Administrator Contract Job Trends in Central London

Administrator
London > Central London

The median Administrator daily rate in Central London is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 103 104
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +44
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 30 23 36
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.46% 1.08% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 1.16% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 26
10th Percentile £156 £225 £130
25th Percentile £331 £269 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £359 £340
Median % change year-on-year +37.88% +5.59% -28.42%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £470
90th Percentile £595 £656 £526
London median daily rate £408 £414 £400
% change year-on-year -1.51% +3.44% -11.11%

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 1,940 1,982 2,466
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 92.75% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,334 1,249 1,769
10th Percentile £350 £359 £338
25th Percentile £435 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £551
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.45% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £684
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 33
10th Percentile £19.24 £17.28 £17.39
25th Percentile £25.47 £23.70 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% +9.06%
75th Percentile £41.94 - £38.00
90th Percentile £50.30 £55.80 £62.05
London median hourly rate £33.46 £35.00 £29.61
% change year-on-year -4.40% +18.20% -14.17%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -1 27 £427 +18.94% 12
West End of London +10 1 £510 -5.20%
City of Westminster - 1 £510 -
Administrator
London

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

For the 6 months to 29 January 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 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) JIRA
2 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) Agile
3 4 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 4 (13.33%) DevOps
3 4 (13.33%) Google
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.33%) Performance Management
3 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (10.00%) Project Management
4 3 (10.00%) SQL
5 2 (6.67%) Analytics
5 2 (6.67%) CRM
5 2 (6.67%) Data Modelling
5 2 (6.67%) DevSecOps
5 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
5 2 (6.67%) GitHub
5 2 (6.67%) Google Sheets
5 2 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (6.67%) Power BI
5 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.67%) Roadmaps
5 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
5 2 (6.67%) SAP
5 2 (6.67%) Software Delivery

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 (3.33%) CMS
1 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 2 (6.67%) GitHub
3 2 (6.67%) Google Sheets
3 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (3.33%) GCP
4 1 (3.33%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (3.33%) Intacct
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.67%) Tableau
2 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (3.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 14 (46.67%) Finance
2 6 (20.00%) Banking
3 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) HTML
1 1 (3.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (3.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (3.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.33%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Unix
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.33%) Agile
1 4 (13.33%) DevOps
1 4 (13.33%) Performance Management
2 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (10.00%) Project Management
3 2 (6.67%) Analytics
3 2 (6.67%) CRM
3 2 (6.67%) Data Modelling
3 2 (6.67%) DevSecOps
3 2 (6.67%) Risk Management
3 2 (6.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (6.67%) Software Delivery
3 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (6.67%) Visualisation
3 2 (6.67%) Workflow
4 1 (3.33%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (3.33%) Decision-Making
4 1 (3.33%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (3.33%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Google
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (3.33%) Adobe
3 1 (3.33%) Canon
3 1 (3.33%) Interwoven
3 1 (3.33%) Sage