%) Entra ID
4 17 (5.52%) AWS
4 17 (5.52%) OneDrive
5 13 (4.22%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.92%) SaaS
7 8 (2.60%) GCP
8 6 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.95%) Mimecast
9 5 (1.62%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.62%) WhatsApp
10 4 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.97%) Slack
12 1 (0.32%) DigitalOcean
12 1 (0.32%) IaaS
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.32%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (25.32%) Intranet
2 30 (9.74%) Firewall
3 29 (9.42%) SAN
4 24 (7.79%) LAN
4 24 (7.79%) WAN
5 12 (3.90%) NAS
6 11 (3.57%) DNS
7 10 (3.25%) VPN
8 9 (2.92%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (2.92%) TCP/IP
8 9 (2.92%) VLAN
9 8 (2.60%) Unified Communications
9 8 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.27%) VoIP
11 5 (1.62%) DHCP
11 5 (1.62%) Internet
12 2 (0.65%) iSCSI
13 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.32%) OpenVPN
13 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.22%) Power BI
1 13 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.62%) MySQL
3 2 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.65%) MS Access
3 2 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.30%) JIRA
2 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
General
1 149 (48.38%) Social Skills
2 78 (25.32%) Retail
3 29 (9.42%) Finance
4 12 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.60%) Automotive
6 7 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.95%) Aviation
8 5 (1.62%) Legal
8 5 (1.62%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.30%) Law
10 3 (0.97%) Local Government
10 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.97%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.32%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.65%) HTML
2 1 (0.32%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.01%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (11.04%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.47%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.25%) Driving Licence
4 10 (3.25%) Wiki
5 8 (2.60%) Replication
6 6 (1.95%) Handset
6 6 (1.95%) Xbox
7 5 (1.62%) PMI
8 4 (1.30%) Learning Management System
8 4 (1.30%) Life Science
8 4 (1.30%) PKI
9 3 (0.97%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.97%) VAX
10 2 (0.65%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.65%) Photography
11 1 (0.32%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.32%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.32%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (34.09%) Windows
2 67 (21.75%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.39%) Windows 10
4 30 (9.74%) Linux
5 19 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (4.87%) Android
6 15 (4.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.60%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.95%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.30%) VMS
11 3 (0.97%) Unix
11 3 (0.97%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (33.77%) Customer Service
2 81 (26.30%) Project Management
3 76 (24.68%) Agile
4 71 (23.05%) Agile Project Management
5 52 (16.88%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (9.42%) Server Management
7 21 (6.82%) Benchmarking
7 21 (6.82%) Data Centre Operations
7 21 (6.82%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 21 (6.82%) Performance Monitoring
7 21 (6.82%) Service Management
7 21 (6.82%) Vulnerability Management
8 19 (6.17%) ERP
9 17 (5.52%) Artificial Intelligence
10 16 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (4.22%) Asset Management
11 13 (4.22%) CRM
11 13 (4.22%) Patch Management
12 12 (3.90%) Data Analysis
13 11 (3.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.99%) PowerShell
2 20 (6.49%) SQL
3 9 (2.92%) Perl
3 9 (2.92%) Python
4 2 (0.65%) C#
4 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 26 (8.44%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.82%) SC Cleared
3 17 (5.52%) Degree
4 10 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.95%) MCSA
6 6 (1.95%) MCSE
7 5 (1.62%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.32%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.32%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.95%) GDPR
1 6 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (1.95%) SLA
2 4 (1.30%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (25.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.60%) Firmware
4 6 (1.95%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.62%) vSphere
6 4 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.97%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (5.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.27%) SCCM
3 4 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.30%) WSUS
4 3 (0.97%) EMC VPLEX
4 3 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.97%) Nagios
4 3 (0.97%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 193 (62.66%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.04%) VMware
3 28 (9.09%) Citrix
4 21 (6.82%) NetApp
5 12 (3.90%) Dell
5 12 (3.90%) Veeam
6 8 (2.60%) Apple
7 6 (1.95%) Freshdesk
7 6 (1.95%) Mitel
8 5 (1.62%) BT
8 5 (1.62%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.62%) HP
9 3 (0.97%) Centreon
9 3 (0.97%) EMC
9 3 (0.97%) Epicor
9 3 (0.97%) Google
9 3 (0.97%) SAP
9 3 (0.97%) Sybase
10 2 (0.65%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.65%) Sage