IT Administrator Contracts

IT Administrator
UK

The median IT Administrator daily rate in the UK is £250 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 525 650 779
Rank change year-on-year +125 +129 -120
Contract jobs requiring an IT Administrator 66 57 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.095% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.100% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 42 43
10th Percentile £130 £122 £134
25th Percentile £193 £204 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £315 £220
Median % change year-on-year -20.63% +43.18% +33.33%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £275
90th Percentile £675 £638 £348
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £304 £220
% change year-on-year +7.00% +38.07% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 3 17
10th Percentile £11.85 £32.32 £12.10
25th Percentile £12.00 £33.63 £13.25
Median hourly rate £13.41 £35.80 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.54% +123.75% +23.08%
75th Percentile £31.05 - £21.00
90th Percentile £51.91 - £31.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.00 £35.80 £14.50
% change year-on-year -63.69% +146.90% +11.54%

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%

IT Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Administrator over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing IT Administrator over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for IT Administrator in the UK

IT Administrator
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 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 +124 62 £295 -9.58% 35
UK excluding London +74 50 £325 +7.00% 34
South East +38 24 £550 +100.00% 5
London +92 12 £340 -41.53% 7
North of England +31 10 £225 -26.83% 12
Midlands +38 9 £100 -50.00% 8
Work from Home +118 8 £200 -27.27% 8
East Midlands +25 8 £100 -69.70% 3
North West +19 7 £225 -26.83% 9
South West +19 4 £250 -42.86% 2
Yorkshire +20 3 - - 3
East of England +15 3 - - 3
West Midlands +35 1 - - 5
Scotland - 1 - - 4

IT Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 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 featuring IT Administrator in the job title.

1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (24.24%) Windows
3 16 (24.24%) Social Skills
4 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 9 (13.64%) Linux
6 8 (12.12%) SharePoint
6 8 (12.12%) Finance
7 5 (7.58%) Aerospace
7 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
7 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (7.58%) Software Deployment
7 5 (7.58%) Customer Service
7 5 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (6.06%) Public Sector
8 4 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (6.06%) NHS
8 4 (6.06%) SAP
8 4 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (6.06%) Financial Institution
8 4 (6.06%) Banking
9 3 (4.55%) Logistics
9 3 (4.55%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.55%) Project Management
9 3 (4.55%) DNS
9 3 (4.55%) CCTV
9 3 (4.55%) Azure
9 3 (4.55%) Windows Server

IT Administrator 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (4.55%) Azure
3 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.03%) SaaS
4 1 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.52%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.52%) Slack
4 1 (1.52%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (4.55%) DNS
3 2 (3.03%) DHCP
3 2 (3.03%) Intranet
4 1 (1.52%) LAN
4 1 (1.52%) NAS
4 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.52%) VoIP
4 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Power BI
1 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) GitLab
2 1 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 16 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.12%) Finance
3 5 (7.58%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.06%) Banking
4 4 (6.06%) Financial Institution
4 4 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) NHS
2 3 (4.55%) CCTV
3 2 (3.03%) FMCG
3 2 (3.03%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.52%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.24%) Windows
2 9 (13.64%) Linux
3 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.03%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.52%) Solaris
5 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (7.58%) Customer Service
1 5 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (7.58%) Software Deployment
2 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (4.55%) Logistics
2 3 (4.55%) Project Management
2 3 (4.55%) Software Engineering
3 2 (3.03%) Asset Management
3 2 (3.03%) Change Control
3 2 (3.03%) Configuration Management
3 2 (3.03%) Data Analysis
3 2 (3.03%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (3.03%) Information Security
3 2 (3.03%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (3.03%) Resource Management
3 2 (3.03%) Risk Management
3 2 (3.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (3.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (3.03%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) Bash
1 1 (1.52%) Google Apps Script
1 1 (1.52%) Python
1 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 11 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.03%) Degree
3 1 (1.52%) HNC
3 1 (1.52%) MCSE
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) PMO
2 2 (3.03%) GRC
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) NFS
2 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.06%) SAP
3 1 (1.52%) Dell
3 1 (1.52%) Google
3 1 (1.52%) Guidewire
3 1 (1.52%) HP
3 1 (1.52%) Okta
3 1 (1.52%) VMware