Administrator Contracts in the Midlands

Administrator
England > Midlands

The median Administrator daily rate in the Midlands is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 106 115
Rank change year-on-year +42 +9 -13
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 73 59 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.66% 1.71% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.89% 1.81% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 39 51
10th Percentile £155 £115 £150
25th Percentile £237 £193 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £330 £325
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% +1.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £496
90th Percentile - £633 £560
England median daily rate £400 £450 £435
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% +16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 3 7
10th Percentile £10.90 £12.90 £10.63
25th Percentile £11.25 £13.50 £11.11
Median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £12.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £16.66 £34.13 £15.51
90th Percentile £51.91 £45.90 £17.31
England median hourly rate £13.48 £26.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year -48.15% +73.33% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,524 3,265 4,866
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 94.64% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,703 2,296 3,558
10th Percentile £213 £223 £205
25th Percentile £326 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +13.75%
75th Percentile £588 £576 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.61%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the Midlands

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
West Midlands +36 47 £425 +70.00% 59
East Midlands +41 26 £318 +0.79% 48
Administrator
England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 22 (30.14%) Microsoft
2 16 (21.92%) SQL Server
2 16 (21.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (21.92%) SharePoint
3 15 (20.55%) Security Cleared
4 12 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
5 11 (15.07%) Azure
6 10 (13.70%) Proactive Management
6 10 (13.70%) Web SSO
6 10 (13.70%) Power Platform
6 10 (13.70%) Power BI
7 9 (12.33%) SC Cleared
8 8 (10.96%) PowerShell
8 8 (10.96%) SQL
9 7 (9.59%) Linux
9 7 (9.59%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (9.59%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
10 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (8.22%) High Availability
10 6 (8.22%) PaaS
10 6 (8.22%) Windows
10 6 (8.22%) Sage
10 6 (8.22%) Identity Management
10 6 (8.22%) Manufacturing
11 5 (6.85%) VMware
11 5 (6.85%) Aerospace
11 5 (6.85%) Progress

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (21.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.37%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 16 (21.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (9.59%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Maximo
2 1 (1.37%) MFGPRO
2 1 (1.37%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.37%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (15.07%) Azure
3 10 (13.70%) Power Platform
4 6 (8.22%) PaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.37%) IaaS
5 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) WAN
2 3 (4.11%) DNS
2 3 (4.11%) Intranet
2 3 (4.11%) MPLS
2 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.37%) DHCP
3 1 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (1.37%) Firewall
3 1 (1.37%) LAN
3 1 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.37%) SAN
3 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.92%) SQL Server
2 10 (13.70%) Power BI
3 4 (5.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (5.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (5.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.37%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) JIRA
1 3 (4.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.22%) Manufacturing
3 6 (8.22%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.85%) Aerospace
4 5 (6.85%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Avionics
6 3 (4.11%) Automotive
6 3 (4.11%) Legal
7 1 (1.37%) Billing
7 1 (1.37%) Finance
7 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.37%) Law
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) Google Maps API
2 1 (1.37%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.85%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.11%) Clustering
3 3 (4.11%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.11%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.37%) CMDB
4 1 (1.37%) NHS
4 1 (1.37%) PKI
4 1 (1.37%) Replication
4 1 (1.37%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.59%) Linux
2 6 (8.22%) Windows
3 4 (5.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.11%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.11%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.74%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.37%) CentOS
6 1 (1.37%) HPUX
6 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.37%) Unix
6 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.70%) Proactive Management
1 10 (13.70%) Web SSO
2 6 (8.22%) High Availability
2 6 (8.22%) Identity Management
2 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (6.85%) Data Entry
3 5 (6.85%) Data Interpretation
4 4 (5.48%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (4.11%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (4.11%) Data Enrichment
5 3 (4.11%) Data Modelling
5 3 (4.11%) Data Protection
5 3 (4.11%) Information Management
5 3 (4.11%) Master Data Management
5 3 (4.11%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (4.11%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (4.11%) Statistics
6 2 (2.74%) Load Balancing
6 2 (2.74%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (2.74%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) PowerShell
1 8 (10.96%) SQL
2 2 (2.74%) Bash
3 1 (1.37%) Perl
3 1 (1.37%) Python
3 1 (1.37%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.48%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) Degree
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) MCSE
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.74%) SLA
2 1 (1.37%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.37%) KVM
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.37%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.37%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (1.37%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.37%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.37%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.37%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (30.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.22%) Sage
3 5 (6.85%) Progress
3 5 (6.85%) SAP
3 5 (6.85%) VMware
4 4 (5.48%) Google
5 3 (4.11%) Cisco
5 3 (4.11%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.74%) Oracle
7 1 (1.37%) EMC
7 1 (1.37%) HP
7 1 (1.37%) QAD
7 1 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.37%) Splunk