IT Administrator Contracts in England

IT Administrator
UK > England

The median IT Administrator daily rate in England is £340 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 477 600 707
Rank change year-on-year +123 +107 -102
Contract jobs requiring an IT Administrator 61 48 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.096% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.10% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 39 42
10th Percentile £130 £121 £134
25th Percentile £189 £205 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £330 £220
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +50.00% +37.50%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £250
90th Percentile £675 £638 £334
UK median daily rate £340 £323 £220
% change year-on-year +5.43% +46.59% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 18
10th Percentile £11.83 £32.32 £13.06
25th Percentile £12.00 £33.63 £13.25
Median hourly rate £13.82 £35.80 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.40% +123.75% +25.49%
75th Percentile £38.00 - £20.75
90th Percentile £51.91 - £30.50
UK median hourly rate £13.41 £35.80 £16.00
% change year-on-year -62.54% +123.75% +25.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in England

IT Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Administrator in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Administrator in England

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Administrator in England

IT Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Administrator in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Administrator in England

IT Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Administrator in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Administrator in England

IT Administrator
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +41 24 £550 +100.00% 9
London +91 11 £340 -41.53% 7
North of England +31 10 £225 -37.72% 12
Midlands +31 9 £100 -50.00% 10
East Midlands +29 8 £100 -69.70% 4
North West +23 7 £225 -37.72% 6
South West +21 4 £250 -42.86% 5
Yorkshire +23 3 - - 6
East of England +9 3 - - 9
West Midlands +23 1 - - 6
IT Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT Administrator contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 15 (24.59%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (22.95%) Windows
3 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
4 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
4 11 (18.03%) Security Cleared
4 11 (18.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (14.75%) Linux
6 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
7 5 (8.20%) Software Deployment
7 5 (8.20%) Customer Service
7 5 (8.20%) Finance
7 5 (8.20%) Aerospace
8 4 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
8 4 (6.56%) SAP
8 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
9 3 (4.92%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (4.92%) GitLab
9 3 (4.92%) NHS
9 3 (4.92%) Logistics
9 3 (4.92%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.92%) CCTV
9 3 (4.92%) Banking
10 2 (3.28%) Asset Management
10 2 (3.28%) Stakeholder Management

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (24.59%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (18.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (3.28%) Azure
2 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.28%) SaaS
3 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.64%) Slack
3 1 (1.64%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.28%) DNS
2 2 (3.28%) Intranet
3 1 (1.64%) DHCP
3 1 (1.64%) LAN
3 1 (1.64%) NAS
3 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.64%) VoIP
3 1 (1.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) GitLab
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.20%) Aerospace
2 5 (8.20%) Finance
3 4 (6.56%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.92%) Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.92%) CCTV
1 3 (4.92%) NHS
2 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (22.95%) Windows
2 9 (14.75%) Linux
3 2 (3.28%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.28%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.64%) Solaris
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (8.20%) Customer Service
1 5 (8.20%) Software Deployment
2 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (4.92%) Logistics
2 3 (4.92%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (4.92%) Software Engineering
3 2 (3.28%) Asset Management
3 2 (3.28%) Change Control
3 2 (3.28%) Configuration Management
3 2 (3.28%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (3.28%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (3.28%) Data Analysis
3 2 (3.28%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (3.28%) Information Security
3 2 (3.28%) Project Delivery
3 2 (3.28%) Risk Management
3 2 (3.28%) SDLC
3 2 (3.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (3.28%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.64%) Bash
1 1 (1.64%) Google Apps Script
1 1 (1.64%) Python
1 1 (1.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
1 11 (18.03%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.28%) Degree
3 1 (1.64%) HNC
3 1 (1.64%) MCSE
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) GRC
1 2 (3.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.28%) NIST
2 1 (1.64%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.56%) SAP
3 1 (1.64%) Dell
3 1 (1.64%) Google
3 1 (1.64%) Guidewire
3 1 (1.64%) HP
3 1 (1.64%) Okta