Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median Administrator daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 158 190
Rank change year-on-year +86 +32 -31
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 562 360 427
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.70% 1.58% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 1.68% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 218 236
10th Percentile £158 £154 £158
25th Percentile £257 £275 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £496
90th Percentile £625 £575 £572
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 34 49
10th Percentile £11.13 £13.30 £10.50
25th Percentile £11.97 £17.00 £12.00
Median hourly rate £13.18 £26.00 £13.58
Median % change year-on-year -49.30% +91.46% -3.35%
75th Percentile £18.00 £51.75 £18.50
90th Percentile £46.00 £56.38 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £13.78 £24.91 £14.50
% change year-on-year -44.69% +71.76% +3.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Administrator in the UK excluding London

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +57 179 £378 +0.13% 172
South West +25 99 £550 +22.22% 147
North of England +57 93 £378 +7.86% 186
Midlands +49 82 £411 +16.60% 136
West Midlands +41 56 £400 +28.00% 63
East of England +21 53 £375 -11.76% 82
North West +33 52 £275 -38.89% 96
Scotland +50 50 £350 -6.67% 46
East Midlands +28 26 £443 +34.24% 74
Yorkshire +30 24 £470 +121.18% 68
North East +25 17 £475 +69.64% 25
Wales +23 11 £575 +277.67% 32
Administrator
UK

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 145 (25.80%) Microsoft
2 125 (22.24%) Security Cleared
3 119 (21.17%) Social Skills
4 110 (19.57%) Windows
5 90 (16.01%) Microsoft Excel
6 83 (14.77%) DV Cleared
7 68 (12.10%) Microsoft Office
8 67 (11.92%) Finance
9 63 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (9.07%) Public Sector
10 51 (9.07%) Azure
11 48 (8.54%) Customer Service
12 44 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
12 44 (7.83%) PKI
12 44 (7.83%) Linux
13 42 (7.47%) SharePoint
14 41 (7.30%) SAP
15 37 (6.58%) Data Entry
16 36 (6.41%) PowerShell
17 35 (6.23%) SQL Server
18 34 (6.05%) SC Cleared
19 31 (5.52%) DevOps
20 30 (5.34%) Time Management
21 29 (5.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
22 28 (4.98%) SQL
22 28 (4.98%) Active Directory
23 27 (4.80%) Manufacturing
23 27 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
24 26 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
25 25 (4.45%) Degree

