IT Administrator Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Administrator daily rate in the UK excluding London is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 428 465
Rank change year-on-year +75 +37 -60
Contract jobs requiring an IT Administrator 50 29 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 29
10th Percentile £125 £115 £152
25th Percentile £222 £153 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £275 £220
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +25.00% +41.94%
75th Percentile £650 £438 £250
90th Percentile £677 £450 £315
UK median daily rate £295 £323 £220
% change year-on-year -8.53% +46.59% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 14
10th Percentile £11.83 £32.32 £12.80
25th Percentile £12.00 £33.63 £13.25
Median hourly rate £13.00 £35.80 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.69% +146.90% +13.73%
75th Percentile £38.00 - £18.00
90th Percentile £51.91 - £19.85
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
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 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Administrator in the UK excluding London

IT 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 IT Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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 +35 24 £550 +100.00% 9
North of England +33 10 £225 -37.72% 12
Midlands +31 9 £100 -50.00% 10
East Midlands +27 8 £100 -69.70% 4
North West +21 7 £225 -37.72% 6
South West +17 4 £250 -42.86% 4
Yorkshire +22 3 - - 6
East of England +15 3 - - 9
West Midlands +23 1 - - 6
Scotland - 1 - - 1
IT Administrator
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (22.00%) Windows
2 11 (22.00%) SC Cleared
2 11 (22.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (18.00%) Linux
4 6 (12.00%) SharePoint
5 5 (10.00%) Software Deployment
5 5 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 4 (8.00%) SAP
6 4 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.00%) NHS
7 3 (6.00%) CCTV
7 3 (6.00%) Logistics
7 3 (6.00%) Software Engineering
7 3 (6.00%) GitLab
7 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (4.00%) Patch Management
8 2 (4.00%) Finance
8 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
8 2 (4.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
8 2 (4.00%) Banking

IT 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 6 (12.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.00%) Azure
2 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) GitLab
General
1 11 (22.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Aerospace
3 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.00%) Banking
4 2 (4.00%) Finance
4 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) CCTV
1 3 (6.00%) NHS
2 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.00%) Windows
2 9 (18.00%) Linux
3 2 (4.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.00%) Solaris
4 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.00%) Software Deployment
2 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (6.00%) Logistics
3 3 (6.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (6.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (4.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (4.00%) Patch Management
4 2 (4.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (2.00%) Budget Management
5 1 (2.00%) Budget Responsibility
5 1 (2.00%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (2.00%) Data Management
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.00%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (2.00%) ITIL
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
5 1 (2.00%) Mathematics
5 1 (2.00%) Security Patching
5 1 (2.00%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (22.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.00%) HNC
2 1 (2.00%) MCSE
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) NFS
Vendors
1 17 (34.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) SAP