IT Administrator Contracts in the South East

IT Administrator
England > South East

The median IT Administrator daily rate in the South East is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 181 212 231
Rank change year-on-year +31 +19 -31
Contract jobs requiring an IT Administrator 24 5 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.086% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.091% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 14
10th Percentile £185 - £190
25th Percentile £344 £263 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £275 £220
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% +25.00% +57.14%
75th Percentile £675 £288 £224
90th Percentile £680 - £250
England median daily rate £295 £330 £220
% change year-on-year -10.61% +50.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate £11.79 - £16.00
75th Percentile - - £19.50
90th Percentile - - £25.75
England median hourly rate £13.82 £35.80 £16.00
% change year-on-year -61.40% +123.75% +23.08%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,153 5,511 7,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.43% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,094 3,838 5,032
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 242 335
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.08 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.45 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the South East

IT Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Administrator in the South East.

Daily rate trend for IT Administrator in the South East

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Administrator in the South East

IT Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Administrator in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for IT Administrator in the South East

IT Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Thames Valley +17 13 £135 - 1
Hampshire - 9 £650 - 1
Buckinghamshire +30 6 - -
Berkshire - 4 £135 -
Oxfordshire - 3 - - 1
Surrey +11 1 £185 -32.73%
Kent - 1 £400 - 1
IT Administrator
England

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 South East region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) Linux
3 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) Software Deployment
5 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (12.50%) Logistics
6 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (12.50%) CCTV
6 3 (12.50%) GitLab
6 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
7 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (4.17%) IT Asset Management
8 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (4.17%) Azure
8 1 (4.17%) Mathematics
8 1 (4.17%) Data Protection
8 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
8 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (4.17%) NFS
8 1 (4.17%) ITIL
8 1 (4.17%) HNC
8 1 (4.17%) Solaris

IT Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Azure
1 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) GitLab
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Banking
3 1 (4.17%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (37.50%) Linux
1 9 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Software Deployment
2 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (12.50%) Logistics
2 3 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
3 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (4.17%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.17%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (4.17%) Customer Service
4 1 (4.17%) Data Management
4 1 (4.17%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.17%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (4.17%) ITIL
4 1 (4.17%) ITSM
4 1 (4.17%) Mathematics
4 1 (4.17%) Migration
4 1 (4.17%) Security Patching
4 1 (4.17%) Server Patching
4 1 (4.17%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) NFS
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft