Administrator Contract Job Trends in Central London

Administrator
London > Central London

The median Administrator daily rate in Central London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 97 113
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 32 29 20
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.23% 1.49% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.60% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 21 12
10th Percentile £250 £250 -
25th Percentile £350 £281 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £225
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +111.11% -43.75%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £447
90th Percentile £500 £675 £531
London median daily rate £438 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £27.00 £31.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% - -
London median hourly rate £22.00 £17.08 £16.08
% change year-on-year +28.81% +6.22% -4.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 2,456 1,814 2,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 93.31% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,646 1,174 1,577
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £665 £675 £681
90th Percentile £769 £775 £788
London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 28 26
10th Percentile £17.60 £20.52 £20.07
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.43 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.04 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +12.15% -23.49%
75th Percentile £54.50 £53.31 £28.98
90th Percentile £64.25 £72.53 £41.88
London median hourly rate £41.00 £32.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year +27.13% +17.27% -25.21%

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 26 June 2026.

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 26 June 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
City of London -15 28 £450 -6.25% 3
Kensington and Chelsea - 3 £500 -
Administrator
London

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 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 Central London region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 8 (25.00%) Migration
2 7 (21.88%) SharePoint
3 6 (18.75%) DevOps
3 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
4 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
4 5 (15.63%) SQL
5 4 (12.50%) Azure
5 4 (12.50%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 3 (9.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (9.38%) ITIL
6 3 (9.38%) Oracle
6 3 (9.38%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (9.38%) SaaS
6 3 (9.38%) Salesforce
7 2 (6.25%) AI
7 2 (6.25%) Analytics
7 2 (6.25%) Case Management
7 2 (6.25%) Change Management
7 2 (6.25%) Configuration Management
7 2 (6.25%) Data Governance
7 2 (6.25%) Data Modelling
7 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.25%) Escalation Management
7 2 (6.25%) GCP
7 2 (6.25%) High Availability
7 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring

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 7 (21.88%) SharePoint
2 4 (12.50%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.50%) Azure
2 3 (9.38%) SaaS
3 2 (6.25%) GCP
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (6.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (3.13%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) BGP
1 1 (3.13%) DNS
1 1 (3.13%) Firewall
1 1 (3.13%) IPsec
1 1 (3.13%) Network Security
1 1 (3.13%) OSPF
1 1 (3.13%) SSL
1 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.13%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.13%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (3.13%) Metadata
2 1 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) GitLab
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 5 (15.63%) Finance
2 2 (6.25%) Local Government
2 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Legal
3 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (3.13%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.13%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (3.13%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.13%) Learning Management System
2 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.13%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Migration
2 6 (18.75%) DevOps
3 3 (9.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (9.38%) ITIL
4 2 (6.25%) AI
4 2 (6.25%) Analytics
4 2 (6.25%) Case Management
4 2 (6.25%) Change Management
4 2 (6.25%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.25%) Data Governance
4 2 (6.25%) Data Modelling
4 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
4 2 (6.25%) High Availability
4 2 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (6.25%) Proactive Monitoring
4 2 (6.25%) Project Management
4 2 (6.25%) Release Management
4 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) CCNP
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.13%) CISSP
2 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Terraform
2 1 (3.13%) Ansible
2 1 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.13%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
2 3 (9.38%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Google
4 1 (3.13%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Splunk