Administrator Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Administrator
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Administrator daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £445, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 32 37
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +20
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 6 8 16
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.56% 2.73% 3.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 3.27% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £263 £413 £301
25th Percentile £330 £414 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £430 £384
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% +12.05% -9.71%
75th Percentile £448 £445 £433
90th Percentile - - £461
East of England median daily rate £450 £343 £363
% change year-on-year +31.39% -5.52% -14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 10
10th Percentile - £20.98 -
25th Percentile £28.72 £21.31 -
Median hourly rate £29.48 £22.25 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year +32.49% +57.13% -
75th Percentile £30.24 £22.81 £15.41
90th Percentile - £22.93 £15.95
East of England median hourly rate £17.69 £16.46 £14.16
% change year-on-year +7.47% +16.24% -80.60%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 353 245 401
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 83.62% 83.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 128 168
10th Percentile £199 £311 £225
25th Percentile £303 £406 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £468 £466
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% +0.43% +0.81%
75th Percentile £579 £557 £564
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
East of England median daily rate £475 £486 £475
% change year-on-year -2.31% +2.37% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 28 157
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.00 £13.76
25th Percentile £13.80 £17.64 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £21.46 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% +31.66% +5.16%
75th Percentile £24.82 £26.19 £22.00
90th Percentile £39.50 £59.75 £63.75
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £60.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -62.28% +51.71% +77.75%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Administrator job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in Cambridgeshire

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 February 2026. 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
Cambridge -7 5 £445 +3.49% 8
Administrator
East of England

Administrator Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 16 February 2026, Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Dell
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Intel
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Network Management
2 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (33.33%) Server Management
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) Facilities Management

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) VLAN
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) NHS
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
1 2 (33.33%) DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Network Management
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
1 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Server Management
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Dell
1 2 (33.33%) Intel
1 2 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 2 (33.33%) VMware