The first table below looks at the demand for the Administrator role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Administrator in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bedfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Administrator
Rank 25 25 35
Rank change year-on-year
0 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 6 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 3.158% 2.574% 2.414%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.297% 2.778% 2.602%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £190 £263 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.61% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £298 £300 £320
% change year-on-year
-0.83% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £13.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
182 252 269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.79% 92.65% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 124 127
Average daily rate £350 £363 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +12.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 12
Average hourly rate £20.70 £29.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +114.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Administrator
East of England

Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Administrator across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Administrator across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Administrator Daily Rate Trend

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Administrator across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Administrator Daily Rate Histogram

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Administrator across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Administrator Hourly Rate Trend

Administrator
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -5 2 £300 -
Bedford - 2 £158 -
Administrator
East of England

Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Administrator in their job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Agresso
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) ResourceLink
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) NorthgateArinso
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) OLAP
2 2 (28.57%) MS Project
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) Cognos
2 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Northgate
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) Statistics
3 1 (14.29%) Clustering

Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Administrator in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Agresso
2 2 (28.57%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) OLAP
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Statistics
2 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows 7
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Migration
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) NorthgateArinso
1 2 (28.57%) Cognos
1 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Northgate