Administration Assistant Contracts

Administrative Assistant
UK

The median Administrative Assistant daily rate in the UK is £198 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 586 706 856
Rank change year-on-year +120 +150 -174
Contract jobs requiring an Administration Assistant 5 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.002% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £134 - £110
25th Percentile £156 - £116
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 - £130
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.56%
75th Percentile £246 - £141
90th Percentile £271 - £147
UK excluding London median daily rate £198 - £130
% change year-on-year - - +15.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Administration Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Administration Assistant in the UK

Administration Assistant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Administration Assistant.

Daily rate trend for Administration Assistant in the UK

Administration Assistant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administration Assistant over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Administration Assistant in the UK

Administration Assistant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Administration Assistant.

Hourly rate trend for Administration Assistant in the UK

Administration Assistant
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administration Assistant within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
England +119 5 £198 - 17
UK excluding London +59 3 £198 - 17
London - 2 - - 1
North of England +31 1 £120 - 5
Yorkshire - 1 £120 - 3
South East - 1 £275 - 2
South West - 1 - - 2

Administration Assistant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Administration Assistant 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 featuring Administration Assistant in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Time Management
4 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Data Entry
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (20.00%) Broadband
5 1 (20.00%) Workflow
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (20.00%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Service

Administration Assistant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (40.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Broadband
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 1 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Entry
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft