Administrator Contracts in Cambridge

Administrator
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Administrator daily rate in Cambridge is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 29 33
Rank change year-on-year +16 +4 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 7 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 6.14% 1.55% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.22% 1.69% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £414 £281 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £288 £425
Median % change year-on-year +49.57% -32.35% -2.86%
75th Percentile £445 £294 £438
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £430 £288 £425
% change year-on-year +49.57% -32.35% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £23.00 £15.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.39% - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £22.25 £14.48 £14.00
% change year-on-year +53.66% +3.43% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 97 178 274
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.09% 91.75% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 106 187
10th Percentile £389 £235 £185
25th Percentile £425 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +14.72% -3.23% -2.11%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £663 £644 £600
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 29 16
10th Percentile £16.68 £21.10 £16.49
25th Percentile £20.40 £25.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £52.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +156.10% -19.61%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.25 £53.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.30 £16.30 £15.50
% change year-on-year - +5.16% +13.47%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Administrator in Cambridge

Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Daily rate trend for Administrator in Cambridge

Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Hourly rate trend for Administrator in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Cambridge region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) NetApp
1 4 (57.14%) Red Hat
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (57.14%) LAN
1 4 (57.14%) WAN
1 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
1 4 (57.14%) SAN
1 4 (57.14%) Ubuntu
1 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
1 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
1 4 (57.14%) NAS
1 4 (57.14%) Resource Management
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Management
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
1 4 (57.14%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) LAN
1 4 (57.14%) NAS
1 4 (57.14%) SAN
1 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
1 4 (57.14%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (14.29%) e-Learning
2 1 (14.29%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Ubuntu
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
1 4 (57.14%) Incident Management
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Management
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
1 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
1 4 (57.14%) Resource Management
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Data Entry
2 1 (14.29%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) NetApp
1 4 (57.14%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) Ariba
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow