Administrator Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Administrator
North West > Cheshire

The median Administrator daily rate in Cheshire is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 41 43
Rank change year-on-year -20 +2 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 11 12 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.75% 2.34% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% 2.52% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £217 £241 -
25th Percentile £313 £264 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £315 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% -33.68% +23.86%
75th Percentile £450 £354 £488
90th Percentile - £370 -
North West median daily rate £325 £275 £350
% change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £13.49 -
North West median hourly rate £20.26 £19.65 £19.19
% change year-on-year +3.07% +2.41% +19.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 564 476 329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.52% 92.97% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 426 286 202
10th Percentile £269 £321 £225
25th Percentile £358 £383 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £465 £492
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -5.49% +9.33%
75th Percentile £507 £575 £586
90th Percentile £638 £645 £624
North West median daily rate £450 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 22 28
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £21.52
Median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +14.60% +32.78%
75th Percentile £36.06 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £53.63 £47.13 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £24.62 £37.00 £30.54
% change year-on-year -33.46% +21.15% +30.57%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Administrator 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Administrator in Cheshire over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Administrator 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 14 September 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
Warrington -2 5 £325 -14.47% 5
Northwich - 5 - -
Knutsford - 1 - -
Administrator
North West

Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cheshire region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Data Entry
1 5 (45.45%) ServiceNow
2 4 (36.36%) Data Validation
2 4 (36.36%) Validation
2 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) CRM
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (18.18%) Application Security
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
4 2 (18.18%) vCenter Server
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (18.18%) NetApp OnCommand
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (18.18%) vMotion
4 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
4 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
4 2 (18.18%) DHCP

Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) IIS
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Data Entry
2 4 (36.36%) CRM
2 4 (36.36%) Data Validation
2 4 (36.36%) Validation
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Application Security
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) High Availability
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (18.18%) Resource Management
4 2 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Security Operations
4 2 (18.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) Password Management
5 1 (9.09%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) Hyper-V
1 2 (18.18%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Clustering
1 2 (18.18%) NetApp OnCommand
1 2 (18.18%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (18.18%) SCCM
1 2 (18.18%) vCenter Server
1 2 (18.18%) vMotion
1 2 (18.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) ServiceNow
2 2 (18.18%) McAfee
2 2 (18.18%) Symantec
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) CyberArk