Administrator Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Administrator
North West > Cheshire

The median Administrator daily rate in Cheshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 65 44
Rank change year-on-year +7 -21 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 17 11 15
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 2.19% 1.66% 2.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.43% 1.85% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 2
10th Percentile - £217 £241
25th Percentile - £313 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £315
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +3.17% -33.68%
75th Percentile - £450 £354
90th Percentile £538 - £370
North West median daily rate £450 £325 £263
% change year-on-year +38.46% +23.81% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £13.05 - -
25th Percentile £13.57 - -
Median hourly rate £14.11 - £13.49
75th Percentile £14.77 - -
90th Percentile £15.51 - £26.40
North West median hourly rate £14.51 £20.26 £22.50
% change year-on-year -28.39% -9.98% +17.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 699 594 501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 89.46% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 453 287
10th Percentile £279 £277 £325
25th Percentile £402 £358 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £447 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.04% -5.89% -2.86%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £623 £688 £639
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 29 23
10th Percentile £15.93 £12.82 £13.49
25th Percentile £17.25 £15.50 £15.29
Median hourly rate £36.00 £29.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -17.14% +14.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £36.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £111.25 £67.25 £46.75
North West median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £35.50
% change year-on-year +86.08% -29.15% +7.58%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cheshire

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in Cheshire

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Warrington -3 11 £450 +38.46% 3
Chester - 2 - - 10
Winsford - 1 - -
Administrator
North West

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

For the 6 months to 29 September 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 Cheshire region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) High Availability
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (17.65%) SAP
4 2 (11.76%) Azure
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.76%) Data Guard
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Database Tuning
4 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (11.76%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) Logical Data Model
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Nagios
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Database
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Database 12c
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle Streams
4 2 (11.76%) Order Management
4 2 (11.76%) Physical Data Model

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (5.88%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
2 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) DHCP
1 1 (5.88%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Database
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Database 12c
1 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Toad
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Back Office
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Local Government
3 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Streams
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
1 2 (11.76%) Replication
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) High Availability
1 3 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
2 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
2 2 (11.76%) Database Tuning
2 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (11.76%) ERP
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (11.76%) Logical Data Model
2 2 (11.76%) Migration
2 2 (11.76%) Order Management
2 2 (11.76%) Physical Data Model
3 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL
3 1 (5.88%) Patch Management
3 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.88%) Runbook
3 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.88%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Data Guard
1 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 2 (11.76%) Nagios
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (5.88%) NetApp OnCommand
2 1 (5.88%) vCenter Server
2 1 (5.88%) vMotion
2 1 (5.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
2 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.88%) Planon
4 1 (5.88%) VMware