Administrator Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Administrator
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The median Administrator daily rate in County Antrim is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 28 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Administrator 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.67% 2.99% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 3.27% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £375 £325 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £350 £300 -
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.31 - -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £12.31 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
County Antrim

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in County Antrim. 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 County Antrim with a recognized job title 193 153 125
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.75% 91.62% 89.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 78 72
10th Percentile £254 £149 £179
25th Percentile £325 £175 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +15.63% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £533
90th Percentile £621 £626 £636
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -19.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 16 7
10th Percentile £12.31 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £23.43 £12.15
Median hourly rate £15.33 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -36.60% +79.64% +25.36%
75th Percentile £16.50 £30.50 £17.00
90th Percentile £24.63 £42.00 £18.30
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.42 £23.37 £13.46
% change year-on-year -34.04% +73.63% +25.36%

Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Administrator job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in County Antrim

Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in County Antrim.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Administrator job vacancies in County Antrim

Administrator
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Administrator within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 2 November 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
Belfast -2 3 £350 +16.67% 3
Administrator
Northern Ireland

Administrator Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim

For the 6 months to 2 November 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 County Antrim region featuring Administrator in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (75.00%) Brocade
1 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Change Management
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Dell
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) EMC
1 3 (75.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (75.00%) EMC VPLEX
1 3 (75.00%) Isilon
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
1 3 (75.00%) Change Management
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (75.00%) EMC VPLEX
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Brocade
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Dell
1 3 (75.00%) EMC
1 3 (75.00%) Isilon
1 3 (75.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (75.00%) VMware