Administrator Contract Job Trends in Central London

Administrator
London > Central London

The median Administrator daily rate in Central London is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 122 124
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +21
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 22 14 29
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.18% 0.60% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.64% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 19
10th Percentile £219 £215 £238
25th Percentile £325 £283 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £415 £350
Median % change year-on-year +15.66% +18.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £598 £521 £453
90th Percentile £675 £609 £556
London median daily rate £411 £400 £415
% change year-on-year +2.81% -3.61% -2.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47.50
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £16.58 £16.56 £22.00
% change year-on-year +0.11% -24.72% +25.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,745 2,198 2,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.32% 93.53% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,199 1,388 2,043
10th Percentile £325 £363 £345
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 25 15
10th Percentile £17.25 £21.55 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.63 £27.00 £19.13
Median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% -2.78% -13.25%
75th Percentile £35.88 £78.75 £47.75
90th Percentile £63.05 £127.30 £62.25
London median hourly rate £26.54 £37.50 £40.17
% change year-on-year -29.24% -6.64% +23.58%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in Central London

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Central London

Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in Central London over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator in Central London

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Central London

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
City of London +13 19 £480 +15.66% 19
City of Westminster 0 2 £510 -
West End of London - 1 £510 - 1
Administrator
London

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) JIRA
2 4 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 3 (13.64%) Agile
3 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 3 (13.64%) DevOps
3 3 (13.64%) Linux
3 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
4 2 (9.09%) AWK
4 2 (9.09%) Bash
4 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
4 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.09%) GPFS
4 2 (9.09%) High Availability
4 2 (9.09%) Logistics
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (9.09%) NFS
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Oracle Exadata
4 2 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (9.09%) Project Management
4 2 (9.09%) Red Hat

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) CMS
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) IP Telephony
1 1 (4.55%) SAN
1 1 (4.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
1 1 (4.55%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (4.55%) REST
1 1 (4.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Clustering
1 2 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 2 (9.09%) Replication
2 1 (4.55%) Learning Management System
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (9.09%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS X
3 1 (4.55%) Unix
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Agile
1 3 (13.64%) DevOps
1 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (9.09%) Customer Service
2 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
2 2 (9.09%) High Availability
2 2 (9.09%) Logistics
2 2 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (9.09%) Project Management
2 2 (9.09%) Roadmaps
2 2 (9.09%) Runbook
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Optimisation
2 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (9.09%) Visualisation
3 1 (4.55%) Capacity Management
3 1 (4.55%) Data Entry
3 1 (4.55%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (4.55%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) AWK
2 2 (9.09%) Bash
2 2 (9.09%) sed
3 1 (4.55%) Apex Code
3 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.55%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) GPFS
1 2 (9.09%) NFS
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) Red Hat
2 2 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) Canon
3 1 (4.55%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow