Administrator Contracts in Berkshire

Administrator
South East > Berkshire

The median Administrator daily rate in Berkshire is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 75 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 -13 +47
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 24 38 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.98% 2.17% 2.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 2.35% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 27
10th Percentile £339 £425 £98
25th Percentile £358 £429 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% -29.25%
75th Percentile £395 £619 £459
90th Percentile £398 £624 £475
South East median daily rate £400 £450 £378
% change year-on-year -11.11% +19.21% +7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 8
10th Percentile - £11.79 £39.75
25th Percentile £26.75 £14.03 £48.18
Median hourly rate £28.50 £52.45 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.66% -1.04% +135.56%
75th Percentile £30.25 £58.49 £57.20
90th Percentile - £61.60 £60.81
South East median hourly rate £13.85 £13.00 £25.95
% change year-on-year +6.54% -49.90% +66.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,117 1,616 1,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 92.08% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 873 1,077
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £412 £434 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £681 £696 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 87 58
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.13 £17.11
25th Percentile £18.48 £50.26 £24.50
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.60 £56.47
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +9.08% +132.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.25 £71.75
90th Percentile £87.43 £93.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +138.10%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in Berkshire

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Administrator in Berkshire

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in Berkshire

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in Berkshire

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 2025. 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
Wokingham -5 9 £375 -16.67% 5
Reading +15 6 £365 -40.41% 14
Slough -4 1 - - 3
Administrator
South East

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 14 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (41.67%) HP
3 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
4 8 (33.33%) 3PAR
4 8 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
4 8 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 8 (33.33%) SAN
4 8 (33.33%) Windows
4 8 (33.33%) Linux
4 8 (33.33%) Veritas
4 8 (33.33%) Red Hat
5 7 (29.17%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (29.17%) NetBackup
5 7 (29.17%) Shell Script
5 7 (29.17%) NetApp
5 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (29.17%) Nimble Storage
5 7 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (25.00%) ITIL
6 6 (25.00%) Finance
7 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (20.83%) CRM
7 5 (20.83%) Dell
7 5 (20.83%) GDPR
8 4 (16.67%) HP Storage
8 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
8 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (4.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Legal
5 2 (8.33%) Marketing
6 1 (4.17%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (16.67%) HP Storage
3 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.17%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Linux
1 8 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (25.00%) ITIL
4 5 (20.83%) CRM
4 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 1 (4.17%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.17%) Computer Science
7 1 (4.17%) Data Management
7 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (4.17%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (4.17%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (4.17%) Order Management
7 1 (4.17%) Performance Monitoring
7 1 (4.17%) Revenue Recognition
7 1 (4.17%) Storage Management
7 1 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.17%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) GDPR
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) NetBackup
2 1 (4.17%) Ansible
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) yum
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) HP
2 8 (33.33%) 3PAR
2 8 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 8 (33.33%) Veritas
3 7 (29.17%) NetApp
3 7 (29.17%) Nimble Storage
4 5 (20.83%) Dell
5 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
6 2 (8.33%) Concur
7 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
7 1 (4.17%) BMC
7 1 (4.17%) DocuSign
7 1 (4.17%) Remedy
7 1 (4.17%) SAP
7 1 (4.17%) VMware