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 42 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.71%) Confluence
3 4 (0.71%) IIS
4 2 (0.36%) Apache
4 2 (0.36%) SAS
4 2 (0.36%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.18%) Moodle
5 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 90 (16.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (12.10%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (5.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.85%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.36%) FileZilla
6 2 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.42%) iTrent
1 8 (1.42%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.71%) Maximo
2 4 (0.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 4 (0.71%) SAP ERP
3 3 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.36%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.18%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 51 (9.07%) Azure
2 26 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (2.14%) AWS
4 10 (1.78%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.42%) PaaS
6 7 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.25%) OneDrive
7 5 (0.89%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.53%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.53%) GCP
9 3 (0.53%) Google Sheets
9 3 (0.53%) OCI
9 3 (0.53%) SaaS
10 2 (0.36%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.36%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.18%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.18%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.78%) WAN
2 9 (1.60%) Firewall
2 9 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.42%) DNS
4 7 (1.25%) Fibre Channel
4 7 (1.25%) LAN
4 7 (1.25%) SAN
4 7 (1.25%) VPN
5 6 (1.07%) DHCP
6 5 (0.89%) Internet
6 5 (0.89%) Remote Desktop
6 5 (0.89%) Wireshark
7 4 (0.71%) Intranet
8 3 (0.53%) IPsec
8 3 (0.53%) MPLS
8 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.36%) FTP
9 2 (0.36%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.23%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.60%) Power BI
2 9 (1.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 6 (1.07%) Ingres
3 6 (1.07%) MySQL
4 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.53%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (0.53%) Data Vault
5 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.53%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.36%) Metadata
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.36%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (3.38%) JIRA
2 4 (0.71%) Fiddler
2 4 (0.71%) GitLab
2 4 (0.71%) InstallShield
2 4 (0.71%) MSI
2 4 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket Server
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.18%) Selenium
4 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
4 1 (0.18%) TestRail
General
1 119 (21.17%) Social Skills
2 67 (11.92%) Finance
3 51 (9.07%) Public Sector
4 44 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
5 27 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.80%) Manufacturing
6 12 (2.14%) Retail
6 12 (2.14%) Telecoms
7 10 (1.78%) Aerospace
7 10 (1.78%) Banking
7 10 (1.78%) Legal
8 7 (1.25%) Marketing
8 7 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.07%) Automotive
10 4 (0.71%) Avionics
10 4 (0.71%) Back Office
10 4 (0.71%) Billing
10 4 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.53%) Law
11 3 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.31%) Itk
2 7 (1.25%) HTML
3 6 (1.07%) .NET
3 6 (1.07%) CSS
3 6 (1.07%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (0.89%) Google Maps API
4 5 (0.89%) Middleware
5 4 (0.71%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.71%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.71%) Node.js
5 4 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (0.71%) SAML
6 2 (0.36%) ISPF
6 2 (0.36%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.36%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.18%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.18%) Ajax
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (0.18%) Series 60
7 1 (0.18%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.83%) PKI
2 17 (3.02%) Management Information System
2 17 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (1.96%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.78%) Blog
4 10 (1.78%) NHS
5 5 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (0.89%) Public Cloud
6 4 (0.71%) CCTV
6 4 (0.71%) Clustering
6 4 (0.71%) Data Centre
6 4 (0.71%) Product Ownership
6 4 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (0.53%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.53%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.53%) iSeries
7 3 (0.53%) Replication
8 2 (0.36%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.36%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (0.36%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 110 (19.57%) Windows
2 44 (7.83%) Linux
3 22 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (2.49%) Mac OS
7 12 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.25%) Unix
9 6 (1.07%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.89%) Solaris
10 5 (0.89%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.71%) AIX
11 4 (0.71%) CentOS
12 3 (0.53%) zOS
13 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.18%) HPUX
13 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (8.54%) Customer Service
3 37 (6.58%) Data Entry
4 31 (5.52%) DevOps
5 30 (5.34%) Time Management
6 22 (3.91%) Change Management
7 21 (3.74%) Project Management
8 19 (3.38%) Migration
9 18 (3.20%) Data Protection
9 18 (3.20%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (3.02%) Performance Tuning
11 15 (2.67%) Asset Management
11 15 (2.67%) Validation
12 14 (2.49%) PLM
13 13 (2.31%) Document Management
13 13 (2.31%) ERP
13 13 (2.31%) Logistics
13 13 (2.31%) Root Cause Analysis
14 12 (2.14%) High Availability
14 12 (2.14%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 36 (6.41%) PowerShell
2 28 (4.98%) SQL
3 10 (1.78%) Bash
3 10 (1.78%) C
4 7 (1.25%) Shell Script
5 6 (1.07%) C++
6 5 (0.89%) JavaScript
6 5 (0.89%) Python
7 4 (0.71%) Perl
8 3 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 2 (0.36%) Assembly Language
9 2 (0.36%) AWK
9 2 (0.36%) Bourne shell
9 2 (0.36%) Groovy
9 2 (0.36%) JCL
9 2 (0.36%) Korn
9 2 (0.36%) REXX
10 1 (0.18%) SOQL
10 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 125 (22.24%) Security Cleared
2 83 (14.77%) DV Cleared
3 34 (6.05%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.45%) Degree
5 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.71%) RHCSA
7 3 (0.53%) AAT
7 3 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
7 3 (0.53%) HNC
7 3 (0.53%) RHCE
8 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.36%) MCSE
9 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.18%) CISSP
9 1 (0.18%) MCITP
9 1 (0.18%) OCP
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.27%) QA
2 16 (2.85%) PMO
3 10 (1.78%) SLA
4 9 (1.60%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.07%) GDPR
6 4 (0.71%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (4.98%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (0.89%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.89%) VMware Server
4 5 (0.89%) vSphere
5 4 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.53%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.36%) ACF2
7 2 (0.36%) RACF
7 2 (0.36%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.18%) Docker
8 1 (0.18%) KVM
8 1 (0.18%) NFS
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (2.14%) Ansible
2 11 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (1.60%) Jamf Pro
3 9 (1.60%) SCOM
4 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.07%) NetBackup
5 6 (1.07%) Terraform
6 5 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.89%) Grafana
6 5 (0.89%) Nagios
6 5 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (0.89%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.71%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.53%) Data Guard
8 3 (0.53%) Graylog
8 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.53%) Thomson Reuters DACS
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.36%) Oracle ZFS
9 2 (0.36%) yum
Vendors
1 145 (25.80%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.30%) SAP
3 20 (3.56%) VMware
4 13 (2.31%) Oracle
4 13 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.96%) Red Hat
6 9 (1.60%) Apple
6 9 (1.60%) Google
6 9 (1.60%) IBM
6 9 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.07%) Cisco
7 6 (1.07%) Sage
8 5 (0.89%) F5
8 5 (0.89%) Facebook
8 5 (0.89%) Progress
9 4 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.71%) EMC
9 4 (0.71%) Splunk
10 3 (0.53%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.53%) PeopleSoft